U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 17, 2019
The Supreme Court, Donald Trump and the rule of law
The cases before the U.S. Supreme Court on subpoenas for President Donald Trump’s financial records should be easily resolved based on the core precept of the rule of law: No one, not even the president, is above the law.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
The cases before the U.S. Supreme Court on subpoenas for President Donald Trump's financial records should be easily resolved based on the core precept of the rule of law: No one, not even the president, is above the law. On Dec. 13, the court granted review in three cases where lower courts upheld subpoenas. Trump is asserting a broad immunity from investigation and legal process. The Supreme Court should follow its precedents and rule against Trump.
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