Thomas Jefferson Disagrees with John Roberts About Presidential Immunity

Originally published at: Thomas Jefferson Disagrees with John Roberts About Presidential Immunity - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Thomas Jefferson played no direct role in authoring the federal Constitution. He wasn’t even in the country at the time. He was living in France as the US Ambassador. Indeed he was at least equivocal about key elements of the document, despite the fact that much of it was the work of his friend and…