Scholars’ Circle – Trump’s conviction of Felony charges affect his candidacy for President in 2024 – June 9, 2024

The Scholars' Circle Interviews

For the first time since the nations founding a former President was convicted of a felony. What does the criminal conviction mean for Trumps ability to run for President and to govern if he wins? And why does the US have such a challenge in prosecuting former Presidents, when it has a history of prosecuting other former office holders? What does the term lawfare mean? And does this conviction make the US democracy more fragile or stronger? [ dur: 58mins. ]

• Alan Z. Rozenshtein is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School..He is the author of The First Amendment Is No Defense for Trump’s Alleged Crimes and The Virtuous Executive. He is the Editor of Constitutional Commentary and Senior Editor and Book Review Editor for Lawfare.
• Peter M. Shane is Distinguished Scholar in Residence and Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. He is also Professor and Chair in Law Emeritus at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is the author of The Originalist Myth of the Unitary Executive and Democracy’s Chief Executive: Interpreting the Constitution and Defining the Future of the Presidency and He is the host and creator of the podcastDemocracy’s Chief Executive: The Podcast.

This program is produced by Doug Becker, Ankine Aghassian, Maria Armoudian and Sudd Dongre.