Tag: SCOTUS

SCOTUS Rules for Trump in Colo. Ballot Case, Dems’ Next Move to Disqualify Him Might Take Place After Election

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision Monday that former President Donald Trump will appear on Colorado’s ballot may well heighten Democrats’ possible backup plan: refusing to certify his Electoral College win should he win the Republican presidential nomination and then prevail in November’s general election. In a per curiam decision — meaning all the justices agreed […]

Unanimous SCOTUS Rules States Cannot DQ Trump on 14A – HotAir

Precisely as I had repeatedly predicted. The only surprise here, and it’s only a mild surprise, is that the court ruled unanimously against Colorado in its attempt to disqualify Donald Trump over his supposed status as an insurrectionist. The nine justices took this so seriously, in fact, that it issued the decision per curiam. Even […]

SCOTUS Justices Make Big Announcement as Trump Rulings Loom

No matter how the Supreme Court rules on several cases involving former President Donald Trump this year, one thing seems certain: Some of those who disagree with the ruling will accuse the court of playing partisan politics. That just isn’t the case, however, according to two SCOTUS justices representing opposing ideological sides. There is much […]

Will SCOTUS Climb Out on a Timbs for Trump? – HotAir

Alternate headline: Help us, Obi-Wan Sotomayor, you’re our only hope.  Two days ago, I wrote about the absurd and vindictive penalties in Judge Arthur Engoron’s judgment against Donald Trump and its prima facie violation of the Eighth Amendment. It also unjustly blocks Trump from the normal appeals process unless he wants to destroy his business […]

How SCOTUS Can Side with TX and Crush Biden’s Plan

On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling that temporarily sided with the Biden administration, allowing federal officers to cut concertina wire placed on the southern border by the state of Texas to block migrants from entering the state illegally. However, former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy argued in a Thursday piece for National Review […]

SCOTUS Rules Against Texas on Razor Wire

The Texas National Guard puts up razor wire to stop, or at least, slow the flow of illegal immigrants. Border Patrol agents cut it to help illegal immigrants come through the barrier. Governor Abbott began an initiative to secure the state’s border with Mexico called Operation Lone Star in March 2021. That is something Abbott […]