Tanya Chutkan: “Plaintiffs legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual.”

Presidents are not kings, and plaintiff is not president.

Defendant Trump's four-year service as commander-in-chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens.

Defendant's four-year service as commander-in-chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens.

Presidents are not kings and Trump is not president.