President Joe Biden criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling giving former President Donald Trump legal immunity for many of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, saying that now, “there are virtually no limits on what a president can do.” “Any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law,” … Read more
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a judge to postpone sentencing in his Manhattan hush money trial, the first step in their effort to throw out the verdict following a Supreme Court ruling that granted him broad immunity from prosecution on Monday. Trump’s attorneys wrote a letter to Judge Juan Merchan, who has overseen … Read more
The Supreme Court’s decision that Donald Trump has full immunity for “official acts” he took as president is so sweeping and vague that it opens the door for sitting presidents to do whatever they want without any accountability, including assassinating a political rival. Legal experts said Monday that yes, as horrific and authoritarian as that … Read more
The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the long-standing “Chevron doctrine” on Friday dealt a major blow to the power of federal agencies. It came as welcome news to gun rights groups. The Biden administration managed to pass a modest gun reform bill two years ago called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. That law strengthened federal funding … Read more
Former President Richard Nixon’s counsel John Dean said Monday that the Supreme Court’s decision that Donald Trump has full immunity for “official” actions he took as president — even his attempted coup — likely would have meant that Nixon was immune from his criminal conduct during the Watergate scandal that led to his resignation. “As … Read more
(NewsNation) —The Supreme Court ruled Monday presidents have immunity from official acts while in office but not as private citizens, leaving the question of whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted to a lower court, which now has to parse out where his actions fell on Jan. 6, 2021, and other cases. The federal … Read more
The Supreme Court sent back to the lower courts two laws passed by Republican statehouses meant to curb perceived censorship by social media platforms on Monday. The court ruled in the twin cases of Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton that lower court rulings on anti-censorship laws passed in Florida and Texas had not … Read more
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Updated: Jul 1, 2024 / 09:39 AM CDT Visitors pose for photographs at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday wiped lower court rulings regarding two state laws aimed at barring social media companies from banning users based on their political views, kicking the major First Amendment challenge down the road. For the majority, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that lower courts addressing the matter wrongly focused on the state challengers’ … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court touched a wide swath of American society in a torrent of decisions on abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness. And, with the court meeting for the final time … Read more
