Originally Posted by
Wraith
I accounted for both interpretations, and state != federal. States have their own rules and laws, and the powers they give to their governors have no bearing on the powers the President has.
Come on, it's understandable for the non-Americans, but I thought it was common knowledge here that if you want to try a sitting President for a crime, you have to get Congress to do it. It was an explicit power given to them. Do you really want to defend an interpretation that allows any prosecuting attorney with a grudge, a law-enforcement buddy, and a messiah complex to go and arrest the President whenever he's in their jursidiction? Because there's some extra secret invisible words in the Constitution? That's silly.