Trump's lawyers were in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday arguing that he is too busy to cooperate with any type of investigation.
Rachel Maddow Crushes Trump’s Lawyers For Arguing That He’s Too Busy To Be Investigated
Coronavirus Forces Supreme Court to Postpone Arguments, Including Fight Over Trump’s Financial Records
The Supreme Court announced it would postpone arguments for late March and early April because of the coronavirus pandemic. No new dates for the postponed arguments have been set at this time. Among the high-profile cases to be postponed was the March 31 argument on President Donald Trump’s refusal to release his financial records, including his tax returns.
As Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Plan Hits A Legal Snag, His Administration Turns to SCOTUS
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is preventing President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing its Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, for asylum-seekers to stay in the country. Restrictions remain in place until March 11 for review by the Supreme Court. The ruling only applies to Arizona and California, the states under the court’s authority, and not New Mexico and Texas.
John Roberts Rebukes Schumer For Bogus “Threatening Statements” Against Gorsuch, Kavanaugh
Chief Justice John Roberts has rebuked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for “threatening statements” against two conservative justices.
“Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous,” Roberts said, adding that the justices “will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter.”
MAGA Heads Explode After Joe Biden Hints At Nominating Barack Obama To Supreme Court
Biden was asked at a town hall event in Iowa whether he would nominate the former president, and he was fully on board with the idea.
Protesters Blast Dr. Ford’s Testimony Outside of Brett Kavanaugh Speech
The Federalist Society's black tie attendees were blasted with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's disturbing testimony about Justice Kavanaugh's sexual assault as they entered the annual gala at which Kavanaugh was the keynote speaker.
Laurence Tribe Tells Trump He’s Going To Lose Badly If Impeachment Fight Reaches Supreme Court
Trump is in for a rude awakening when even the conservative SCOTUS justices will have no choice but to remind him that there is still a Constitution.
Trump Freaks Out And Calls For Mass Resignations At The NY Times Over Kavanaugh Allegations
Trump called for mass resignations at The Times for reporting on the Kavanaugh sexual assault allegations and the Trump-Russia campaign collusion in 2016.
The FBI Helped Republicans Hide and Lie about Kavanaugh’s Sexual Assaults
The FBI only interviewed nine of the ten witnesses they were allowed, and they didn’t bother with witnesses who confirmed other accusations against Kavanaugh. The FBI also didn’t use the entire week.
Bombshell Investigation Finds Brett Kavanaugh Lied About Sexual Assaults
The New York Times did a longer investigation than the FBI and found that Brett Kavanaugh lied about sexually assaulting women in college.
Former SCOTUS Justice John Paul Stevens Dies At Age 99 – But His Warnings About Trump Live On
While John Paul Stevens may have passed away on Tuesday, his warnings about Donald Trump's abuse of presidential power should live on.
Opinion: SCOTUS Ruling All But Guarantees State Criminal Charges For Trump
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 (Justices Ginsburg and Gorsuch dissenting) to uphold the “dual sovereignty” doctrine. That means that state law is separate and independent from federal law in relation to “double jeopardy,” that is, being putting on trial twice for the same act. Which means in turn that Trump loyalists charged and convicted under state law can’t be pardoned by Trump.
Supreme Court blocks redrawing of GOP gerrymandered Ohio, Michigan maps
The Supreme Court on Friday blocked lower court rulings ordering Republican legislators in Michigan and Ohio to redraw U.S. congressional maps ahead of the 2020 elections, dealing a blow to Democrats who had argued that the electoral districts were intended to unlawfully diminish their political clout.
Trump threatens to override the Constitution which gives Congress ‘sole power’ to impeach with top court
"If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach, I would first head to the U.S. Supreme Court," Trump wrote on Twitter.
The U.S. Constitution lays the 'sole power' of impeachment before the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Supreme Court conservatives sympathetic toward Trump census citizenship query
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic toward a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a plan opponents have called a Republican effort to deter immigrants from taking part in the population count.
U.S. chief justice rejects bid to block ‘bump stocks’ gun ban
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday rejected a bid by gun rights activists to put on hold a ban by President Donald Trump’s administration on “bump stock” gun attachments that enable semi-automatic weapons to be fired rapidly.
Susan Collins Will Join Democrats In Blocking Trump’s Fake National Emergency
Sen. Susan Collins' opposition is just the latest signal that Donald Trump's fake and illegal emergency declaration is in trouble.
Ari Melber Destroys The Myth That Susan Collins Is A Pro-Choice Moderate
Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh's recent vote to restrict women's rights has exposed Republican Sen. Susan Collins as a fraud.
Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law
The court on a 5-4 vote granted an emergency application by Shreveport-based abortion provider Hope Medical Group for Women to block the Republican-backed law from going into effect while litigation continues.
On abortion, Trump agenda likely leads to Supreme Court, not Congress
President Donald Trump urged lawmakers in his State of the Union address to put new limits on abortion, but partisan division in the U.S. Congress means the Supreme Court likely will set the agenda on the divisive issue, as it has for decades.