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The Supreme Court is poised to decide the most high-stakes case of 2024, one that will determine whether former President Donald Trump can claim absolute immunity from his criminal indictments. The justices are slated to hand down new decisions Thursday and Friday morning at 10 a.m. as they seek to whittle down the more than […]

How the Supreme Court could rule on Trump immunity

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court's ruling in Republican former President Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss is expected on Monday, the final day of its current term.

Trump's immunity ruling due Monday as US Supreme Court announces end of term

Salon

When Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, right-wing attorney John Eastman came up with a legal coping strategy: What if, he proposed, we just pretend that Trump won? That strategy hit a wall when former Vice President Mike Pence refused to play along, with Trump declaring him a coward and traitor while hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempted coup d’etat.

Legal experts: Trump's "friends on the Supreme Court" may take up his demand to intervene

Mediaite

New reporting from Axios suggests that Former First Lady Michelle Obama is declining to campaign for President Joe Biden over his family’s mistreatment of Hunter Biden’s ex-wife Kathleen Buhle. According to the story, Obama and Buhle developed a friendship during Barack Obama’s presidency that persists to this day....

Michelle Obama Reportedly Refusing to Campaign for Biden Over Mistreatment of Hunter’s Ex-Wife

The Atlantic

This opinion can’t be squared with the language of the statute—or with common sense.

The Supreme Court’s January 6 Decision Is Utterly Baffling

UPI News

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'll go to federal court in an attempt to release audiotapes of President Biden's investigation after the Justice Department refused to prosecute AG Garland for contempt of Congress.

Speaker Mike Johnson seeks court order after DOJ won't prosecute AG Merrick Garland

New York City, NY

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The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Prosecutors overstepped in charging January 6 rioters with obstruction for trying to prevent certification of the 2020 presidential election, the US Supreme Court said Friday, throwing hundreds of cases into doubt. The matter was brought to the court through an appeal by former police officer Joseph Fischer, a supporter of former president Donald Trump who entered the Capitol in Washington with hundreds of others on January 6, 2021.

US Supreme Court rules in favor of January 6 rioters

Rhode Island State

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested that the Supreme Court should "discipline" Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. Those senators and other lawmakers have called for Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump. McConnell argued that Blumenthal and Whitehouse,...

McConnell suggests 'discipline' for Dem senators pressuring Supreme Court over Alito flags

Scripps News

The Supreme Court is nearing the end of its term, but a number of cases heard by the high court still need to be resolved.

Supreme Court decisions on Trump immunity, social media and Jan. 6 still to come

As the Supreme Court approaches the final opinion release dates of its term, environmental and administrative lawyers are waiting with bated breath to learn the fate of a legal doctrine that federal agencies have used since the Reagan administration to defend themselves in court. In two of the term’s most...

Supreme Court may overturn major environmental precedent this week

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will issue the final opinions of its terms on Monday. Chief Justice John Roberts made the courtroom announcement on Friday. Four cases remain to be decided, including whether former President Trump has immunity from prosecution.

Justice John Roberts says the Supreme Court’s last decisions of this term are coming on Monday

The Hill

The Supreme Court is set to rule on Monday whether former President Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution, a monumental decision that comes just days after the court dropped a decision throwing into doubt charges against hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters and Trump himself. The stakes are as high as Trump’s ask of the court…

Trump immunity decision in balance as Supreme Court caps term

We're pausing our Supreme Court live coverage for today. The justices issued only two opinions today, about social media policy and political bribery. You can read those rulings here, external. We're still waiting on some major decisions to drop from this term, including one on whether former president Donald Trump...

US Supreme Court announces decisions

The Guardian

The supreme court has ruled in favor of a challenge to a federal ban on gun ‘bump stock’ devices

Kamala Harris after supreme court ruling: ‘Weapons of war have no place on the streets of a civil society’ – live

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court has more than a dozen cases to decide before its self-imposed deadline of the end of June, including a decision on former President Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity. The nation's highest court has 14 cases to decide before the end...

Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity looms large

The source of the structural imbalances in our electoral system isn’t Congress. It’s the conservatives on the court.

Opinion: Another blow to American democracy from the Supreme Court

HuffPost

"They're trying to destroy Alito and Thomas because they don't like the fact they're conservative judges," the senator said on Fox News.

Lindsey Graham Says Democrats Are Trying To ‘Destroy’ Conservative Supreme Court Justices

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Castle Hills, TX

NBC News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a civil rights claim brought by a Texas woman who served on a small-town council and was arrested following her criticisms of a senior official. The ruling on an 8-1 vote gives Sylvia Gonzalez another chance to bring a retaliation claim,...

Supreme Court rules for ex-council member in Texas arrested after criticizing city official

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

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JD Vance says the president has ‘immunity’ ahead of Supreme Court ruling

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday that he believes presidents have legal immunity for actions they commit while in the White House, but declined to go...

JD Vance says the president has ‘immunity’ ahead of Supreme Court ruling

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