Well - we do have similar immunity extensions for common citizens if their role warrants - if a soldier or police officer kill someone in the line of duty, they

Well - we do have similar immunity extensions for common citizens if their role warrants - if a soldier or police officer kill someone in the line of duty, they don't necessarily get charged with a crime. > “The President… is amenable to [the law] in his private character as a citizen, and in his public character by impeachment.” - James Wilson - one of the drafters and early Supreme Court justice I'm not arguing that the constitution gives the president broad immunity for all personal crimes. But it was pretty understood at the time and in the text of the constitution that impeachment was to proceed all legal criminal charges.