Author: Kaelan Deese
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From abortion to tribal disputes, Supreme Court weighs major cases this week
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in several high-stakes cases, including a dispute over tribal healthcare programs and a landmark hearing that could determine the scope of access to the common abortion pill. The highlight of the week will be on Tuesday in a pair of consolidated cases against the Food and Drug…
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Supreme Court allows Texas to implement major immigration law
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The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Texas to implement a law that allows state police to arrest immigrants on state – not federal – charges if they illegally entered the United States from Mexico. The high court’s 6-3 decision comes just one day after the high court ruled to continue a temporary hold that was initially issued on March 4. Justice Samuel Alito,…
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Kagan leads Supreme Court majority in tough-on-crime ruling
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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan issued a majority opinion on Friday that will make it more difficult for criminal defendants to be eligible for relief under the First Step Act of 2018, a tough-on-crime decision that made for an unusual ideological split among the jurists. The 6-3 opinion by Kagan marked a win for the…
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Judge dismisses six counts in Trump Fulton County indictment
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The judge presiding over Donald Trump‘s Georgia election interference trial dropped six charges on Wednesday that the former president and his 14 remaining co-defendants face as he also mulls whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from the case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued an order dismissing “Counts 2, 5, 6, 23,…
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Supreme Court petitioned over Biden loan relief plan excluding white farmers
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EXCLUSIVE – The Supreme Court on Monday was asked to weigh a challenge against a now-defunct Biden administration COVID-19 relief policy that offered farm loan forgiveness solely to nonwhite ranchers, according to a petition from a Wyoming-based farmer who says she was excluded from the program. In March 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American…
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Supreme Court interrupts its break for landmark Trump ballot case
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The Supreme Court is preparing to weigh an unprecedented dispute over whether former President Donald Trump can be barred from state primary ballots, forcing the justices to convene during a time when the high court is not normally in session. Each high court term, which spans from early October until the end of June, the…
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Jury orders Trump to pay $83.3 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll
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Former President Donald Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in a defamation lawsuit on Friday stemming from his denial of her claim that he raped her in the mid-1990s. A jury found Trump should pay $65 million in punitive damages to former Elle magazine columnist, as well as…
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How the Supreme Court could decide the fate of Trump’s 2024 ballot access
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All eyes are on the Supreme Court now that former President Donald Trump has been found ineligible on two state primary election ballots for the 2024 race, prompting confidence among legal experts that the nine justices will resolve the unprecedented dilemma. The Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 ruled that Trump is ineligible to serve…
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Donald Trump indicted: Jan. 6 grand jury votes for new indictment
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A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. indicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday over matters relating to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The four-count indictment accused Trump of conspiring to defraud the U.S. by preventing Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory, chronicled his…
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Georgia governor insists boycott won’t affect new voting law: ‘We are not backing down’
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said, “We are not backing down” against the multiple corporations boycotting the state’s recently signed voting overhaul law. His response came just hours after Major League Baseball announced it was moving its All-Star Game and 2021 draft from Atlanta in protest of Georgia’s new voting law. “I mean, really unfortunate today,…
