{"id":10586,"date":"2006-12-18T11:14:35","date_gmt":"2006-12-18T18:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/12\/18\/who-can-arrest-the-president.html"},"modified":"2006-12-18T11:14:35","modified_gmt":"2006-12-18T18:14:35","slug":"who_can_arrest_the_presid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/18\/who_can_arrest_the_presid.html","title":{"rendered":"Who can arrest the President?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you were wondering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What we’re talking about here is presidential immunity. The Constitution is silent on this question. It says the president can be impeached, but that raises as many questions as it answers. Can the president be indicted and tried? If so, must the president be impeached first? If convicted of a crime but not impeached, could the president be required to serve a sentence while still in office? If the president is impeached, does the double jeopardy clause prevent subsequent criminal prosecution on the same
\ngrounds? If the president can’t be prosecuted while in office, what happens if the statute of limitations runs out before his term expires? If convicted while in office, could the president pardon himself?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case you were wondering. What we’re talking about here is presidential immunity. The Constitution is silent on this question. 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