Trump Asks Supreme Court to Stay Out of Jan. 6 Criminal Case
Former President Trump is urging the Supreme Court to reject the Justice Department’s request to promptly determine whether he can be indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Former President Trump is urging the Supreme Court to reject the Justice Department’s request to promptly determine whether he can be indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Special counsel Jack Smith urged the Supreme Court on Monday to expedite a ruling on whether former President Trump can face prosecution for allegedly orchestrating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, the Associated Press reports.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the ATF may ban “bump stocks,” the gun attachments that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and fellow conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in approving the government’s plea.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. agreed to temporarily pause a lower court’s order barring the government from regulating ghost guns, delivering a momentary victory to the ATF, CBS News reports.
By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski ProPublica In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for…
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that the U.S. is facing a “heightened threat environment” following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Justice Department has ordered the U.S. Marshals to provide protection for U.S. Supreme Court and its justices amid the looming decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.