A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the government’s broad reading of a statute used to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, Read More
The Supreme Court will determine the fate of a major Jan. 6 Capitol riot-related case. The ruling could affect hundreds of people who were in Read More
Due to the action — or, more accurately, the inaction — of the U.S. Supreme Court, organizers of mass protests in Texas and two other states now could be on the hook financially for any criminal act committed by an attendee. On Monday, the high court opted not to hear the case of Mckesson v. Doe, leaving in place a 2019 decision by the notoriously conservative New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that protest organizers can be held financially responsible for attendees'...
Dueling protests were taking place outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The court was hearing arguments Wednesday over whether state abortion bans enacted after its sweeping ruling overturning Roe v.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) launched a new element of his campaign, Democrats for Cruz, aiming to poach Democrats from his challenger, Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), and show his bipartisan ability. Reps. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) laughed at the idea that Cruz could be bipartisan. “Honestly, my response would be my laughter,” Escobar […]
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case will have an immediate impact on the future of the January 6th election interference case. This comes while the Court suffers some of its lowest public support, with some now seeing it as partisan and lacking oversight. Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the state of the Court.
It was part of a series of similar actions around the country
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter On Tuesday, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments on rioters involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which could potentially impact former President Donald Trump in his ongoing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a challenge to the criminal prosecution of a Pennsylvania man, Joseph Fischer, for entering the Capitol on Read More
Despite his wife’s backing of Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has ignored calls to recuse himself from recent Jan. 6-related appeals. Perhaps it’s unsurprising, then, that his questioning Tuesday in such a case appeared to downplay the insurrection. At the oral arguments in an appeal over an obstruction law used against many Jan. 6 rioters, Thomas told the Justice Department’s lawyer, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar,...
by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2024 More than 300 Jan. 6 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, have been charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c), which entails obstruction of an official proceeding. During arguments before the Supreme Court on April 16 in the case of Fischer v. U.S, justices grilled Biden administration Solicitor General […]
Sonia Sotomayor's statement on behalf of the Supreme Court suggests otherwise.