The U.S. Supreme Court spent much of Thursday, April 25 listening to opposing oral arguments in Donald Trump's absolute immunity case.The former president claims that because he enjoyed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution when he was in the White House, Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith's election interference indictment is illegitimate and needs to be thrown out. But U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, assigned to Smith's case, has flatly rejected Trump's absolute...
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Supreme Court Justice Marla Luckert issued a statement following the passing of a long-time Kansas Supreme Court Judge. On April 27, 2024, former Supreme Court Justice Frederick Newton Six died in his home in Lawrence. He served on the Kansas Supreme Court from Sept. 1, 1988, until Jan. 13, 2003. Before serving []
How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Miami music producer in a legal fight with Warner Music over a song by rapper Flo Rida.
Justices say they will not reconsider contentious February ruling that said frozen embryos are considered children under state lawThe Alabama supreme court on Friday declined to reconsider a controversial ruling that said frozen embryos are considered children under a state law.Justices in a 7-2 decision without comment rejected a request to revisit the ruling that drew international attention and prompted fertility clinics to cease services earlier this year. Continue reading
Attorneys representing one of the defendants facing a capital murder charge in connection to a deadly fire in Warren last year have asked the court to dismiss the indictment.
“During the Supreme Court’s immunity arguments, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed more concerned with the future what-ifs than the here and now. Is there anything that constrains them to confine themselves to the question before them? If they cannot do that in this case, we stand to lose our right to hear Trump’s other trials before the 2024 election.” — Lori G., Kansas City, Missouri Hi Lori, The only thing constraining the Supreme Court is the late Justice William Brennan’s “rule of...
In its reasonable decision to throw out Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan on Wednesday, a federal judicial panel implicitly highlighted, yet again, the confusing mess both Congress and the Supreme Court have made of redistricting law. The result remains a mess, but at least it gets rid of districts that are patently absurd. The back story […]
The Court rejected an appeal to block a Texas law outlining fines for porn sites that don't verify user ages.
Judge Welch will allow "lawyer officers" to carry guns per a recent state Supreme Court ruling, but only in the Pulaski County Courthouse's common areas on the first floor.
The Alabama State Supreme Court has refused to rehear the two cases that led to a near state-wide pause on IVF services earlier this year as well as a nationwide debate on the status of embryos as unborn children.