The Supreme Court did not define what qualifies as an official act in this instance, delegating that decision to the lower court. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the majority decision. "It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Consti...
Trump’s Supreme Court supermajority didn’t help him steal the election in 2020 — but now, justices are laying down his 2024 victory path.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, left, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Getty Images Sotomayor had said the Supreme Court was "partly to blame" for the breakdown in the appellate process, because the court has been "all too quick" to grant the government — the Trump administ...
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...
All but one of the court's nine justices expressed doubts, one arguing "it will come down to just a handful of states that are going to decide the presidential election, a pretty daunting consequence."
Many of the questions from the Supreme Court justices centered on whether or not the state of Colorado can decide if a person can be barred from running under the 14th Amendment — an argument even some of the justices seemed open to. ...
Eight of the nine justices suggested that they were open to some of the arguments made by Jonathan Mitchell, Trump's lawyer at the Supreme Court.
Washington — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to reverse a decision from Colorado's top court that found he is disqualified from holding the presidency under a Civil War-era provision of the Constitution, calling on the justices to "put a swift and decisive ...
President Trump on Wednesday predicted the Supreme Court will need nine justices to determine the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. "I think this will end up in the Supreme Court. And I think it's very important we have nine justices," Mr. Trump said Wednesday, speaking ...
Trump's appeal pushes the Supreme Court into new territory, as it has never before ruled directly on the application of the 155-year-old clause. His lawyers are asking the justices to consider a number of issues, including whether the provision applies to Trump as a former president; whether...