Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon filed an emergency appeal Friday with the Supreme Court — a last-ditch bid to stay out of prison while appealing his conviction for evading the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. “An even-handed approach thus strongly favors allowing Mr. Bannon to remain on release,” Bannon attorney Trent … Read more
WASHINGTON ― The Democratic dream of new taxes on accumulated wealth is still alive thanks to a semi-friendly Supreme Court decision. Big-money groups that backed a legal challenge to part of a 2017 tax law had hoped the high court would take the opportunity to ban wealth taxes as proposed by Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth … Read more
Democrats on the House oversight committee sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday demanding to know how the Supreme Court is enforcing ethical standards — and questioning whether the high court is even prepared to do so. “We write with alarm about the deepening ethics crisis at the Supreme Court of the … Read more
The Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling on June 20 rejecting a sweeping constitutional argument that a wealthy Washington state couple brought before them that was viewed as a stalking horse aimed at preemptively striking down a future tax on wealth. The couple, Charles and Kathy Moore, had challenged the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is headed into its final few weeks with about a third of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from guns to abortion to social media. The justices are also still weighing whether former President Donald Trump is immune from … Read more
Senate Democrats are making a push this week to ban bump stocks after the Supreme Court overturned a Trump-era federal rule that banned the device, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire off hundreds of rounds per minute. The effort will come to a head Tuesday when Democrats plan to attempt to pass legislation that would … Read more
President Joe Biden has issued a stark warning about the impact that electing Donald Trump would have on the future composition of the Supreme Court. Speaking at a Hollywood campaign event Sunday, Biden said whoever wins November’s presidential election could get to name two Supreme Court justices. He argued the court has never been so … Read more
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected calls to restrict access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortion, in a Thursday morning ruling. The ruling is a win for abortion-rights groups, who believe the case was brought to the Supreme Court by a politically motivated anti-choice group that had no scientific-based evidence for … Read more
The Supreme Court sided with Starbucks on Thursday in a decision that could make it harder for labor prosecutors to win court injunctions against employers they believe to have broken the law. The case, McKinney v. Starbucks, revolved around the firings of seven baristas amid a union organizing campaign at a store in Memphis, Tennessee. … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Progressive groups and legal experts have increasingly demanded that Senate Democrats do more to hold Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accountable after reports of multiple controversies and apparent ethical breaches, which include revelations that flags flown at two of his residences were like ones insurrectionists carried as they attacked the U.S. Capitol on … Read more
