Trump not immune from prosecution in 2020 election interference case, US appeals court says
A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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How two sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump
On Thursday, the nation’s highest court is scheduled to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado, where the state’s Supreme Court ruled that he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Supreme Court is urged to rule Trump ineligible to be president again because of Jan. 6 riot
The U.S. Supreme Court should declare that Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again, lawyers leading the fight to keep him off the ballot told the justices on Friday.
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used
Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment.
Maine’s top court dismisses an appeal of a judge’s decision on Trump’s ballot status
Maine’s top court has declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state’s ballot, keeping intact a judge’s decision that the U.S. Supreme Court must first rule on a similar case in Colorado.
Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, a never before used method
Alabama, unless blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental.
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lawyers for Trump urge Supreme Court ‘to put a swift and decisive end’ to ballot removal efforts
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the U.S. 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.
Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to power of federal regulators
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday voiced support for weakening the power of federal regulators, but it was not clear whether a majority would overturn a precedent that has guided American law for four decades.
Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case
A Maine judge on Wednesday put on hold a decision on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado.
Supreme Court rebuffs Apple’s appeal on app payments, threatening billions in revenue
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a court order to take effect that could loosen Apple’s grip on its lucrative iPhone app store, threatening to siphon billions of dollars away from one of the world’s most profitable companies.
The Supreme Court declines to step into the fight over bathrooms for transgender students
The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over bathrooms for transgender students, rejecting an appeal from an Indiana public school district.
A little fish at the Supreme Court could take a big bite out of regulatory power
In a Supreme Court term increasingly dominated by cases related to former President Donald Trump, the justices are about to take up lower profile cases that could rein in a wide range of government regulations affecting the environment, workplace standards, consumer protections and public health.
DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace
Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses.
Ahead of cert decision, Rokita leads amici brief urging SCOTUS to take Trump Colorado ballot case
Before the high court on Friday granted cert to the case, Rokita, alongside West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, led a 27-state amici brief urging the justices to answer the question of whether Trump can be kept off 2024 ballots.
Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely into the 2024 presidential campaign.
Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow border agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas
The Biden administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues.
Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states’ authority to block former president
Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally.
As SCOTUS prepares to consider Martinsville schools transgender bathroom case, ACLU urges justices to deny cert
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to take a case ordering an Indiana school district to allow a transgender boy to use the facilities that align with his gender identity, the ACLU of Indiana is urging the high court to reject the case.
Trump ballot ban appealed to US Supreme Court by Colorado Republican Party
The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed that state’s supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown at the nation’s highest court.