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Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from Mark Meadows, the one-time chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, to move his Georgia election interference case into federal court. Meadows was charged alongside Trump and 18 others last year in the Fulton County racketeering case over their alleged efforts to overturn […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court, at once a major flashpoint in the 2024 campaign and potential presidential election referee, gavels open a new term on Monday with the nation deeply divided over its recent rulings and skeptical of the justices’ ethics and impartiality. The court’s fall docket includes high-profile disputes over […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court, faced with sagging public confidence and a deepening perception its decisions are politically-motivated, could soon play a critical role in how some 2024 presidential ballots are cast and counted and, potentially, how contested election results are certified. “As prepared as anyone can be,” said Justice Ketanji […]
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an attempt by the Republican attorney general of Missouri to delay former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his criminal hush money case in New York. The court declined to hear Missouri’s lawsuit against New York. The brief order was unsigned but indicated that […]
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One month after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling on presidential immunity, the judge overseeing former President Trump’s federal election interference case now has jurisdiction over the case again. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is now likely to set a series of deadlines, including a potential status conference. The […]
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton, June 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s ruling that former President Donald Trump is presumptively immune from criminal prosecution for official acts carried out while in office is […]
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court’s historic immunity ruling left her with “fear for our democracy.” The 6-3 decision set a broad new definition of executive power as it stated former presidents are protected from criminal prosecution for “official acts” taken while in […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday handed down a historic decision on whether a former president is shielded from criminal liability for “official acts” taken while in the White House. In the case, Donald Trump aimed to secure such immunity to try to quash the federal election subversion prosecution brought by […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday handed down a historic decision on whether a former president is shielded from criminal liability for “official acts” taken while in the White House. In the case, Donald Trump aimed to secure such immunity to try to quash the federal election subversion prosecution brought by […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday handed down a historic decision on whether a former president is shielded from criminal liability for “official acts” taken while in the White House. In the case, Donald Trump aimed to secure such immunity to try to quash the federal election subversion prosecution brought by […]