Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, reporters Lawrence Hurley and Ryan J. Reilly break down what happened in the Supreme Court arguments over Donald Trump's claim of absolute immunity from prosecution for things that happened during his presidency. Plus, reporters Alexandra Marquez and Bridget Bowman...
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 […]
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The city of Grants Pass argued its case in front of the Supreme Court Monday, its the case that has cities all over the country watching closely, even San Diego joined the case. It’s about the city’s homeless issue. The Supreme Court case is regarding the criminalization of sleeping in public […]
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has long argued for absolute immunity in his federal election interference case, but his lawyer struck a different tone Thursday during arguments at the Supreme Court. With the justices appeared largely skeptical of the argument that the entire indictment against Trump should be dismissed, attorney D. John Sauer made some concessions. Sauer appeared to agree with special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the prosecution, that there are some allegations...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Grants Pass V. Johnson, a lawyer made opening arguments, saying, “In 35 suits
The opinion stops short of saying lawyers can carry guns into courtrooms, but hints that will probably change once someone files another lawsuit.
To the editor: The U.S. Supreme Court may allow municipalities to crack down on homeless encampments within their jurisdiction. This would effectively make homelessness a crime. This attitude is nothing new. Nearly 100 years ago, G.K. Chesterton wrote: "For our law has in it a turn of humor or touch of fancy which Nero or Herod never happened to think of: that of actually punishing homeless people for not sleeping at home." We live in a culture where we idolize the rich and despise the poor. We...
The Arkansas Supreme Court recently broadened the list of people who are allowed to bring guns into a courthouse.
No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who'll make her 50th argument this month. No lawyer, male or female, has done it with quite
Former President Donald Trump has been the focus of several legal stories across the country over the past day as he is also the center of two separate court proceedings. The former president is seeking to win another term in the White House in November, but while his name has been in the headlines, it […]
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two consolidated cases, Moyle v. Idaho and Idaho v. United States, to determine whether a federal law governing Read More
A Hong Kong court has rejected media mogul Jimmy Lai’s challenge against a national security committee’s decision to bar a British lawyer from taking part in his ongoing security trial. Three Court of Appeal judges on Tuesday dismissed Lai’s appeal against the decision of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security. The committee was empowered to […]