The ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday that Donald Trump, by virtue of inciting an insurrection, was ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 ballots threatened yet another massive stress test for America’s governing institutions. But it also underscored the extraordinary messiness of a presidential campaign litigated as much in the courtroom as […]
Washington — An unprecedented ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that bans former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot is unlikely to be the final word on the matter. The court put its ruling on hold until Jan. 4, anticipating that Trump would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, setting up […]
Republicans rallied around Donald Trump on Tuesday after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the former president was ineligible for reelection because he stoked an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel blasted the ruling as “election interference” in a post on X, writing that the party’s legal team “looks forward […]
DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can […]
Donald Trump fired off on social media Monday, berating the judge overseeing — and deciding the final payout of — the former president’s civil fraud case, for questioning the credibility of one of Trump’s witnesses. In a series of posts to Truth Social, Trump took aim at New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, dubbing […]
A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election case to federal court, upholding a September ruling that determined Meadows’ reported actions in the racketeering case were not connected to his official government duties. In August, an Atlanta grand jury indicted […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The three teenage girls convicted in the 2022 fatal carjacking of Linda Frickey will stay in an adult women’s prison, according to a court ruling. At a Monday hearing, a judge said the teens will continue to be held at the Jetson Correctional Center in Baker. Disturbance over money leads to […]
Delegates from Russia’s ruling party have unanimously backed President Vladimir Putin’s bid for re-election at a conference in Moscow, state agencies reported. The move came just a day after the Kremlin leader’s supporters formally nominated him to run in the 2024 presidential election as an independent. A little-known Russian presidential hopeful who calls for peace […]
Vladimir Putin continued his path to reelection as Russia’s president on Sunday, when delegates from the country’s ruling party unanimously backed his bid. Putin, 71, was formally nominated Saturday as an independent candidate. He announced his reelection campaign Dec. 8 and will face few hurdles on the trail, as his most prominent opponents are either […]
The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP asked for the case to go before the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a panel ruled 2-1 last month that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The groups, which are challenging Arkansas’ new […]
Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. Eric Gay/AP AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors will start investigating several dozen ruling party lawmakers, including current ministers, next week over unreported fundraising of over 100 million yen ($680,000), the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday. The scandal within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is another blow for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s unpopular administration which has seen its […]