The U.S. Supreme Court will likely send former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case back to the lower courts for further review, said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday The nation’s highest court last week heard arguments made by President Trump’s lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith’s team regarding whether the 45th president should be […]
During Thursday’s deliberations at the U.S. Supreme Court on former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh warned that a decision in the case has future implications for whether future presidents are shielded from vicious cycles of malicious prosecution that could effectively end the presidency as we know it. In the course […]
The Supreme Court indicated on April 25 that it would issue a narrow ruling refining the scope of presidential immunity while leaving the details of former President Donald Trump’s other legal battles up to lower courts. The most immediate effect of their decision on President Trump’s legal battles would be to delay his Washington case, […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments over former President Donald Trump’s claim to presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. Bob Barr, former congressman, attorney, and Clinton impeachment manager, says the Supreme Court is unlikely to go along with either side completely.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on April 25 in a politically charged case about whether former President Donald Trump enjoys immunity from prosecution for official acts carried out during his time in office. Generally, the Supreme Court tries to wrap up its annual term, which begins in October, and issue rulings in the scores of […]
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical on April 25 of former President Donald Trump’s claim that he should receive absolute criminal immunity, but open to allowing some level of immunity for presidents. Conservative justices seemed poised to remand the case back to the district court in Washington with instructions on what constitutes official and private acts […]
Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on non-disclosure payments to an adult performer in New York continues on April 25. President Trump is charged with falsifying business records to allegedly conceal the payments. He has denied the allegations. SCHEDULE: 8:30 a.m. ET – Trump Tower Exterior 9:30 a.m. ET – Start of court proceedings
Abortion took center stage at the Supreme Court on Wednesday as Idaho’s abortion law was discussed. The Biden administration has argued that Idaho’s state law is in conflict with the federal EMTALA Act (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act), which was designed to set standards for emergency medical care.
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump should be granted immunity in his 2020 election case. NTD spoke to John Malcolm, the vice president of The Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government and the director of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, to find out […]
The Supreme Court hears oral argument on Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s claim that he’s immune from criminal prosecution for official acts he undertook while in office. Follow here for the live updates: Supreme Court Seems Open to Allowing Some Presidential Immunity, May Delay Trump Trial By Sam Dorman The Supreme Court seemed skeptical […]
Former President Donald Trump has criticized a New York Judge for barring him from attending a Supreme Court hearing on whether he has presidential immunity from prosecution for acts committed while he was in the White House. The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., will start hearing arguments in the case on Thursday. A ruling on […]
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has vowed to appeal an unfavorable court ruling overturning the state’s transgender sports ban all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with athlete and policy advocate Riley Gaines joining him in calling for protections for women’s sports. “We’re not going to allow the elites in the swamp to […]
The Supreme Court, in its upcoming immunity case filed by former President Donald Trump, may rule to send the case back to the district court in Washington, allowing him to further delay proceedings as desired, according to experts. April 25 is the date the justices set for oral arguments over President Trump’s claims of immunity […]
Most Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to accept Idaho’s argument on April 24 that the state’s strict abortion law does not conflict with a federal law that prevents hospitals from refusing to treat indigent emergency room patients. At the same time, liberal justices vigorously questioned whether the Idaho law is putting women in danger. The […]
The Biden administration is trying to create a federal right to abortion in a case about emergency health care standards that the Supreme Court will take up on April 24, Idaho’s attorney general and legal experts say. Specifically, the case is about whether a state law that restricts abortion conflicts with a federal law that […]
The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic on April 23 to a request by Starbucks to rein in the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to decide if fired union activists in Tennessee should get their jobs back. Labor activists argue such a pro-management ruling could discourage union organizing. The court has tended to rule for employers in […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 23 directed the U.S. Department of Justice to reply to a man convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Justices said the department’s response to Russell Alford is due May 23. Mr. Alford was convicted by a jury of four misdemeanor counts but is challenging […]
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a final blow to an effort to block former President Donald Trump from the presidential ballot in Arizona by refusing to hear an appeal from a man who’s waged a legal battle in dozens of states to get the former president disqualified over the Jan. 6 incident. The high court […]
Conservative justices on the Supreme Court seemed receptive to an Oregon city’s argument on April 22 that the Eighth Amendment does not prevent it from prosecuting homeless people for sleeping outside. City of Grants Pass v. Johnson comes as cities across the nation struggle with homelessness and homeless camping sites, which have been growing because […]
