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.
Judge Aileen Cannon declared the appointment of the special counsel unconstitutional, and that ruling is now before the federal court of appeals. Advertisement Trump’s strategy was to delay these federal cases as long as possible and it worked. Once he is inaugurated, he has the authority to ...
The lower court must now decide whether he was acting officially or privately. It comes months after a US appeal court ruled in February that Trump does not have presidential immunity and could be prosecuted in relation to the Capitol riots case. What about the civil cases? In addition ...
A 2019 survey of research into federal lawsuit outcomes published in the University of California Davis Law Review showed that just 30% of plaintiffs won their civil court cases in 2017. The study showed that plaintiffs' victories had generally declined over time since 1985, when they won 70%...
Support for abortion rights also was seen as a deciding favor in the re-election of Kentucky's governor, Democrats winning control of both legislative chambers in Virginia, and liberals winning a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
alleging irregularities in the way absentee ballots were administered. The case echoed claims that were earlier rejected by election officials in those counties during a recount that barely affected Biden’s winning margin of about 20,700 votes. Trump filed a similar lawsuit in federal court late ...
Trump is not due back in court until December, according to NBC News. He wasindictedThursday, and the charges were unsealed during the arraignment Tuesday. The 34 felony counts relate to his alleged role in a scheme that directed hush money payments to two women during the 2016 election. ...
Washington —The Supreme Courtseemed skepticalof the idea that Colorado can excludeformer President Donald Trumpfrom the state's primary ballot, with justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum warning during oral arguments of the consequences of ruling him ineligible for the White House. ...
Cacace, a retired county court judge, is running for the open seat and has called gun trafficking a top issue. “As a lifelong Democrat, Susan will have a zero tolerance policy for gun violence and will aggressively prosecute gun cases and seek and enforce ERPO’s,” campaign spokesperson Do...
Carroll sued Trump in November minutes after a temporary New York state law took effect allowing sexual attack victims to sue their abusers even if the abuse occurred decades earlier. In the notice of appeal filed in the lower court Thursday where Jud...