If the brokerâs equity requirement is 25 percent, the customer must maintain $15,000 in equity in the account. If the customer has an outstanding margin loan against the securities of $50,000, his equity will be $10,000 ($60,000 - $50,000 = $10,000).
James D. St. Clair argued in his Supreme Court brief on President Nixon's behalf that this language demonstrated the Framers' intent that any prosecution would follow impeachment and removal from office and that, consequently, a President could not be prosecuted while in office.
Theoretically, then, the President can probably pardon him/her-self for any Federal crime â but this only prevents actual prosecution for that crime, not impeachment for the crime itself. Prior Answer, to the hypothetical of the VP murdering the President and then pardoning himself: