Donald Trump's principal occupation is defendant. He spent his first couple of

years after leaving the presidency as a civil defendant and then last

year became a criminal defendant for the first time in his life on April 4th and just four months

later. He became a criminal defendant for the fourth time in his life.

If Donald Trump becomes president be put on pause for four years. In June of this year Donald Trump will turn

78 years old. He could be convicted of crimes by then or shortly after his June

14th birthday, 78 year old Donald Trump will

appeal every criminal and civil verdict against him. The state and federal appeals court process could easily use up the

rest of a 78 year old's life. And so the title defendant Trump will be the longest held title of Donald Trump's life.

Tonight we will consider the status of the most important cases defendant Trump is facing,

including the most important constitutional questions that defendant Trump has raised,

which one appeals court judge framed as,

can the president of the United States

be criminally prosecuted for ordering seal team six

to assassinate his political opponents.

Donald Trump's lawyer said, no, the president cannot be prosecuted

for assassinating his political opponents unless he has already been

convicted of the same charge in a Senate impeachment trial. The most

constitutionally important civil case that Donald Trump is

currently litigating is his appeal to the United States Supreme Court

asking to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to ban Donald Trump from the presidential ballot.

We will consider those cases tonight through the lens of law professor Andrew Weisman's legal

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