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The Truman Show: The Fraudulent Origins Of The Former Presidents Act, Paul F. Campos Jan 2022

The Truman Show: The Fraudulent Origins Of The Former Presidents Act, Paul F. Campos

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When President Donald Trump was impeached for a second time, many commenters pointed out that, if Trump were to be convicted by the Senate, he would likely lose millions of dollars in future taxpayer-funded benefits. These benefits are provided to ex-presidents by the Former Presidents Act, a 1958 statute of considerable political significance and ongoing controversy, that nevertheless has to this point been ignored completely by the legal academic literature.

This Article represents the first sustained discussion of the FPA in that literature. It concludes that the statute should be revoked — and it centers its critique on the law’s …


Rennard Strickland: Legal Historian And Leader, Charles Wilkinson Jan 2022

Rennard Strickland: Legal Historian And Leader, Charles Wilkinson

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Foreword: Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., A Scholar Of Uncommon Conviction, Integrity, And Boldness, Patricia A. Mccoy Jan 2022

Foreword: Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., A Scholar Of Uncommon Conviction, Integrity, And Boldness, Patricia A. Mccoy

University of Colorado Law Review

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