By Jack Queen (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for his official acts as president plunges a major criminal case against him into doubt and all but assures he will not face trial before the Nov. 5 election. Here are some takeaways from the decision: PRESIDENTS […]
The US supreme court’s decision on Monday to confer broad immunity to former presidents is likely to eviscerate numerous parts of the criminal prosecution against Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The court remanded the case back to the presiding US district judge Tanya Chutkan to apply a […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday raised the bar for prosecuting Donald Trump, ruling that he has immunity for some of his conduct as president in his federal election interference case, but maybe not for other actions, adding another obstacle for special counsel Jack Smith taking the case to trial. In a novel and […]
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday in Donald Trump’s immunity case is a 119-page distillation of everything that is wrong with our politics. History will judge harshly the decision that creates an imaginary “absolute immunity” for a president’s official acts. The Republican majority opinion in the Trump immunity case is a disaster of anti-constitutional thinking that […]
While Republicans applauded the supreme court’s decision to grant Donald Trump immunity for official acts undertaken as president, Democratic leaders expressed outrage over a ruling that legal experts warn could undermine the foundations of US democracy. The court’s six conservative justices ruled that presidents have “absolute immunity” for official acts but no immunity from unofficial […]
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued the final decisions of its term, including the highly anticipated ruling on former President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from criminal prosecution. From rulings on social media moderation to abortion pill access, here’s a look at some of the major cases the 6-3 conservative-majority court has heard this term. […]
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday in former US president Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said former presidents are shielded from prosecution for official acts but do not have […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump‘s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said that former presidents are shielded from prosecution for official acts but do […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a withering dissent to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling on Monday, writing that U.S. presidents will now be able to assassinate political rivals and accept bribes with impunity while they’re in office. That’s a dangerous precedent to set, Sotomayor wrote, especially as the increasingly unpredictable Donald Trump seeks a return […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump enjoys presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts he took while in office, a victory for Will Scharf, his attorney and a Republican candidate for Missouri attorney general. Scharf and another Missouri lawyer, former Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer, argued Trump […]
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling on Monday sends the federal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 defeat back to Judge Tanya Chutkan for critical decisions that will shape the future of the historic prosecution. Chutkan, a judge on the U.S. District Court in […]
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump can be tried for any of his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss that were not taken in his official capacity, a decision that likely came too late for a trial to be completed before election day. Deciding for the first time whether presidents are […]