WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, asked the Supreme Court on Friday to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on U.S. Capitol. The emergency application came after a federal appeals court panel rejected … Read more
(NewsNation) —The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that people under domestic violence restraining orders can be prohibited from possessing guns, marking a victory for gun control and victim advocacy groups. Only Justice Clarence Thomas dissented. The case, United States v. Rahimi, centered around whether a federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by persons subject to … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the political rift between the left and the right would be extremely difficult to repair and that one side was “going to win,” according to secretly recorded comments at a private event earlier this month. Lauren Windsor, who describes herself as a documentarian and journalist, shared recordings of … Read more
(L-R) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Samuel Alito attend Judge Neil Gorsuch’s judicial oath ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House April 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted millions of dollars’ … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2024. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | Reuters Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested Wednesday that the Supreme Court should punish at least two Democratic senators over their calls for Justice Samuel Alito … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision to consider whether former President Donald Trump should be immune from prosecution in his federal 2020 election interference case could push a trial close to Election Day — or even beyond this year. The announcement Wednesday was a victory for Trump’s efforts to delay the criminal case charging … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court on January 11, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday told Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith to respond to a request by … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (R) listens in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images How Plan A, Plan B student loan forgiveness compares Nearly 40 million Americans would have … Read more
Chief Justice John Roberts warned that courts will need to consider the proper use of artificial intelligence (AI), portraying it as a new frontier for change in an annual report that follows a turbulent year for the Supreme Court. “I predict that human judges will be around for a while,” Roberts wrote in his report. … Read more
