A raft of upcoming court rulings are the next front in Trump's battle over presidential powers
WASHINGTON - In federal court and on the Senate floor, lawyers for President Donald Trump have argued that the U.S. Constitution confers on a president broad protection from scrutiny by Congress, prosecutors and the judiciary for his actions.
Three cases will be argued before the Supreme Court on March 31 focusing on Trump’s contention that a House of Representatives committee and a New York City prosecutor are powerless to enforce subpoenas to obtain his financial records. Lawyers for Trump argued that the Constitution renders sitting presidents immune from all criminal investigations and that even if he shot someone on New York’s Fifth Avenue prosecutors would be powerless to act while he was still in office.
During the impeachment trial, Trump’s legal team argued for an unconstrained presidency. They also said that the charges brought by the House - abuse of power and contempt of Congress - did not cover conduct that amounted to impeachable offenses. “I doubt there’s five votes for the more extreme and ridiculous arguments made by the president’s lawyers in the Senate,” said Ilya Somin, a professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School in Virginia.
“The aggressive position he took in the impeachment trial could have an indirect impact in the courts,” said Michael Stern, a former House lawyer when it was under Republican control.
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