The criminal case facing former President Donald Trump related to his handling of classified documents will be overseen initially by a judge he appointed in 2020.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases.
"When you flip these circuits it makes it more likely that there are more Republican-appointed judges on these three-judge panels, and when these courts go en banc, which is all active federal court judges sitting together, they can overrule a panel and set circuit precedent," said Mike Dav...
PresidentJoe Bidenappointed two of the appeals court judges who will decide if Trump has immunity from prosecution for his efforts to reverse his 2020 loss to Biden in the presidential election. Judges Florence Pan and J. Michelle Childs were both nominated to the court by the current president,...
We confirmed three new justices of the United States Supreme Court. We appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our Constitution as written. For years, the American peoplepleadedwith Washington to finally secure the nation’sborders. I am pleased to say weanswered that pleaand achieved the...
Trump sought emergency relief from the Supreme Court on Feb. 12, saying the D.C. Circuit judges' decision represented "a stunning breach of precedent and norms." "Without immunity from criminal prosecution, the presidency as we know it will cease to exist," lawyers D. John Sauer and John ...
Barrett, whom Trump appointed to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has already started to spur a cultural battle over the place of religion on the high court, and the future of abortion rights in the United States. Democrats are worried that Barrett's deeply held Catholic faith...
We confirmed three new justices of the United States Supreme Court. We appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our Constitution as written. For years, the American people pleaded with Washington to finally secure th...
Turning to the merits of the case, Sauer told the judges that allowing the criminal prosecution of a former president over actions taken while in office would "open Pandora's Box from which this nation may never recover." He questioned whether past presidents, such as President George W. Bush...
Trump will appeal the decision, campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said, though it's unclear whether he will ask the full D.C. Circuit or the Supreme Court to review the panel's decision. The judges gave Trump until Feb. 12 to ask the nation's highest court to pause its decision before...