Judge Schechter of the New York Supreme Court has ruled that the President of the United States can be sued for defamation because no one is above the law.
The case involves former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, who is suing President Trump for defamation because he called her a liar after she accused him of sexual misconduct. The suit was filed in January of 2017, shortly before inauguration day.
Trump's attorneys argued that a provision making federal laws the supreme law of the land which prevents state courts from hearing this case.
As the New York court noted, the U.S. Supreme Court made it clear 20 years ago that the President’s office doesn’t place him beyond the reach of the courts in Clinton v. Jones, That was the sexual harassment suit brought by Paula Jones against President Bill Clinton.
As a result of Tuesday’s decision, Zervos’s case can move forward, and the President will have to face her allegations like anyone else would.
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