WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted over his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. The case, to be argued Thursday, stems from Trump’s attempts to have charges against him dismissed. Lower courts have found […]
The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday on efforts to police homeless encampments, recognizing the makeshift camps as a burden on cities while also indicating sympathy for people who have nowhere to go. The justices heard arguments over ordinances implemented by Grants Pass, Oregon, that prohibit homeless people from sleeping in public parks and on streets […]
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up a dispute over ghost guns — firearms that can be assembled and lack serial numbers — during its next term. The Biden administration had asked the justices to review a case in which a federal appeals court struck down a federal regulation governing sale of kits […]
The Supreme Court will take up former President Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” defense this week, and if he wins, the result could knock down many of the criminal charges he’s facing. The case is groundbreaking. No former president has ever found himself in Mr. Trump’s situation or asserted the kind of protection from prosecution for […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider Monday whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The case is considered the most significant to come before the high court in decades on homelessness, which is reaching record levels in the United States. In California […]
It’s almost like some macabre dance as both Israel and Iran have given “muted responses” to Israel’s attack on Iran, according to the New York Times. Paula covered the breaking story last night that, at first blush, hardly seems to be earth-shattering news. The Israeli counterstrike occurred on Ayatollah […]
A small Oregon city’s efforts to limit homelessness have drawn support from the state with the nation’s largest homeless population. California law enforcement and district attorneys have asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of Grants Pass, Oregon, whose fines on homeless encampments are being challenged amid national attention. Of the 233,000 homeless persons […]
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday on the question of whether prosecutors overreached in charging J6 defendants with obstructing the counting of electoral ballots. No one disputes that applying the obstruction charge as defined in the Sarbanes-Oxley bill is a stretch. The obstruction that the authors of […]
Pro-life groups were dismayed when former President Donald Trump declined to support federal limits on abortion access, but one leading organization says that shouldn’t stop abortion foes from voting for him. Operation Rescue, the 38-year-old anti-abortion group known for its civil disobedience, threw its support behind Mr. Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, citing the three Trump-nominated […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Idaho’s ban on transgender procedures on youth amid ongoing legal battles, overturning decisions made by lower courts. The justices’ order Monday allows the state to enforce a 2023 law that imposes severe penalties on physicians, including up to 10 years behind bars, for administering hormones, puberty blockers, or […]
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