Vice Chancellor Lori Will took three hours of argument on the case. Lawyers for Trump Media & Technology Corp said the court should rule clearly stating the supremacy clause bars all civil litigation against a sitting president, partly because state court judges would benefit by keeping themselves out of “any political entanglements.” But plaintiffs’ counsel said civil lawsuits over non-official acts have always been allowed even if a sitting president is a defendant.
Vice Chancellor Lori Will took three hours of argument on the case. Lawyers for Trump Media & Technology Corp said the court should rule clearly stating the supremacy clause bars all civil litigation against a sitting president, partly because state court judges would benefit by keeping themselves out of “any political entanglements.” But plaintiffs’ counsel said civil lawsuits over non-official acts have always been allowed even if a sitting president is a defendant.
