There are 80 minutes total allotted for arguments but the court is expected to go over that timeframe. A number of questions are likely to be debated: Is Trump an “officer” of the United States to whom Section 3 applies; who can enforce Section 3; and did Trump engage in...
The case is the court’s most direct involvement in a presidential election since Bush v. Gore, a decision delivered a quarter-century ago that effectively handed the 2000 election to Republican George W. Bush. And it’s just one of several cases involving Trump directly or that coul...
Supreme Court weighs Donald Trump’s presidential immunity caseWashington— The Supreme Court has wrapped up arguments for its current term and until around the end of June, it will be handing down opinions for the remaining cases, among them, over a dozen involving hot-button issues includin...
[05:35.92]In addition to those ongoing cases, [05:39.00]the former president is facing charges [05:41.84]brought by the state of Georgia [05:43.88]over his actions related [05:45.84]to the 2020 presidential election....
The Colorado ruling cited the Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits individuals who have engaged in insurrection from holding public office. Trump's legal team is urging the justices to weigh several matters, such as whether the provision applies to Trump as a form...
Jackson later said the history of the 14th Amendment provides the reason for why the presidency may not be covered by Section 3. "The pressing concern, at least as I see the historical record, was actually what was going on at lower levels of the government, the possible infiltration and ...
The U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Colorado Supreme Court had made an incorrect assumption that states possess the authority to decide whether a presidential candidate is disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits individuals who have engaged in insu...
Barrett has no high court track record on transgender issues, although she votes with the other conservatives in most of the high-profile cases. If the parties challenging the Tennessee law hope to win, they need at least two conservative justices on their...
The decision shuts down a push in dozens of states to end Trump’s candidacy for president through a clause in the 14th Amendment.
Slaughterhouse Cases shortly after the adoption of that amendment, the main purpose was to establish the citizenship of the negro, who, while recently freed in the Civil War, were still not only not citizens, but were incapable of becoming so by anything short of an amendment to the ...