• How The Supreme Court's Immunity Decision Could Limit The Cases Against Trump

    How The Supreme Court's Immunity Decision Could Limit The Cases Against Trump Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court indicated on April 25 that it would issue a narrow ruling refining the scope of presidential immunity while leaving the details of former President Donald Trump’s other legal battles up to lower courts. The most immediate effect of their decision on President Trump’s legal battles would be to delay his Washington case, where his immunity...

  • Grants Pass mayor weighs in on city's Supreme Court case

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Grants Pass Mayor Sara Bristol spoke with NBC5 about the Supreme Court case Tuesday, centered on whether or not the city can criminalize sleeping in public spaces. Monday saw the first oral arguments in front of the country’s highest court, in a case that’s garnering nationwide attention. Mayor Sara Bristol said […]

  • Big Questions Before Supreme Court in Trump’s Presidential Immunity Case

    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

  • Supreme Court weighs Trump’s immunity claims in election interference case

    April 25 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments on former President Donald Trump‘s claims of presidential immunity from the election interference case against him. Much of the three-hour hearing focused on whether there is a distinction between official presidential acts and private conduct regarding Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the […] The post Supreme Court weighs Trump’s immunity claims in election interference case first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • FIRE calls Chemerinsky 3L dinner limited public forum, says free speech has limitations

    A dinner for third-year law students at the home of Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky last week became a site of protest, prompting the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

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    Supreme Court won't hear Baton Rouge BLM activist, but says recent case could guide new lower court decision

    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...

    • NPR

    What the Starbucks case at the Supreme Court is all about. Hint: It's not coffee

    Starbucks and some of its baristas have been in a contentious fight over unionizing since 2021. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing a case that could have implications for unions far beyond Starbucks.

  • Supreme Court to hear case on criminalizing 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.

  • The Starbucks Case Before The Supreme Court Could Have Major Ramifications For Unions

    NPR reports: “When Starbucks barista Florentino Escobar first heard that the Supreme Court had taken up a case involving him and six of his co-workers from Memphis, Tenn., he was shocked. ‘I was like, “Wait, the Supreme Court? Like we’re talking the U.S. Supreme Court?”‘ he says. Escobar is one of the Memphis 7, a… Source

    • WNYC

    Special Coverage: Trump's Immunity Case Before the Supreme Court

    On today's show: Melissa Murray, NYU law professor, co-host of the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast and the co-author (with Andrew Weissmann) of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), previews the oral arguments the Supreme Court will hear on former President Trump's immunity case. Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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    Supreme Court case could impact how cities handle homelessness

    RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could impact how cities across the nation handle homelessness on Monday. The case comes after a city in Oregon is fining people for sleeping or camping in public places. The city of Grants Pass, Oregon issued over 500 tickets for []

  • Supreme Court begins disputable case with rise in homelessness

    WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — On Monday, the Supreme Court began a case considering whether cities can punish people experiencing homelessness for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go. Homelessness has risen 12 percent nationally, and it's also on the rise in parts of Luzerne County, according to experts. The City of Wilkes-Barre []