President Donald Trump named three justices in his first term, establishing a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court. And now, even without an imminent vacancy, Trump is positioned to push the court farther to the right. He has begun turning the top appellate litigator...
Chief justice John Roberts said that if the Colorado decision is upheld, other states will also hold disqualification proceedings, adding "it will come down to just a handful of states that are going to decide the presidential election, a pretty daunting consequence." The case will ...
Trump Asked Justice Department to Go to Supreme Court to Overturn Election: WSJ More Reuters FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Dona...
Kavanaugh read from the dissent of Colorado Supreme Court Justice Carlos Samour, a Democratic appointee, who wrote perhaps the most searing opinion disagreeing with the decision. He said: “I have been involved in the justice system for thirty-three years now, and what took place here doesn’...
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the majority. He divided presidential conduct into three categories: official acts that are part of presidents' "core constitutional powers"; other official acts that are outside their "exclusive authority"; and unofficial acts. Presidents have "absolu...
President Trump is expected to name his Supreme Court nominee next week. If confirmed, the nominee will fill the vacancy created after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last year. Jan Crawford, who first broke news of the frontrunner, reports....
The Supreme Court sounds broadly skeptical of efforts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential election ballot.
Justice Elena Kagan The tenor of the questions suggested the court was leaning heavily against those seeking Trump’s removal from the 2024 ballot, and seemed inclined to overturn the ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court that deemed Trump ineligible to be president again. The justices appeared host...
In Brief In a 5-4 decision issued on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, the US Supreme Court upheld the president’s broad statutory authority to suspend
Trump’s Supreme Court supermajority didn’t help him steal the election in 2020 — but now, justices are laying down his 2024 victory path.