Shaw: I Have Never Taught My Students About the Doctrine of the Criminal Immunity of Ex-Presidents from Prosecution

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SHAW: "And I do think that more than just timing is at stake here, right? So, I'm a constitutional law professor. I have never taught my students about the doctrine of the criminal immunity of ex-presidents from prosecution, even for official acts. And that's for the very simple reason that there is no such doctrine, right? If the court chooses to create one in this case, it really does sound as though they will be creating it in order to protect Donald Trump, rather than because anything in a text or structure or history of the Constitution supports that kind of doctrine."