Rulings help moderate image of conservative Supreme Court
4 years, 6 months ago

Rulings help moderate image of conservative Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In two major decisions this week on LGBT rights and immigration, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump somewhat surprising defeats. For Chief Justice John Roberts, who sided with the court’s liberals in ruling against Trump in both cases, the outcomes and the conservative outcry that accompanied them may help insulate the court from accusations typically made from the left that the highest court in the land is reflexively friendly to partisan Republican and ideologically conservative interests. Over Trump’s 3 1/2 years in office, Roberts has been both a vote for the administration and against it, his votes often decisive on a court with four more liberal justices and four more conservative. Roberts sees himself as a “steward for the institutional integrity of the court” and “he can’t really in good faith protect the integrity of court without ruling against Trump from time to time,” she said. Curt Levey, who heads the conservative Committee for Justice, said Monday’s decision in the LGBT case firmly establishes Roberts as “a moderate at best.” One silver lining of the fact that both Gorsuch and Roberts joined the liberals, he said, is that it works against Democrats who might in the future claim “this is a right-wing court.”

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Supreme Court likely having 'break-the-glass' conversations about Trump: analyst
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Supreme Court likely having 'break-the-glass' conversations about Trump: analyst

Raw Story  

The United States Supreme Court at times would step in during President-elect Donald Trump's first term to block his more extreme policies. But I think it will stand up to him in some cases, and the question is then what?” He isn't certain whether Trump would comply with a Supreme Court ruling that he didn't agree with. This Supreme Court …

From champagne to speeches, would-be Trump Supreme Court justices draw conservative buzz
1 month ago

From champagne to speeches, would-be Trump Supreme Court justices draw conservative buzz

CNN  

CNN — Donald Trump’s return to power is creating a reality television-like competition for attention among a group of black-robed candidates – some of whom may hope to one day wind up on the Supreme Court. US Circuit Judge Andrew Oldham drew attention recently for condemning “political” prosecutions days after Trump’s reelection. Oldham, who Trump named to the 5th US …

'A big if': Trump said to face immediate uphill battle over judicial nominations
1 month, 1 week ago

'A big if': Trump said to face immediate uphill battle over judicial nominations

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump will face an uphill battle should he attempt to push ultra-ideological judges to the bench as he did in his first term, according to a new report. Senate Democrats who currently enjoy the majority are rushing to leave as few vacancies for Trump to fill as possible, the Washington Post reported. Outgoing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is …

U.S. Supreme Court: A check or an enabler of second Trump presidency?
1 month, 1 week ago

U.S. Supreme Court: A check or an enabler of second Trump presidency?

Raw Story  

Donald Trump returns to the White House shielded with presidential immunity by the Supreme Court and with the prospect of cementing a conservative majority on the bench for at least a generation. Trump, the only former US president to be convicted of a crime -- falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star -- …

US Supreme Court ruling shields Donald Trump from life imprisonment
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1 month, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court ruling shields Donald Trump from life imprisonment

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump returns to the White House shielded with presidential immunity by the Supreme Court and with the prospect of cementing a conservative majority on the bench for at least a generation. Trump, the only former US president to be convicted of a crime -- falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star -- …

'All Trump judges': Steve Bannon aims to purge every liberal from Supreme Court
1 month, 1 week ago

'All Trump judges': Steve Bannon aims to purge every liberal from Supreme Court

Raw Story  

Right-wing strategist Steve Bannon set a goal of removing every liberal judge from the U.S. Supreme Court after former President Donald Trump was re-elected. Bannon bragged that Trump could appoint an additional Supreme Court justice in his last term because Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was "too arrogant" to step down while President Barack Obama was in office. "Now we're going …

Trump said to be entering 'choppy legal waters' with unexpected source of pushback
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump said to be entering 'choppy legal waters' with unexpected source of pushback

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is expected to enter the White House with a Republican House and Senate, as well as a Supreme Court including several jurists he himself appointed, but there is still an unexpected source of pushback that could hamper some of his efforts, according to some legal experts. Trump’s "ambitious agenda could face pushback from an institution he has done …

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 …

Donald Trump prepares to name more conservative judges in second term
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump prepares to name more conservative judges in second term

India Today  

Republican President-elect Donald Trump is poised to build on his legacy of reshaping the federal judiciary with nominees who his allies and opponents predict could be even more conservative than the near-record 234 judges he put on the bench in his first stint in office. During his first four years in office, Trump's 234 judicial appointments included three U.S. Supreme …

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, …

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 …

'Deeply anti-American': Trump calls for jailing Supreme Court critics
3 months ago

'Deeply anti-American': Trump calls for jailing Supreme Court critics

Raw Story  

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is under fire this week for suggesting that critics of federal judges, including justices on the nation's top court, should be thrown in jail. During a Monday night campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the former president continued his trend of bragging about appointing three of the U.S. Supreme Court justices who ended nationwide abortion rights …

Court likely to impose supervision on Trump's 2024 election challenges: legal expert
3 months, 1 week ago

Court likely to impose supervision on Trump's 2024 election challenges: legal expert

Raw Story  

Black voters have asked a federal court to supervise Donald Trump's legal challenges to a possible election loss in November, and an expert believes they have a strong case. The lawsuit originally filed in the days following the 2020 election has moved slowly through federal court as an appeals court considered Trump's eventually rejected claims of presidential immunity from civil …

Trump promises to ‘save’ America with mix of lofty, vague, legally dubious policies
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump promises to ‘save’ America with mix of lofty, vague, legally dubious policies

LA Times  

The way former President Trump tells it, the United States is a “crime-ridden mess” with “the worst border in the history of the world,” simultaneously headed for the next Great Depression and World War III. Zepeda-Millán said those who supported Trump’s policies — sometimes despite believing them to be ineffective — also held the “most racist views,” including general discomfort …

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 …

Column: The Supreme Court is out of control. Here’s what it will take to rein it in
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: The Supreme Court is out of control. Here’s what it will take to rein it in

LA Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court seen through barricades in 2021. “What is happening now is not normal,” Biden wrote in an op-ed published by the Washington Post on Monday, “and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions, including those impacting personal freedoms. “We are in an antidemocratic doom loop,” said Mike Sacks, a senior advisor at Court Accountability, a …

What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. The justices sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who must now “carefully analyze” whether other allegations involve official conduct for which …

US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators in boost for business
5 months, 3 weeks ago

US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators in boost for business

Al Jazeera  

Billions of dollars are potentially at stake in challenges that could be spawned by the ‘unwarranted shock’ to the law. President Joe Biden’s administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer had warned such a move would be an “unwarranted shock to the legal system”. Kagan called the latest decision “yet another example of the Court’s resolve to roll back agency authority, despite …

'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 must decide': Trump counts on judges to overturn his hush money case's guilty verdict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Supreme Court must decide': Trump counts on judges to overturn his hush money case's guilty verdict

Firstpost  

Last week, former US President Donald Trump was held guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case Former US President Donald Trump is counting on the Supreme Court to overturn his guilty verdict in the hush money case. “The United States Supreme Court MUST DECIDE,” said Trump on his social media platform Truth Social. …

Opinion: The Supreme Court just showed us that Trump is not incompetent. He’s a master of corruption
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court just showed us that Trump is not incompetent. He’s a master of corruption

LA Times  

Donald Trump’s corruption of the United States has become so deeply rooted that he was controlling puppets on the Supreme Court while facing a criminal jury 200 miles away. But the court is just one plot of a vast terrain that Trump has conquered — not with crime, but corruption. Gen. William Barr’s endorsement of Trump this week, after having …

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 …

Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too far while defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too far while defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade that cleared states to ban the procedure. “It’ll be straightened out, and I’m sure that the governor and everybody else are going to bring it …

Trump declines to back nationwide abortion ban, says it should be left to the states
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump declines to back nationwide abortion ban, says it should be left to the states

NPR  

Trump declines to back nationwide abortion ban, says it should be left to the states Enlarge this image toggle caption Megan Briggs/Getty Images Megan Briggs/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Monday made a long-awaited announcement on abortion policy, saying abortion should be left up to the states. In his video, Trump claimed credit for the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning …

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess
8 months, 3 weeks ago

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. repeatedly suggested during an oral argument that government officials could use a 19th century law to ban the distribution of abortion pills through the mail. Politics Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills Supreme Court justices question whether a group of Texas doctors had legal standing to sue …

How to Finally Outrun Trump’s Efforts to Outrun the Law
8 months, 4 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, …

Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election
9 months ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, renewing their arguments that he is immune from prosecution for official acts taken in the White House. Lower courts have already twice rejected the immunity claims, but Trump’s lawyers …

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 …

Partisan struggles getting intensive in Washington
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Partisan struggles getting intensive in Washington

China Daily  

The US Supreme Court. To prevent Trump from making a political comeback, the Democratic-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed lawsuits in multiple state supreme courts, citing Trump's alleged incitement of the Jan 6, 2021"Capitol Hill riot" as grounds to prevent him from participating in the Republican Party primaries in those states. Some constitutional experts believe that the …

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, …

'Astonishing and unprecedented': Conservative slams SCOTUS decision on Trump ballot
9 months, 2 weeks ago

'Astonishing and unprecedented': Conservative slams SCOTUS decision on Trump ballot

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court's decision to restore former President Donald Trump to the ballot in Colorado and shut down any state decisions on Fourteenth Amendment disqualification was wrong, argued retired federal Judge Michael Luttig on CNN Monday. Luttig, widely regarded as one of the founding intellectuals behind the modern-day conservative legal movement, has long been one of the strongest proponents of …

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 …

'Court did not do what Trump asked': Experts say SCOTUS ruling will dismay ex-president
9 months, 2 weeks ago

'Court did not do what Trump asked': Experts say SCOTUS ruling will dismay ex-president

Raw Story  

Legal analysts had anticipated that the U.S. Supreme Court would reverse Colorado's effort to kick Donald Trump off its ballot — but they said Monday it hadn't worked out the way the former president might have hoped. He also said that the case "will put more questions to why Jack Smith didn't charge essentially insurrection, didn't charge a criminal statute …

Supreme Court rejects attempts to ban Trump from 2024 ballot
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court rejects attempts to ban Trump from 2024 ballot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold expressed disappointment in the court’s decision as she acknowledged that “Donald Trump is an eligible candidate on Colorado’s 2024 Presidential Primary.” Trump’s case was the …

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 …

Nakedly partisan Supreme Court lets Trump dance above the law
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Nakedly partisan Supreme Court lets Trump dance above the law

Raw Story  

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided to hear Donald Trump’s claim that he — or any president — is immune from criminal prosecution. Given that SCOTUS decided Bush v. Gore in a matter of days, deciding the 2000 presidential election in Bush’s favor, the Supreme Court’s delay on Trump’s behalf appears intentional. Justice Clarence Thomas apparently did not recuse himself …

Trump just received the gift of time, and democracy’s clock is ticking
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump just received the gift of time, and democracy’s clock is ticking

Raw Story  

To appreciate the magnitude more fully of why the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday laid a colossal egg regarding Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim, we must first understand a bit of recent history. A ‘comparison’ of four recent coup attempts in four constitutional republics – the United States, Peru, Germany and Brazil – reveal, if nothing else, legal evidence of …

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 …

Column: Without even ruling on Trump’s immunity claim, the Supreme Court handed him a huge victory
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Without even ruling on Trump’s immunity claim, the Supreme Court handed him a huge victory

LA Times  

Given the Supreme Court’s possible responses to Donald Trump’s appeal of the D.C. Circuit’s denial of his claim of immunity from prosecution, the justices’ decision Wednesday has to be counted as a gift to the former president. On the other hand, the Supreme Court’s decision does not ultimately augur a reversal of the D.C. Circuit’s resounding rejection of Trump’s immunity …

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 …

A listener’s guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A listener’s guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. But Trump appealed to the high court after Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that he could be kept off the …

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 …

What’s next as Trump tries to stave off his 2020 election trial? All eyes are on the Supreme Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s next as Trump tries to stave off his 2020 election trial? All eyes are on the Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, whose next moves could determine whether the former president stands trial in Washington before the November election. The ruling forces Trump to move quickly to ask the conservative-majority Supreme Court to intervene in the landmark case accusing Trump of conspiring to overturn his …

'Nothing left': Conservative George Conway says Trump is out of legal arguments after loss
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Nothing left': Conservative George Conway says Trump is out of legal arguments after loss

Raw Story  

Trump's purportedly out of legal ammo. Attorney George Conway is convinced that former President Donald Trump's legal team shot every absolute immunity argument they could to win over the D.C. Court of Appeals three-judge panel. "For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant," the …

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