Presidents should have immunity for acts taken in office, they say – including attempts to overturn 2020 election resultsLawyers for Donald Trump urged the US supreme court to find that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts they take in office and, therefore, dismiss the federal criminal case against Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The arguments from Trump came in a brief submitted to the court Tuesday before oral...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Louisiana and Missouri, a pair of Republican-led states whose leaders say the federal government goes too far to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security.The justices seemed broadly skeptical during nearly two hours of arguments over whether officials in the Democratic administration lean so hard on social media platforms that...
Justices find 'no basis to disagree' with lower court's ruling after
First amendment cases involving critics who were blocked from posting on public officials’ social media pagesThe US supreme court on Friday threw out a pair of judicial decisions relating to whether public officials can block critics on social media without violating constitutional protections for free speech.The justices vacated rulings by lower courts in two cases – one from California and another from Michigan – involving lawsuits brought under the US constitution’s first amendment by people...
The Supreme Court heard arguments challenging access to the abortion pill Mifepristone. Rachel Maddow joins Joy Reid to discuss.
The Supreme Court reenters the contentious legal battle over abortion on Tuesday as it weighs restrictions on the drug that is most widely used in the United States to terminate pregnancies. US Supreme Court considers abortion pill restriction. The Supreme Court reenters the contentious legal battle over abortion on Tuesday as it weighs restrictions on Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone
DONALD Trump said on Saturday if he does not win November’s presidential election it will mean the likely end of American democracy.
Former President Donald Trump asked a court for financial protection after
Both conservative and liberal justices seemed dubious about limiting access to a drug used by million of women.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday tackles whether to maintain widely available access to the abortion pill mifepristone as it weighs a high-stakes challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's drug approval process. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, hears oral arguments on the Biden administration's appeal of lower court rulings that restricted access to the pill, including its availability by mail. Mifepristone is used as part of a two-drug FDA-approved regimen for the...
The Delhi chief minister’s counsel told the bench that he would instead argue his case before the court that will decide on whether to remand him in custody.