For New York Magazine’s September 14-27 issue, writer Jonathan Chait looks at how surviving the Trump presidency will require more than defeating him in November. Chait argues that Trump must be tried for his crimes, even if that sparks a constitutional crisis of its own. Chait writes, “A world where the power of the state can be brought to bear against a person who was once its most famous symbol of wealth is one where every American will more easily imagine a future in which we are all truly equal before the law.” In a companion piece, Jeff Wise looks at the cases that are being readied against Trump: “According to legal experts, the man most likely to drag Trump into court is the district attorney for Manhattan, Cyrus Vance Jr.” Wise goes on to explain, “Vance … is free to go after Trump not as a crooked president but as a common crook who happened to get elected president.”
The cover illustration is by Jane Rosenberg, a New York based courtroom artist who has covered many famous trials. Says New York Magazine’s design director Thomas Alberty, “Having a court drawing of Trump having his day in court felt more real than Photoshop.”