Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro holds a press conference before heading to federal prison on March 19, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Peter Navarro, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, to be released from prison while he appealed his…
If Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing on former President Donald J. Trump’s claims of executive immunity is any indication of how the court might ultimately rule, the justices could end up helping Mr. Trump in two ways. The justices signaled that their ruling, if it comes, could result in some allegations being struck from the federal…
US President Donald Trump is providing an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, the joint Department of Defense and HHS initiative that has reached agreements with several drug manufacturers to accelerate the search for effective treatments for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID). -19) Pandemic, in an address in the Rose Garden at the…
The Supreme Court’s decision to review the validity of an obstruction law that was widely used against those involved in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 is already having an impact on some of the rioters. A small group of people convicted under the law have been released from prison – or…
A Supreme Court majority on Tuesday appeared deeply skeptical of efforts to severely restrict access to a widely used abortion pill, questioning whether a group of anti-abortion doctors and organizations had the right to challenge the drug’s approval Food and Drug Administration challenge. During the nearly two-hour debate, justices from across the ideological spectrum appeared…
Carrying colorful signs and banners that read “Doctors not doctrine” and “Abortion is health care,” hundreds of activists chanted, marched and rallied outside the Supreme Court for hours starting Tuesday morning before the justices weighed the availability of a commonly used abortion pill. Abortion rights supporters outnumbered abortion opponents, but the two factions occasionally clashed…
In a spirited argument at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the justices returned to a thorny question that has preoccupied them at least three times: When can people sue over arrests they say were motivated by retaliation for criticizing the government? As a general rule, the existence of probable cause for the arrest is sufficient…
March 18, 2024, 9:25 a.m. ET March 18, 2024, 9:25 a.m. ETThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans hears appeals from federal courts in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.Credit…Emily Kask for The New York Times The appeals court that upheld partial restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies…
In important cases involving former President Donald J. Trump, the Supreme Court has tried to put a certain distance between itself and politics. This fragile project does not appear to be a success. “If the court tries to stay out of the political fray, it fails miserably,” said Melissa Murray, a law professor at New…
Former US President Donald Trump watches a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, on February 17, 2024. Rebecca Cook | Reuters The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges in his federal election interference case. The Supreme Court granted Trump’s request to stay the case until…
