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[branford]

41. You Nixon reference fails to address the OP or our discussion.

First, I'll politely choose to ignore the surprising, unwarranted and unsubstantiated insult to my legal knowledge or capabilities.

Your OP concerned whether a former president could or would face a criminal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or presently, not if they were immune to prosecution during their tenure in the presidency. Although you correctly reference the murky legal issue of whether a president is immune to criminal prosecution during their service, it bears little relevance to the immunity issue after their service is complete. Also, you should note that the Nixon issue you cite was more recently relevant in connection with Bill Clinton. In Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), the Supreme Court unanimously held that a sitting president cannot delay or avoid a civil suit until after the end of his term in office. Nevertheless, I do not see how either the Nixon or Clinton cases address your fundamental questions of whether former presidents are immune to criminal prosecution, of if criminal prosecution is permissible, whether it is politically viable.