Ever since Marbury v. Madison (1810), when the Supreme Court issued a “writ of mandamus”, ordering the president to act, and he refused, the president has been “above the law”. Since then, all they can do is stopping his subordinated from acting, as well, not order them to act, either.
So the courts just shrug, and use the excuse that only congress can depose a president by impeaching and convicting him of “high crimes and misdemeanors”. And congress has never had the guts to do that.
Bottom line: once he is elected by the electoral college, the only things that can get him out of office are impeachment or dying. And Woodrow Wilson’s wife is suspected of carrying on in his stead when he was in an extended coma.
The Supreme Court held in Marbury that it could not issue a writ of mandamus to the President.
“Woodrow Wilson’s wife is suspected of carrying on in his stead when he was in an extended coma.”
Good thing that was before the age of mass media, or public appearances might have been awkward. I’m imagining a “Weekend at Bernie’s” type thing.