Trump Indictments Present Constitutional Quandaries: QuickTake

Former President Donald Trump faces 91 criminal charges in four jurisdictions for conduct before, during and after his presidency, including an alleged conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He’s also the leading Republican candidate in the 2024 election. That raises a host of scenarios in which the US Constitution would be consulted on a collision of politics and law that America’s founders could scarcely have anticipated. These scenarios include:

1. What if Trump is convicted of a crime while he’s a presidential candidate?

A clean criminal record is not a job requirement for president; the Constitution says ...