Opinion | Mark Medish: President Trump can be indicted — and here's the constitutional proof. - NBCNewsTHINK
for a temporary or permanent timeout for the president if he is, for example, incapacitated while preoccupied with defending against federal felony charges. The president himself may decide if he is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” If a president were so tied up with legal matters as to require resignation, the Constitution has a provision for succession, starting with the vice president.
The drafters of the Constitution knew very well the evils of legal impunity and wanted a different system of governance — “a government of laws not men,” as the Just as Congress can hear an impeachment case against the president under certain circumstances , so, too, the independent judiciary should be able to hear a felony case against a president based on a grand jury indictment.
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