Trump promises court fight over Pennsylvania absentee votes
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump promises court fight over Pennsylvania absentee votes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign are signaling they will pursue an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election. Over the weekend, he continued to rail against absentee ballots, frustrated by a Supreme Court ruling that didn’t deliver a clear GOP win, continuing a monthslong push to sow unfounded doubt about potential voter fraud. Trump said the high court’s pre-election refusal to rule out the extension was a “terrible decision.” He also said that once the polls close Tuesday, “we’re going in with our lawyers.” Justin Clark, the deputy Trump campaign manager and senior counsel, said Boockvar “is blatantly attempting to steal this election for Joe Biden and the Democrats. But make no mistake: President Trump and his team will continue to fight for the free, fair election and the trustworthy results all Americans deserve.” The legal issue is whether the extension ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, relying on voter protections in the Pennsylvania constitution, violated the U.S. Constitution. Although it was not the majority opinion in the case, an opinion joined by three conservative justices in 2000 would have ruled for Bush because the Florida Supreme Court’s recount order usurped the legislature’s authority.

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Scathing analysis rages at Supreme Court's role in returning Trump to White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Scathing analysis rages at Supreme Court's role in returning Trump to White House

Raw Story  

During the 2024 presidential race, radio host Charlamagne tha God predicted that if Vice President Kamala Harris defeated GOP nominee Donald Trump, the "corrupt" U.S. Supreme Court would go along with one of Trump's legal challenges and still hand the election to Trump. During his second term, Trump is likely to push the U.S. Supreme Court — which has a …

Trump’s win may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s win may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, combined with the Republican takeover of the Senate, may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for another two decades. But conservative analysts think it is quite likely Alito or Thomas or both will retire during Trump’s second term. Retirements by Alito or Thomas would allow Trump to appoint one or two far younger conservatives, …

Pennsylvania's Electoral Battleground: Legal Surprises and Heated Campaigns as Election Looms
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Electoral Battleground: Legal Surprises and Heated Campaigns as Election Looms

Hindustan Times  

Pennsylvania is emerging as the jackpot in the hotly contested presidential race, drawing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in frenzied campaigning on the eve of the election. A surge in legal cases from both sides seeking to gain any advantage in addition to their get-out-the-vote efforts has also made the state a hotbed of political activity.

Conservative Supermajority on the Supreme Court Could Be Threatened by Trump's Return
2 months ago

Conservative Supermajority on the Supreme Court Could Be Threatened by Trump's Return

The Hindu  

A potential Trump win in the upcoming U.S. presidential election could see the conservatives retain control of the Supreme Court for the coming decades. The conservative supermajority on the court is due to Trump's first stint, and the two oldest justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, could potentially step down due to age considerations. This could lead to a generation …

In a close election, here are three legal disputes that could reach the Supreme Court
2 months, 1 week ago

In a close election, here are three legal disputes that could reach the Supreme Court

LA Times  

In a nail-biter election Nov. 5, expect the losing side to challenge the results in court. Two weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to rule on mail-ballot errors, leaving the state’s 67 counties to decide on how to proceed. A state appeals court agreed in August, holding that it violated the state Constitution to throw out ballots because of …

Justice delayed is political: Trump’s election interference case must continue ahead of the election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Justice delayed is political: Trump’s election interference case must continue ahead of the election

Salon  

The Supreme Court conservative majority’s opinion in Trump v. United States has rightly drawn considerable criticism. The Court’s slow pace in handing down its decision is already largely responsible for delaying for more than 200 days the federal criminal trial of Donald Trump for alleged January 6-related crimes. But even though the D.C. District Court has only recently been able …

Supreme Court shuts down Missouri’s long shot push to lift Trump’s gag order in hush-money case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court shuts down Missouri’s long shot push to lift Trump’s gag order in hush-money case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the justices granted Trump broad immunity from prosecution in …

'Something's rotten': Ex-Supreme Court clerk goes public with criticism of justices
6 months ago

'Something's rotten': Ex-Supreme Court clerk goes public with criticism of justices

Raw Story  

A former U.S. Supreme Court clerk cast suspicion on the lengthy delay by justices in rendering a decision in Donald Trump's immunity case. The justices agreed Feb. 28 to hear his appeal and scheduled oral arguments for late April, which is a fairly short interval for most cases but considerably longer than it took for the court to hear and …

Supreme Court weighs Trump’s ‘presidential immunity’ claim. Here’s what that means
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court weighs Trump’s ‘presidential immunity’ claim. Here’s what that means

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In what is setting up to be a …

How Supreme Court delays gave Trump what he wants before 2024 elections
8 months ago

How Supreme Court delays gave Trump what he wants before 2024 elections

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But rather than affirm lower-court decisions that rejected …

How to Know If the Supreme Court Is in the Tank for Trump
8 months ago

How to Know If the Supreme Court Is in the Tank for Trump

Politico  

Legal framing is often a deliberate choice. In early February, a three-judge panel of appellate judges affirmed Chutkan’s ruling in an even more thorough and compelling opinion, ultimately holding that “any executive immunity that may have protected while he served as president no longer protects him against this prosecution,” which concerns, among other things, “the citizenry’s interest in democratically selecting …

Trump’s immunity case is another reminder that all roads now lead to the Supreme Court
8 months ago

Trump’s immunity case is another reminder that all roads now lead to the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s hearing Thursday on former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim will underline a historic power shift. The rulings by the GOP-appointed justices over roughly the past two decades have produced cumulative policy changes “way more extensive than any administration, even within unified control of government, has been able to generate,” said Paul Pierson, a University of …

Unhappy with the Supreme Court? Your vote for president could make it worse
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Unhappy with the Supreme Court? Your vote for president could make it worse

LA Times  

A reelected Biden likely wouldn’t be able to alter the ideological imbalance on the Supreme Court, but he could prevent it from getting worse. Foot-dragging — by the Supreme Court, where three Trump appointees sit, and at the Florida district court where a Trump-appointed judge presides — has all but assured that voters won’t get criminal verdicts before election day …

Supreme Court’s Colorado ballot decision exposes the lie behind conservatives’ claims of textualism
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s Colorado ballot decision exposes the lie behind conservatives’ claims of textualism

Salon  

In overturning the Colorado Supreme Court’s disqualification of Donald Trump from the ballot, the Supreme Court conveniently ducked its responsibility and covered Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in about six feet of concrete. Knowing that Congress will do nothing before the election if ever, the court held that the Section wasn’t “self-executing”—Congress would have to set up rules. Yet, …

Supreme Court metadata reveals last-minute change in Trump ballot case.
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court metadata reveals last-minute change in Trump ballot case.

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to keep Donald Trump on Colorado’s ballot was styled as a unanimous one without any dissents. After oral arguments, many smart court watchers mused that the justices might reach a grand bargain that tied this case to a separate dispute involving Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal prosecution for election subversion. The liberal justices …

It’s Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump
9 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump

Slate  

The latest decisions out of the Supreme Court, first on when to hear former President Donald Trump’s immunity appeal, then on how to deal with his Colorado ballot disqualification, have made one thing very clear: We need to stop deluding ourselves that a majority of the Supreme Court sees the same political emergency that many of us do in terms …

Supreme Court says Trump can stay on 2024 ballots but ignores ‘insurrection’ role
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court says Trump can stay on 2024 ballots but ignores ‘insurrection’ role

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last week, the Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in Mr Trump’s “immunity” defence …

The Supreme Court’s “Unanimous” Trump Ballot Ruling Is Actually a 5–4 Disaster
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court’s “Unanimous” Trump Ballot Ruling Is Actually a 5–4 Disaster

Slate  

On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Colorado Supreme Court decision removing Donald Trump from the ballot because of his engagement in an insurrection on Jan. 6. It derives this conclusion from two primary sources: “Griffin’s Case,” an 1869 opinion written by Chief Justice Salmon Chase, acting as a circuit judge, and Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, which …

US Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Colorado Bid To Take Trump Off Primary Ballot
9 months, 2 weeks ago

US Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Colorado Bid To Take Trump Off Primary Ballot

ABP News  

The US Supreme Court has reinstated former president Donald Trump to the 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state efforts to exclude the Republican former president due to his alleged role in the 2021 Capitol riot. The case is the court's first involvement with a provision of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who "engaged …

Editorial: The Supreme Court was right to keep Trump on the ballot. Now voters should reject him
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: The Supreme Court was right to keep Trump on the ballot. Now voters should reject him

LA Times  

Gabriel Chambers, wearing a Trump T-shirt, is interviewed outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 8. In ruling that Colorado — and other states — may not bar Donald Trump from the ballot, the Supreme Court has provided necessary clarity about the reach of a once-obscure section of the 14th Amendment aimed at preventing insurrectionists from holding public office. …

Column: For the second time in days, the Supreme Court helped make another Trump presidency possible
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: For the second time in days, the Supreme Court helped make another Trump presidency possible

LA Times  

The Supreme Court held Monday that a single state such as Colorado can’t prohibit Donald Trump from running for president as an insurrectionist under the 14th Amendment. The court’s strong inclination to restore Trump to the ballot was clear from the oral argument in the case last month, and indeed the justices reversed the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously. Circuit Court …

A respite: On the Trump case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A respite: On the Trump case

The Hindu  

Former United States President Donald Trump appeared to receive a measure of legal succour from the country’s Supreme Court after it agreed to hear in mid-April the arguments for and against his right, as an erstwhile serving President, to immunity from federal criminal prosecution for allegedly subverting the 2020 presidential election. The court’s move adds considerably more time to the …

Trump Might Be On The Trail — But His Actual Campaign Is Playing Out Elsewhere
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Might Be On The Trail — But His Actual Campaign Is Playing Out Elsewhere

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump might be romping his way to the Republican nomination in state primary elections as he aims to retake the White House, but his actual campaign is happening in the courts, where he confronts real challenges. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its long-awaited decision on …

Trump vs Colorado: Could US Supreme Court stop him running for office?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vs Colorado: Could US Supreme Court stop him running for office?

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump’s challengers are seeking to use a post-civil war law to bar him from the November presidential election. The US Supreme Court on Thursday began hearings about Donald Trump’s eligibility for the presidency in a historic case that could either boost the former president’s reelection campaign or see him kicked off the list of candidates for the upcoming November …

The US Supreme Court is faced with a monumental decision. Should Donald Trump be disqualified from running for re-election?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The US Supreme Court is faced with a monumental decision. Should Donald Trump be disqualified from running for re-election?

ABC  

The United States' highest court is considering its most significant election case in decades: Can Donald Trump be disqualified from running for the White House again? A group of Republican and unaffiliated voters in Colorado argued Donald Trump did just that on January 6, 2021, when he told his supporters to "fight like hell" shortly before they stormed the Capitol …

Five ways the Supreme Court could rule for Trump on the 14th Amendment
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Five ways the Supreme Court could rule for Trump on the 14th Amendment

LA Times  

The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of President Trump and the 14th Amendment. “What’s a state doing deciding who other citizens get to vote for for president?” The 14th Amendment was “designed to take away powers from the states” after the Civil War, she said later, when Shannon Stevenson, the lawyer for Colorado, defended the ruling. Why would …

How a CO lawsuit against Trump’s eligibility went from ‘long shot’ to the Supreme Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How a CO lawsuit against Trump’s eligibility went from ‘long shot’ to the Supreme Court

Raw Story  

Only a few dozen people, lawyers and court staff included, were on hand in the Denver City and County Building’s Courtroom 209 when a five-day trial in a case known as Anderson v. Griswold began on a cold morning in late October. Just outside the courtroom, footsteps echoed in the otherwise quiet halls of Denver’s city hall as Jason Miller, …

The Supreme Court seems poised to reject efforts to kick Trump off the ballot over the Capitol riot
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court seems poised to reject efforts to kick Trump off the ballot over the Capitol riot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seems poised to reject attempts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot, with conservative and liberal justices in apparent agreement in a case that puts them at the heart of a presidential election. In the first ruling of its kind, Colorado’s Supreme Court decided that the provision, Section 3 of the 14th …

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot

NPR  

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot Enlarge this image toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of the effort to disqualify Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from a state primary ballot because he allegedly engaged in an insurrection to try to cling …

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that's broken new legal ground
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that's broken new legal ground

Hindustan Times  

On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. But it’s always tricky to try to predict a Supreme Court ruling, and the case against …

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that’s broken new legal ground
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that’s broken new legal ground

Associated Press  

Read the latest: Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack WASHINGTON — The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that …

Donald Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court for the Bush v. Gore Treatment
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court for the Bush v. Gore Treatment

Slate  

The Supreme Court will soon be under the microscope like it hasn’t been since the disputed 2000 U.S. presidential election in Bush v. Gore, as it considers not one but now two major cases that each could strongly influence whether Donald Trump will become president again. I’ve already noted here at Slate that Trump’s arguments in his Supreme Court opening …

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know

LA Times  

Supporters of then-President Trump rally on Jan. 6, 2021, before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The justices are hearing arguments Thursday in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment that prevents those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The …

The Supreme Court Knows What It Must Do With Trump’s Immunity Ploy
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Knows What It Must Do With Trump’s Immunity Ploy

Slate  

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sharply denied former President Donald Trump’s claim to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, in a Tuesday decision that tees up what’s likely to be an imminent showdown at the Supreme Court. The justices must now decide whether to halt the new …

Can Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Can Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. WASHINGTON — A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump’s drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. The case is the court’s most direct involvement in a presidential election since Bush v. Gore, a decision …

Trump’s Lawyers Made Some Very Odd Strategic Choices in the Supreme Court Ballot Case
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s Lawyers Made Some Very Odd Strategic Choices in the Supreme Court Ballot Case

Slate  

When the Supreme Court hears oral argument on Feb. 8 over Colorado’s decision to disqualify Donald Trump from appearing on the 2024 ballot on grounds that he engaged in insurrection and therefore violated part of the 14th Amendment, the odds have got to be in Trump’s favor. But ultimately the trial court ruled for Trump on what a layperson would …

Lawyers for Trump urge the Supreme Court ‘to put a swift and decisive end’ to ballot removal efforts
11 months ago

Lawyers for Trump urge the Supreme Court ‘to put a swift and decisive end’ to ballot removal efforts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the Supreme Court “to put a swift and decisive end” to efforts to kick him off the 2024 presidential ballot over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. In a written filing, Trump’s lawyers called on the court to reverse a first-of-its-kind Colorado Supreme Court decision that said …

US Presidential Election: Supreme Court To Decide If Trump Can Be Barred From Colorado Ballot
11 months, 2 weeks ago

US Presidential Election: Supreme Court To Decide If Trump Can Be Barred From Colorado Ballot

ABP News  

The United States Supreme Court decided on Friday to hear Donald Trump's appeal of the court's judgement that barred him from voting in Colorado's Republican primary, taking up a politically contentious issue with enormous ramifications for the 2024 presidential race, news agency Reuters reported. The Colorado Supreme Court's Dec. 19 order banning Trump from the state's primary vote was based …

US Supreme Court to decide on Donald Trump’s eligibility for presidential run
11 months, 2 weeks ago

US Supreme Court to decide on Donald Trump’s eligibility for presidential run

Live Mint  

US Presidential Polls 2024: The Supreme Court said on Friday that the court will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be excluded from the ballot due to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, thereby firmly involving the court in the dynamics of the upcoming 2024 presidential campaign. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear …

Donald Trump's Colorado ballot ban: US top court agrees to review case on February 8
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump's Colorado ballot ban: US top court agrees to review case on February 8

Hindustan Times  

The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Colorado can bar Donald Trump from the presidential ballot, taking up a landmark constitutional and political clash stemming from his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. They will review a Colorado Supreme Court decision that said Trump engaged in insurrection – and forfeited his right to run for president again – by …

The Supreme Court Will Decide if Trump Can Run for President. It’s Not Ready for the Fallout.
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Will Decide if Trump Can Run for President. It’s Not Ready for the Fallout.

Slate  

On Friday, in the least surprising grant since Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging Donald Trump’s eligibility for president, teeing up final resolution of a constitutional dispute that could knock Trump off the ballot in multiple states. The justices will review, on an expedited basis, the December ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court finding …

Supreme Court agrees to rule soon on whether Trump is barred from running for president
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court agrees to rule soon on whether Trump is barred from running for president

LA Times  

Insurrectionists loyal to President Trump rally outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide on a fast-track basis whether former President Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot because he “engaged in insurrection” after losing his reelection bid in November 2020. The justices granted an appeal from Trump and his …

Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to review Colorado ruling barring him from the ballot over Capitol attack
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to review Colorado ruling barring him from the ballot over Capitol attack

The Hindu  

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who “engaged in insurrection” will end his political career. “The Colorado Supreme Court decision would unconstitutionally disenfranchise millions of voters in Colorado and likely be used as …

Supreme Court might dodge Trump’s immunity case entirely: ex-DOJ official
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court might dodge Trump’s immunity case entirely: ex-DOJ official

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court could try to dodge deciding Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim, a former Justice Department official said Wednesday. Former Justice Department official Mary McCord spoke with MSNBC's Alicia Menendez about Trump's efforts to kill Special Counsel Jack Smith's election interference case by claiming his actions between the Nov. 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riots were protected. …

Trump demands Supreme Court overturn Colorado decision disqualifying him from 2024 ballots
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump demands Supreme Court overturn Colorado decision disqualifying him from 2024 ballots

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “By considering the question of President Trump’s eligibility and barring him from the ballot, …

The Supreme Court is expected to determine whether Trump can keep running for president. Here’s why
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court is expected to determine whether Trump can keep running for president. Here’s why

Associated Press  

Get insider access to the campaign trail, Washington and more with Ground Game, featuring exclusive reporting on politics and the 2024 race from the AP’s Meg Kinnard. Trump on Wednesday appealed a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that he’s ineligible for the presidency because he violated a rarely used constitutional prohibition on those who hold office having “engaged in …

Trump asks US Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ruling barring him from ballot over Jan. 6 attack
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump asks US Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ruling barring him from ballot over Jan. 6 attack

Associated Press  

DENVER — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who “engaged in insurrection” will end his political career. “The Colorado Supreme Court decision would unconstitutionally disenfranchise millions of voters in Colorado and likely be …

Supreme Court review of Trump ballot ban supported by successful Colorado plaintiffs
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court review of Trump ballot ban supported by successful Colorado plaintiffs

Raw Story  

The plaintiffs who persuaded a majority of the Colorado Supreme Court to block former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot under a Civil War-era insurrection clause urged the U.S. Supreme Court to promptly weigh in on the case in a new filing. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, who are backed by the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in …

Election 2024: Courts are supposed to be above politics. Why do they get involved?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024: Courts are supposed to be above politics. Why do they get involved?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON LaKeisha Chestnut's grandmother told her again and again that her vote was her voice. Last year, they won a big victory at the Supreme Court to boost Black voting power and raise the chance that Alabama will send two Black representatives to Washington for the first time. Months before the November election, the Supreme Court has been immersed in …

Supreme Court gets stern warning to butt out of Trump ballot challenges
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court gets stern warning to butt out of Trump ballot challenges

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court has the right and ability to not wade in on the disputes in multiple states considering banning Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot and they should take advantage of it. That is the opinion of attorney Shan Wu in a column for the Daily Beast where he said the system is working as long as officials at …

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