{"id":119197,"date":"2025-05-15T16:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T00:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/15\/trump-media-attorneys-argue-that-presidential-immunity-warrants-halting-chancery-case\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T00:02:48","slug":"trump-media-attorneys-argue-that-presidential-immunity-warrants-halting-chancery-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/15\/trump-media-attorneys-argue-that-presidential-immunity-warrants-halting-chancery-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Media Attorneys Argue That Presidential Immunity Warrants Halting Chancery Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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