Jan. 28, 2021
Vance vanquished the idea that a president is above the law
Last July, the U.S. Supreme Court said, in essence, that the president is not above the law.
David Boyle
Yale University; University of Michigan School of Law
David is an attorney in Long Beach.
On July 9, 2020, in Trump v. Vance -- a case about subpoenaing then-President Donald J. Trump's financial records -- the U.S. Supreme Court said, in essence, that the president is not above the law. While the case was decided six months ago, the basic principle of the case is especially trenchant after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by a murderous mob whom Trump and confreres like Rudolph Giuliani had urged to "show strength" with "...
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