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Originally Posted by DMN
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Wrong. He can be sued during or after his presidency. presidents have no protection from civil disputes, only criminal ones during their presidential terms.
Need to start charging the trash on this forum for basic civics lessons.
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Not fully correct. So you probably shouldn't talk about civics lessons. Presidents can't be sued in state courts for civil damages for actions taken during their presidency. Now, what's not entirely clear from the jurisprudence (big word, let me know if you need me to define it for you since it has a lot of syllables) is what exactly an an official action in their capacity as President...is a tweet slandering someone in a political party about something an official act? Or is that something that isn't subject to the President's immunity? It hasn't been fully tested enough in court.