Police officers stand guard in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 1, 2024. U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has some immunity from criminal charges for trying to reverse...
TRUMP SPEAKS AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING, TELLS BIDEN TO 'FIGHT YOUR FIGHT YOURSELF'Trump and his attorney argue that the "lack of historical precedent" provides "a telling indication of a severe constitutional problem with the asserted power." Trump attorneys also argued...
The Supreme Court instructed the district court judge in Washington overseeing the election case to examine whether Trump's alleged conduct detailed in the indictment were official or unofficial acts. "The public has a right to know the answer about what happened on Jan. 6, before they [are] ...
The ruling expands presidential power by extending immunity from criminal prosecutions to former presidents for their official conduct. Never before had the Supreme Court considered whether a former commander in chief could face criminal charges as a result of conduct that occurred while in the Oval ...
Critics fumed when the high court decided to take up the immunity question, rather than let stand an appellate court ruling rejecting Trump's immunity claims. The Supreme Court's intervention guaranteed months of additional delay and threatened to push any trial past the Nov. 5 election. ...
One month after the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling, the judge overseeing former President Trump's Jan. 6 case now has jurisdiction over the case again.
Supreme Court How does the immunity ruling affect Trump's election interference case? Scripps News Staff 9:50 AM, Jul 02, 2024 Trump on Trial Trump's lawyers ask judge to set aside his conviction, citing immunity decision AP via Scripps News ...
The insurrection will be key in the Supreme Court's ruling on whether Mr. Trump can be removed from the primary ballot in Colorado. The Colorado case wasbrought by a group of six voters— four Republicans and two unaffiliated — who argued that Trump could not appear on the primary ballot...
When discussing the issue of determining motivation in the case, Justice Neil Gorsuch highlighted the historical importance of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the matter of presidential immunity. “I’m not concerned about this case, but I am concerned about future uses of the criminal law to ...
The Supreme Courtwaited nearly two weeksto issue its ruling on how it would proceed on former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity — suggesting there was behind-the-scenes maneuvering, according to a CNN analyst. “The surprise is that it took the court the better part of two wee...