Presidential Immunity

What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law

Roman Mars

Government

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🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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There have already been a few high profile lawsuits against President Trump and the first defense against such a lawsuit is to claim that the president cannot be sued in civil court. But it turns out, the Supreme Court has ruled different ways on whether or not the president is immune from lawsuits. We look a three cases from history and hear how they’re being used to argue for and against the current cases filed against Trump.

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0:00.0	In 1960, a Massachusetts senator named John F. Kennedy, you probably heard of him,
0:05.3	was hoping to secure the nomination to be the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
0:10.8	The Democratic National Convention that year was held at the
0:13.5	LA Sports Arena. The arena doesn't exist anymore. They demolished it in 2016.
0:18.7	At the convention there was a Mississippi State Senator named Hughley
0:23.0	He was called the Donkey Riding Senator, or Old Hoodie.
0:27.0	Old Hoodie.
0:28.0	Bailey couldn't find a taxi from the convention
0:30.0	to the nearby Ambassador Hotel where he was going to a party.
0:33.0	The Ambassador Hotel was also the place where JFK
0:36.0	Kennedy would be assassinated in 1968.
0:39.8	But in 1960, the donkey riding senator just needed a ride.
0:43.4	There were presumably no donkeys available for old hoodie.
0:46.3	So Senator Kennedy offered Bailey and his three friends, the use of a car and driver.
0:51.8	Kennedy wasn't in the car. The borrowed car, however, got into an accident.
0:56.0	And in 1962, Bailey and the three other passengers filed two lawsuits in California State Court against Kennedy.
1:03.0	They sued Kennedy for $450,000.
1:06.6	Bailey said that because of the car accident,
1:08.6	he couldn't read a donkey, and he'd lose his nickname as a result.
1:11.8	By 1962, Kennedy wasn't just an ordinary defendant.
1:16.2	He was president of the United States.
1:18.3	Kennedy's lawyer said that's why he couldn't be sued,
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