"Indeed, the judge assigned to Zervos’ case cited that Clinton precedent Tuesday as she ruled that presidents enjoy no broad immunity from suit over their unofficial actions, whether those cases are filed in federal or state court.
“No one is above the law,” New York Justice Jennifer Schecter wrote. “There is absolutely no authority for dismissing or staying a civil action related to purely unofficial conduct because defendant is President of the United States.”
The immediate question for Trump’s team now is not whether it can wipe out the building pile of litigation, but how long it can keep it at bay.
Bennett remarked Tuesday that despite the 9-0 beating he ultimately took at the Supreme Court, he still considers the foray a success because it managed to stave off Paula Jones’ suit until after the 1996 election."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/20/trump-sex-scandal-lawsuits-daniels-476728
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