Conservative Appeals Court Judges Should Reject Trump's Immunity Claims

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The rejection of the idea of an "elective Monarch" during the Constitutional Convention was so complete that in the following months Hamilton publicly reversed his earlier position, writing in the Federalist Papers that, unlike the British Monarchs, future presidents would not be immune from criminal liability.
39% : I, § 3, cl. 7.)Since 1787, this clause has been understood to define two different punishments for presidential crimes available in two separate institutions.
26% : "Trump is attempting to bolster his argument for immunity with an unusual textual interpretation, arguing that a former president can only be prosecuted for crimes committed in office following impeachment and conviction by the Congress.
26% : This matters because, as Judge Chutkan notes in her order, Trump "is not president, and reading the Clause to grant absolute criminal immunity to former presidents would contravene its plain meaning, original understanding, and common sense.
17% : "On Tuesday, lawyers for the United States and for former President Donald Trump will appear in the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia to argue whether Trump is immune from prosecution.

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