The Guardian - 12 hours 55 min ago
US supreme court justices on Thursday questioned a lawyer for Donald Trump about the former president's claim of immunity from prosecution over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. They posed questions about what happens if a president sells nuclear secrets, takes a bribe or orders a coup or assassination. Trump took his case to the highest court after lower courts rejected his request to be shielded from four election-related criminal charges on the grounds that he was...
The Hill - 13 hours 13 min ago
The Supreme Court justice who authored the Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v. Wade jumped headlong Wednesday into the debate about whether a fetus is entitled to the same rights as a person. Abortion-rights advocates were concerned ahead of arguments that the case about whether Idaho's abortion ban violated a federal emergency care law might be...
NPR - 13 hours 33 min ago
Student protests against Israel's war in Gaza intensify. The Supreme Court debated former President Trump's immunity claim. New York's highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein's criminal conviction.
Daily Signal - 15 hours 42 min ago
The nine Supreme Court justices have a major question before them. Is a current or former president immune from prosecution? Former President Donald Trump is... Read More The post Big Questions Before Supreme Court in Trump's Presidential Immunity Case appeared first on The Daily Signal .
New York Times - 18 hours 26 min ago
Demonstrators outside of the Supreme Court on Thursday.
ABC News - 19 hours 40 min ago
There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling "for the ages" and of the Founding Fathers, too...
The Hill - 19 hours 41 min ago
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed an attorney for former President Trump on a line of questioning by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in the former president's presidential immunity case at the Supreme Court Thursday. "What are the circumstances where ordering a military coup is an official act of the presidency?" Collins said, referring to a...
The Daily Beast - 20 hours 1 min ago
NBC News As the Supreme Court weighs whether Donald Trump is shielded from prosecution for acts committed while president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he opposes Trump's view of absolute immunity. McConnell spoke with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker Thursday for a pre-recorded interview set to air Sunday. During their talk, Welker inquired whether McConnell stood by his February 2021 comment made just after he voted to acquit "shameful" Trump during his...
ABC News - 20 hours 52 min ago
The former publisher of the National Enquirer testified at Donald Trump's hush money trial about going to great lengths to help shield his old friend from potentially damaging stories...
The Hill - 21 hours 7 min ago
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb said he is "almost certain" that former President Trump's federal election case won't be tried before the November election after the Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday. "So, I think it benefits Trump in the sense that it's almost certain that this case will not get tried before the election,...
ABC News - 21 hours 32 min ago
The Supreme Court seems highly skeptical of former President Donald Trump's claim of absolute immunity from prosecution...
Associated Press - 22 hours 14 min ago
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) The execution date for a man convicted in the 1998 fatal shooting of a delivery driver who had stopped at an ATM has been set for July 18, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, will be put to death by lethal injection, which is the state's primary execution method. The announcement came a week after the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the execution to go forward. Gavin was convicted of capital murder for the shooting death of William Clinton...
New York Magazine - 22 hours 36 min ago
Forced to listen to David Pecker in Manhattan, the Supreme Court offered hope in Washington.
Daily Signal - 22 hours 41 min ago
Almost two years after a similar rule was rejected by the Supreme Court, the Biden administration on Thursday released another final rule for regulating America's... Read More The post Biden's Latest Power Plant Power Grab appeared first on The Daily Signal .
New York Times - 22 hours 58 min ago
The Supreme Court argument on Thursday featured only glancing references to the timing of the election subversion trial against former President Donald J. Trump and no particular sense of urgency among the more conservative justices.
The Atlantic - 23 hours 16 min ago
The Supreme Court seems to be endorsing his views on presidential power.
The Hill - 23 hours 42 min ago
Two of former President Trump's legal cases collided Thursday, as the Supreme Court held a hearing on his broad claims of immunity from criminal prosecution while his trial continued in New York over a hush money payment for adult actress Stormy Daniels.. The Supreme Court case has the capacity to derail Trump's other three proposed...
The Hill - 23 hours 43 min ago
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he doesn't think presidents should be immune from criminal prosecution for their actions in office, as the Supreme Court heard arguments on the issue related to former President Trump. Asked in a Thursday NBC News' "Meet the Press" interview by Kristen Welker if he believes a president is...
NBC News - 23 hours 43 min ago
In today's edition, reporters Lawrence Hurley and Ryan J. Reilly break down what happened in the Supreme Court arguments over Trump's claim of absolute immunity...
The Independent - 23 hours 50 min ago
Much of Thursday's debate surrounded what an official act' is and if former president's alleged actions fell under that...
The New Yorker - 23 hours 54 min ago
A political hit job? A military coup? Trump's lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency.
The Hill - 23 hours 58 min ago
The Supreme Court seemed poised Thursday to grant former President Trump at least some protections from criminal prosecution after hearing two hours of arguments from his lawyers and prosecutors. Here are six things to know a historic day at the court. Justices were wary of blanket immunity claims Justices in both ideological camps expressed skepticism at...