US Supreme Court heads into uncharted, dangerous territory as it considers Trump insurrection case
11 months ago

US Supreme Court heads into uncharted, dangerous territory as it considers Trump insurrection case

New Indian Express  

Can Colorado disqualify former US President Trump from the state’s primary ballot? That’s the momentous question the US Supreme Court will consider in Trump v. Anderson, a case being argued before the justices on February 8, 2024. As scholars who study how the federal judiciary is changing, we believe that Trump’s unprecedented relationship with the judiciary makes this case important in ways that go beyond the legality of his ballot removal. One dark shadow hanging over this case is that the justices’ decision could affect the court’s legitimacy, too. The justices have done many things to hurt the court’s legitimacy, too, from upending the legal status quo on issues such as abortion to accepting money and luxury vacations from people whose interests have appeared in cases before the court.

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The Supreme Court’s Shockingly Effective Tactic for Having Toxic Opinions Ignored
6 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Shockingly Effective Tactic for Having Toxic Opinions Ignored

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. In City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, the court’s conservatives held that laws criminalizing homeless people who have no access to shelter for sleeping outside do not violate the Eighth Amendment’s bar on “cruel and unusual” punishment. Like Loper Bright, Grants Pass lined up along …

How to Finally Outrun Trump’s Efforts to Outrun the Law
9 months, 2 weeks ago

How to Finally Outrun Trump’s Efforts to Outrun the Law

Slate  

Brian Beutler had a very smart column last week pointing out something that should be obvious to everyone: Donald Trump is not so much running a presidential campaign as he is spearheading a criminal immunity racket. Put another way, despite the ongoing and escalating efforts by Trump to foment sweeping public doubt about the fairness of the criminal justice system, …

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

Column: For the second time in days, the Supreme Court helped make another Trump presidency possible
10 months, 1 week 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 …

Supreme Court appears set to strike down Colorado ruling to kick Trump off 2024 ballot
11 months ago

Supreme Court appears set to strike down Colorado ruling to kick Trump off 2024 ballot

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 year, justices on Colorado’s Supreme Court disqualified Mr Trump under the scope of …

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

Opinion: The Supreme Court seems likely to let Trump run. It will have to ignore the Constitution
11 months ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court seems likely to let Trump run. It will have to ignore the Constitution

LA Times  

A sketch depicts Thursday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court on whether Donald Trump should be removed from the ballot. The issue before the court is whether Trump is disqualified from the presidency by Section 3 of the amendment, which provides that no officeholder who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the country “shall be a Senator or Representative in …

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

'Disenfranchisement and chaos': Supreme Court hears pivotal Trump case
11 months ago

'Disenfranchisement and chaos': Supreme Court hears pivotal Trump case

Raw Story  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Last September, six Colorado voters — four registered Republicans and two independents — filed a lawsuit that said Trump was disqualified from appearing on Colorado’s 2024 Republican primary ballot because he’d engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and thus, under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, could no longer seek the presidency. …

The Supreme Court Can’t Let Fear of Trump Supporters Force Its Hand
55 years ago

The Supreme Court Can’t Let Fear of Trump Supporters Force Its Hand

Slate  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson, also known as the 14th Amendment Disqualification Clause case. I think it sounds kind of nice to say, “Oh, someone’s denied the due process of law,” which is also in the 14th Amendment, right? And one of the things in that brief is that “five years and …

Column: Disqualify Trump? The Supreme Court is getting lots of urgent advice — but no clear direction
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Disqualify Trump? The Supreme Court is getting lots of urgent advice — but no clear direction

LA Times  

The magnitude of the Supreme Court’s coming decision on whether Donald Trump should be disqualified from the presidential ballot can be measured in pounds — namely, the weight of the quickly growing pile of friend-of-the-court briefs that an array of outside groups and individuals have submitted to the court. Trump’s lawyers filed their main arguments against the Colorado Supreme Court …

Why the Supreme Court won't overrule that Trump aided an insurrection: legal expert
1 year ago

Why the Supreme Court won't overrule that Trump aided an insurrection: legal expert

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump may or may not escape disqualification from the ballot thanks to the Supreme Court, said former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on his "Justice Matters" show Friday — but even if he does, the justices are highly unlikely to reverse the determination by lower court judges that he engaged in insurrection, for one simple reason. "It is …

Kicking Trump off the ballot won’t be easy. Here’s why
1 year ago

Kicking Trump off the ballot won’t be easy. Here’s why

LA Times  

Former President Trump stands while the song “Justice for All” is played at a March 25, 2023, campaign rally in Waco, Texas. Within the next couple of weeks, the justices almost certainly will announce that they’ll review Tuesday’s Colorado Supreme Court ruling barring Trump from the state’s primary ballot. The 4-3 ruling by Colorado’s highest court held that Trump’s role …

The insurrection clause has waited 150 years for the Trump test
1 year, 1 month ago

The insurrection clause has waited 150 years for the Trump test

Salon  

Lawyers who represent the government in federal court face a never-ending supply of 1st and 14th Amendment cases from creative plaintiffs. In over 150 years following the 14th Amendment’s adoption, there was never a set of similar facts that could have triggered the insurrectionist clause. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states plainly that, “No person shall … hold office… …

'Like a poster child for insurrection': CO Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump case
1 year, 1 month ago

'Like a poster child for insurrection': CO Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump case

Raw Story  

Colorado’s highest court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a landmark case seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from Colorado’s 2024 ballot under a Civil War-era insurrection clause. Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace ruled last month that although Trump “engaged in insurrection” within the meaning of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the clause — which prohibits …

The Supreme Court’s Oddest Pairing Comes out Swinging on Behalf of Criminal Defendants
1 year, 3 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Oddest Pairing Comes out Swinging on Behalf of Criminal Defendants

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. In 2018 Congress passed the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that, among many other things, allows judges to deviate from mandatory minimums for people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. “It might as well be Greek.” The most interesting exchanges …

Supreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices tend to wipe the slate clean at the start of a new term, the bruised feelings occasioned by tough cases eased by a summer break. On Friday, she had said she was hopeful but reserving judgment on whether a court dominated 6-3 by conservatives can again find “common ground.” On Tuesday, Alito was answering a …

Latest rulings are an ‘ominous’ warning about ‘radical’ Supreme Court and the 2024 election: legal expert
2 years, 6 months ago

Latest rulings are an ‘ominous’ warning about ‘radical’ Supreme Court and the 2024 election: legal expert

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court has embarked on a "radical" departure from precedent, and one legal expert said their moves should be seen as an "ominous" warning about the 2024 election. The court has issued a series of decisions this term that weakened the rights of those accused of crimes, limited states' authority to make gun laws, and required taxpayer funding …

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
2 years, 9 months ago

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases

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. Read our privacy policy Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …

The Supreme Court’s clear message to President Donald Trump: Stop
4 years, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court’s clear message to President Donald Trump: Stop

CNN  

CNN — During the past four years, President Donald Trump has challenged the integrity of the Supreme Court and tried to drag the justices into the legal muck with him. But Trump’s meritless attack on the November election and his loss to Joe Biden in a brazen lawsuit initiated by the Texas attorney general brought the court into a wholly …

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling exposes personal fissures among the nine justices
4 years, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling exposes personal fissures among the nine justices

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s rejection of New York’s pandemic limits on religious services exposed personal fissures among the nine justices and offered the starkest rendering yet of President Donald Trump’s impact on the bench. Striking chords similar to Trump’s anti-mask, anti-restriction rhetoric, Alito had declared to the Federalist Society, “The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual …

The Supreme Court’s Ultraconservatives Are Preparing a Radical Assault on American Democracy
55 years ago

The Supreme Court’s Ultraconservatives Are Preparing a Radical Assault on American Democracy

Slate  

series is made possible by the support of Slate Plus members and readers like you. By a 4–4 vote, with Roberts joining the remaining liberals, the court refused to block a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that compelled the state to count mail-in ballots received by Nov. 6. A Pennsylvania statute requires mail-in ballots to be returned by 8 …

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