The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson, letting stand a lower court’s decision that some critics fear could wind up limiting the First Amendment rights of Americans to organize protests against the government and police. The upshot is that Mckesson’s case will return to a lower court for further review. There were no noted dissents but Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote separately and said that lower courts would be able to take into...
MP Päivi Räsänen says she is continuing a fight she characterises as a freedom of speech campaign in the face of a historic prosecution.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has suffered another legal setback — this time from the Supreme Court, which rejected his request to hear an appeal over the FBI’s seizure of his cellphone. In September 2022, FBI agents approached Lindell at a Hardee’s drive-thru in Minnesota and confiscated his phone as part of an investigation into possible voting machine tampering in Colorado in 2020. (Lindell was not charged in the case.) At the time, Lindell accused the FBI of being “weaponized” against him and...
Former President Donald Trump will be back in a New York City courtroom Thursday as his business records trial resumes after a day's break.
BATON ROUGE - The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday a Baton Rouge police officer's trial against Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mckesson may proceed, but justices wouldn't weigh in on what they thought of Mckesson's claim that he enjoyed First Amendment protection for his actions.Former BRPD officer Brad Ford was hit in the face with a piece of asphalt thrown by protesters in the days after the shooting of Alton Sterling. Ford says Mckesson is responsible because he summoned a crowd to Baton...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case.
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in the alleged election interference case, which was put on hold in February.Thursday morning, Trump told reporters, "A president has to have immunity," the Associated Press reported."If you don't have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president," he added.The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and consider "whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy...
A case working its way through the Supreme Court could end up giving cities the power to outlaw homelessness.
In a case that could have far-reaching impact, the Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether the city of Grants Pass, Oregon can punish homeless people for camping in public spaces.
Donald Trump is hoping that the right-leaning top court will save him from at least one of his legal woes. Meanwhile, a separate case over hush money charges is keeping him occupied in New York.
The court will close out oral arguments for the term this week with two high-profile cases.