The Supreme Court appeared incredibly skeptical of how a law has been used to charge hundreds of participants in the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, in arguments on Tuesday. The case came to the court from a challenge brought by Joseph Fischer, who was among the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Among […]
WASHINGTON — In ruling that states cannot kick Donald Trump off the ballot, the Supreme Court placed significant limits on any effort — including by Congress — to prevent the former president from returning to office. Should Trump win the presidential election and lawmakers then seek to not certify the results and prevent him from […]
A Wisconsin Supreme Court judge says the public must be made aware of harassment faced by officials. Jill Karofsky told WaPo that “we’re going to lose this battle” for democracy if the threats aren’t discussed. In recent years, justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court have faced threats over their rulings. In recent years, the Wisconsin Supreme […]
In the three years to the day since the insurrection at the US Capitol, great strides have been made in shoring up American democracy: hundreds of rioters have been prosecuted, legislation has been passed to bolster electoral safeguards and Donald Trump has been charged over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. But as the […]