Trump v. United States and the National Security Constitution

Run time: 1 hour

Harold Hongju Koh, Deborah Pearlstein, and Matthew Waxman join Jeffrey Rosen for a conversation to explore Trump v. United States, the history of presidential immunity, and the updated edition of Koh’s landmark book, The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century. Listen on We the People or watch the America's Town Hall program

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Six Big Takeaways From This Historic Supreme Court Term

by Marcia Coyle | Read time: 5 minutes

“The Supreme Court wrapped up a historic term this week, one that will be defined largely by unprecedented constitutional issues involving former President Donald Trump. ...” Read more

Photo credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

Justices Uphold Ordinances Regulating Public Homeless Encampments

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“A divided Supreme Court on June 28, 2024, overturned a lower court decision which held that local government ordinances regulating homeless encampments in public spaces were “cruel and unusual punishment. ...” Read more

Jeffrey Rosen Discusses Trump v. United States

National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to provide a constitutional perspective on the ruling in Trump v. United States. The Supreme Court ruled that presidents have “absolute” immunity for official acts but not for unofficial acts.

Watch on Morning Joe or watch on Washington Journal

Article II

“The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”

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