The Supreme Court will hear arguments on former President Donald Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court decision to strike him from the ballot, a monumental case with implications for similar ballot access challenges in states across the country that could determine the presidential election. The court will hear oral arguments on February 8, 2024
Marlow on ‘Kudlow’: Democrats Got Bailed Out by the Supreme Court Decision
Breitbart Editor-in-Chief and New York Times bestselling Breaking Biden author Alex Marlow said Monday on Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow” that Democrats got bailed out by the Supreme Court unanimously overturning a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot. Anchor Larry Kudlow said, “Alex let me play this on unification
FNC’s Pirro: Special Counsel Jack Smith ‘Slapped Down’ by Supreme Court
Friday on FNC’s “The Five,” co-panelist Jeanine Pirro reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to decline to expedite former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim. The ruling by the court likely means Trump will not have a trial before the 2024 presidential election. Pirro criticized Smith’s “arrogance” in assuming the high court would consider the immunity
Connecticut: Appeals Court Revives Girls’ Lawsuit Against Competing with Transgender Athletes
A lawsuit from three female track and field athletes against competing with transgender athletes has been revived by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. A federal court this month dismissed the case roughly three years after the track and field athletes filed a lawsuit in 2020 against Connecticut’s policy of permitting “transgender women” to compete based on gender
McCarthy protege can run for Congress after court win
Assemblymember Vince Fong, who once worked as McCarthy’s district director and was immediately endorsed by his former boss, is well-positioned as a front-runner. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP LOS ANGELES — California Assemblymember Vince Fong’s congressional hopes remain alive after a judge ruled Thursday he could proceed as a candidate to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The
Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Mark Meadows in Fulton County Case
Mark Meadows received unwelcome news Monday in his appeal to move his election interference case in Georgia to the federal court. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit scheduled to hear his oral arguments will be comprised of two Democrat appointees and one Republican appointee – bad news for Meadows
Trump confident Supreme Court will overturn Colorado ballot ruling: ‘They’re not going to take the vote away from the people’
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared confident that the Supreme Court would allow him to remain on 2024 election ballots in Colorado, predicting that the three justices he appointed to the high court and others would rule in his favor. “We put on three great justices, and you have some other great justices up […]
Supreme Court Blocks Biden Admin’s Attempt to Force Idaho ER Doctors to Perform Abortions
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho’s law banning abortions except to save the life of the mother to go into effect amid a challenge from the pro-abortion Biden administration. The High Court also agreed to hear the case in April, which surrounds the Biden administration’s attempt to require emergency room doctors to perform abortions
Court filing reveals Rep. Scott Perry’s vast web of contacts in bid to reverse 2020 election
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO At 11:src8 p.m. on Dec. 3src, 2src2src, days before Donald Trump prepared to install Jeff Clark atop the Justice Department amid his frenzied push to remain in power, Clark got a text from one key ally, Rep.
Kentucky Supreme Court upholds congressional boundaries passed by GOP-led legislature
The Kentucky Capitol building, in Frankfort. | Timothy D. Easley/AP Kentucky’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for state House and congressional districts, rejecting Democratic claims that the majority party’s mapmaking amounted to gerrymandering in violation of the state’s constitution. The court noted that an alternative proposal would have resulted in nearly the same
Effort to ban Trump from Minnesota primary ballot shot down by state’s supreme court
The Minnesota Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it has dismissed a lawsuit and will allow former President Donald Trump to stay on the primary ballot. The court dismissed the lawsuit which it stated was seeking an end to Trump’s candidacy under a rarely-used constitutional provision that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. […]
Court baffled by Whitmer kidnapping plotters’ transfer to federal prisons
A judge wants to know why two men convicted of secondary roles in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been transferred to federal prisons out of state. Paul Bellar and Joe Morrison are entitled to appeal their convictions following a trial on state charges in Jackson County in 2022. But their lawyers […]
Appeals court upholds broad use of obstruction law that prosecutors have deployed against Trump
The opinion is an important milestone with repercussions for hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions, including Donald Trump’s. | Seth Wenig/AP Federal prosecutors on Friday narrowly avoided an appeals court ruling that could have upended their criminal prosecution of Donald Trump, but the legal battle will continue over a federal obstruction statute that has become a
Supreme Court keeps Missouri law on hold that targets federal gun restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to reinstate a Missouri law that bars authorities from enforcing federal gun laws. The justices rejected a request by Missouri to overturn a ruling by a federal judge that invalidated the 2021 law, known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act, Reuters reported. The Biden administration sued Missouri in […]
Trump slams NY judge’s fraud ruling, says appeals court ‘must reverse un-American decision’
Former President Donald Trump blasted a Manhattan judge’s ruling against him as “horrible” and “un-American” in a rambling social media post after he was found liable for fraud, resulting in the revocation of his New York business licenses. “The widespread attack against me, my family, and my supporters has devolved to new, un-American depths, at […]
European court rules Turkey violated rights in ByLock app cases
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the rights of a Turkish teacher who was convicted of terrorism offenses, were violated due to the heavy reliance on evidence related to his use of a phone app. The Turkish government had presented the use of the ByLock encrypted messaging app as evidence of criminal […]
Homicide suspect strangled Indiana deputy to death with handcuffs, court docs claim
Marion County, Indiana Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm was reportedly killed after suspect Orlando Mitchell strangled him with his handcuffs, court documents claim. A video allegedly shows Mitchell placing his bound hands around Durm’s neck, strangling him with the handcuffs’ chain, and freeing himself after finding the unconscious deputy’s key. Durm’s death, caused by “ligature strangulation,” […]
Liberal theory trying to dismiss Supreme Court win for Christian graphic designer shot down by legal experts
After the Supreme Court upheld Christian graphic designer Lorie Smith’s legal challenge to Colorado’s anti-discrimination law last week, the media seized on reports that a customer requesting a same-sex wedding mentioned in court filings appeared to be fake. “The revelation has led to complaints on social media that the case should never have made it […]
Dems inch toward House majority with recent court wins
Over the past week, courts overturned Republican-drawn maps in Alabama and Florida for weakening the power of Black voters. | Kim Chandler/AP Photo The fundamentals of the 2src24 campaign are still taking shape, but one thing is already clear: A flurry of court actions might cost Republicans the House majority. In the past nine days
Biden’s unhinged ideas of Supreme Court and our Constitution
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The decision of the Supreme Court to end the use of race in college admissions was not unexpected. Yet, President Joe Biden expressed outrage and actually claimed that the court gutted the constitutional guarantee that “all men and women are created equal.” In declaring that this […]
Appeals court limits special counsel’s effort to access Rep. Scott Perry’s phone
The FBI seized Rep. Scott Perry’s phone in August 2src22, under a court-authorized search warrant, but has yet to access relevant documents and communications after Perry moved to prevent it. | Francis Chung/POLITICO A federal appeals court panel has partially blocked efforts by special counsel Jack Smith to access the seized cell phone data of
Federal Court Strikes Down Alabama GOP Redistricting Maps
A federal court on Tuesday struck down redistricting maps signed into law by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) in July after the maps failed to create a second majority-black congressional district. The ruling comes after a contentious court battle over Alabama’s redrawn congressional maps. The three-judge panel, composed of Clinton-appointed Judge Stanley Marcus and Trump-appointed
NJ man’s convictions, 55-year sentence in teen’s shooting death, discarded by appeals court
An appeals court in New Jersey has tossed out the convictions of a man sentenced to 55 years in prison after being tried as a teenager in the 2016 death of a girl who was shot in a minivan as she and other juveniles were riding around Trenton. The court found a number of problems […]
This 26-year-old federal fund evolved to fight the ‘digital divide.’ Now a court might throw it out.
The Universal Service Fund — a federal subsidy pool collected monthly from American telephone customers — faces the biggest crisis of its existence. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images Over the past 26 years, the Universal Service Fund — a federal subsidy pool collected monthly from American telephone customers — has spent close to $9 billion a
The conservative Supreme Court might have paved the way for Dems to take the House
Democrats are poised to net a congressional seat in Alabama next November after Chief Justice John Roberts’ surprising opinion affirming a lower court’s findings that Republican mapmakers had likely illegally diluted the power of Black voters in the state. | Leah Millis/Getty Images The Supreme Court just handed Democrats a huge favor: a ruling that
Supreme Court turns away veterans in case over 1966 hydrogen bomb accident
The justices not did comment in turning away an appeal from Victor Skaar, an Air Force veteran in his mid-8srcs. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability benefits because they were exposed to radiation while responding to a
Dems push forward on Supreme Court ethics bill following Alito report
Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin is done waiting patiently for the Supreme Court to change its ethics standards. The Illinois Democrat announced Wednesday that his panel will vote on ethics legislation for the high court in July, after he and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) have spent months probing the matter. Durbin said the Supreme Court
George Santos’ father and aunt backed his bail bond, court papers show
Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty in May to 13 federal counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and other charges. NEW YORK — Two of Rep. George Santos’ family members guaranteed the bail bond on which the indicted congressman was released last month, according to court papers filed Thursday despite Santos’