In the 2024 case of Trump vs the United States, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents and former presidents were immune from prosecution for some “official acts”. The Constitution defines the official acts for a president are:
Presidential Powers and Duties
Commander in Chief: The president is the commander in chief of the Army and Navy.
Treaty Making: The president has the power to make treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Appointments: The president nominates and, with Senate consent, appoints ambassadors, public ministers, consuls, and federal judges.
Take Care Clause: The president must ensure that the laws are faithfully executed.
State of the Union: The president must periodically give Congress information on the state of the union and recommend necessary measures.
There is no immunity for “unofficial acts” and defining ” unofficial acts would be determined by the courts, not Trump. Personality traits like narcissism and anti- social personality disorder mixed with power is creating a crisis for the security of our democracy. For example, there would be no immunity for Trump, when as a candidate, he was strategizing with the “fake electors” when he was trying to steal the 2020 election.
In an article written by Devon Ombres in the Centre for American Progress (May 20, 2025), the reality of the restraints on a president is made clear. “A key theme of President Donald Trump’s second term in office is that his administration believes it can act with impunity when it comes to the law and the U.S. Constitution. In a recent interview, President Trump responded to a question as to whether he had to uphold the Constitution with, “I don’t know.” In the more than 150 executive orders (EOs) that President Trump has issued during the first four months of this term, he frequently asserts that he is acting under authority granted him by Article II of the Constitution. In fact, the Constitution is intended to limit the powers of the presidency, not provide nearly limitless authority as President Trump is contending. The Constitution does not give a president the power to violate the Constitution, create or change congressional statutes, or override U.S. Supreme Court decisions—no matter what the EOs say.
When a president acts beyond the scope of his constitutional powers, members of his administration and the other branches of government must step in to stop him, lest the nation face not just a constitutional crisis but also the dismantling of American democracy. Congress has thus far failed to serve as a check on executive overreach, perhaps out of fear of political retribution. Thus, it is falling to the courts to robustly fulfill their constitutional role in policing the executive branch when it violates the Constitution and the laws as enacted by Congress.“
TRUMP’S POLITICAL OVERREACH HAS EXPANDED TO EVERY ASPECT OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? GIVEN THAT MANY OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION, AND DESPITE THE GOP JUSTICES’ IMMUNITY RULING, HIS PLAN TO BE KING IS IN DEEP TROUBLE.
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