Browsing: Supreme Court

Civil rights leaders from around the nation convened in Washington, D.C., Friday to oppose book bans and increasing attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), stating that restrictions on education were harming teachers, students and democracy as a whole. Protesters at the Freedom to Learn rally marched from the Library of Congress to the Supreme Court.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed an attorney for former President Trump on a line of questioning by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in the former president’s presidential immunity case at the Supreme Court Thursday. “What are the circumstances where ordering a military coup is an official act of the presidency?” Collins said, referring to a…

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb believes it's highly unlikely that the federal election case involving former President Trump will go to trial before the November election. He expressed that this would benefit Trump as the case would not be tried before the election.

Two of ex-President Trump’s legal cases clashed on Thursday when the Supreme Court had a hearing on his broad arguments for immunity from criminal prosecution while his trial proceeded in New York over a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The Supreme Court case has the potential to derail Trump’s other three…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) thinks presidents should not have protection from being prosecuted for their actions while in office. This opinion was expressed as the Supreme Court was considering the matter in relation to former President Trump. Asked in a Thursday interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker if he believes a president…

The Supreme Court seemed poised Thursday to grant former President Trump at least some protections from criminal prosecution after hearing two hours of arguments from his lawyers and prosecutors. Here are six things to know a historic day at the court. Justices were wary of blanket immunity claims Justices in both ideological camps expressed skepticism at…

Justices on the Supreme Court expressed doubt about former President Trump's lawyers' claims that presidential immunity could cover an attempted coup or the assassination of a political rival, but they appeared willing to provide some protection from criminal prosecution. This could lead to a new series of legal conflicts.

Hillary Clinton cautioned on Wednesday that access to abortion care could be further at risk after oral arguments in a Supreme Court case over an Idaho law limiting abortion. The court seemed uncertain if a federal law ensuring access to lifesaving care included access to abortion care when necessary, though the justices…

A divided Supreme Court seemed skeptical that Idaho’s strict abortion ban conflicts with a federal emergency care law, but there appeared to be a split by gender as well as ideology during the nearly two hours of argument.  The four female justices, including conservative Amy Coney Barrett, strongly opposed Idaho’s assertion that…

The Supreme Court is scheduled to have oral arguments Monday regarding a challenge to a law that allows cities to fine homeless individuals, potentially having a significant impact on the lives of the hundreds of thousands without homes. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that cities cannot ticket homeless individuals for camping in public when there were no alternative options…