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The Hill - Politics
Biden, critics fear emboldened Trump after Supreme Court immunity ruling
A Supreme Court decision giving presidents wide protection from facing charges after leaving office has sparked fears voiced by President Biden and Democratic critics that former President Trump will be further emboldened should he be elected to a ...Joe Biden -
The Hill - Politics
Trump latches on to Supreme Court immunity ruling in documents case
Former President Trump is beginning to leverage the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling in his classified documents criminal case. In court papers filed Friday, Trump asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to halt most proceedings in ...Donald Trump -
NBC News - Top stories
Trump seeks pause in documents case, citing Supreme Court immunity ruling
The former president has argued that removing classified documents from the White House and allegedly designating them as personal items were "official acts."Donald Trump -
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Senate committee to probe Supreme Court's Trump immunity ruling
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on possible legislation to limit the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity for Donald Trump.Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
Rubio defends Supreme Court immunity ruling
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) defended the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity last week, saying that the justices “clarified what the law is.” Rubio, one of former President Trump’s top contenders to be his running mate, said that Trump ... -
NBC News - Politics
Trump seeks to use Supreme Court's immunity ruling to quash classified docs case in Florida
Donald Trump is hoping that the Supreme Court decision in his election interference case can prove to deliver him a third procedural win, this time in the case in which he is accused of hoarding government secrets after he left office.Donald Trump -
NBC News - Top stories
Sen. Chuck Schumer eyes new bill hitting back at the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling on Trump
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he'll work with colleagues on a bill "classifying Trump’s election subversion acts as unofficial acts not subject to immunity."Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
Trump asks to dismiss New York charges after Supreme Court immunity ruling
Former President Trump made his formal push to toss his criminal conviction in the wake of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision, contending he’s being treated “unfairly and unlawfully.” The 52-page brief, made public on ...New York -
The Guardian - World
The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law | Corey Brettschneider
Citizens must make this presidential election about rescuing our democracy from authoritarianism. The US supreme court found this week that former presidents have presumptive immunity from prosecution for “official acts”. This ruling doesn’t just ... -
Politico - Politics
Schumer: Democrats will try to remove immunity from Trump Jan. 6 acts
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The New York Times - World
Why the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Worries U.S. Allies
Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling pushes past most of the norms in effect among American allies, adding more concern about the reliability of U.S. power. -
The Hill - Politics
Supreme Court immunity ruling raises questions about military orders
The Supreme Court’s stunning ruling giving presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts raises serious questions about orders issued by the commander in chief to the military, especially if those commands clearly violate U.S. or ... -
The Guardian - World
How might a rogue president use the US supreme court immunity ruling?
A first pass shows just how much damage a president could do to the rule of law when no longer constrained by it. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK … It’s, like, incredible.”. The ... -
The Hill - Politics
Supreme Court immunity decision collides with Trump’s NY conviction
Just one month after a New York jury made him the first former president convicted of a crime, the guilty verdict in former President Trump’s hush money case is already in peril following a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump’s ...Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
DOJ seeks foothold after Supreme Court loss on Jan. 6 obstruction charge
Swaths of Jan. 6 rioters could face resentencing or further proceedings this summer after the Supreme Court ruled that the Justice Department overreached in its sweeping prosecution of the Capitol attack. The decision has left federal ... -
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Why Trump's "hush money" sentencing is being delayed over immunity ruling
Donald Trump's sentencing for the conviction in his New York "hush money" trial is being postponed until September after his lawyers moved to toss the guilty verdict because of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling. Attorney and CBS ...Donald Trump -
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Trump asks judge to halt documents case after Supreme Court ruling
Former President Donald Trump and his legal team asked the federal judge overseeing the case involving his handling of sensitive documents to pause proceedings.Donald Trump -
NBC News - Politics
Conservative legal scholars say the Supreme Court's Trump immunity decision isn't conservative
The Supreme Court's decision to grant former President Donald Trump absolute immunity for some of his conduct in seeking to overturn the 2020 election has attracted a chorus of criticism from those who saw it as another sign of conservative ...Donald Trump -
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Trump's sentencing delayed in New York conviction following Supreme Court immunity decision
Former President Donald Trump's sentencing for his New York criminal conviction has been delayed after the Supreme Court earlier this week ruled presidents have immunity for official acts while in office. CBS News' Robert Costa explains the ...New York -
MarketWatch - Business
‘None of these will survive’: The Supreme Court’s immunity decision may kill all the criminal cases against Trump
The opinion could hamstring all four criminal cases Trump has faced, legal experts say, leaving prosecutors in several — if not all of them — unable to proceed.Donald Trump -
The Wall Street Journal - World
The Supreme Court Restrains Trump
Far from empowering a dictator, the Justices limited executive power. And Trump’s ability to prosecute Biden.Donald Trump -
Financial Times - Business
Sotomayor’s Supreme Court dissents give voice to liberal frustrations
As the conservative majority’s power has grown, the US institution’s left-leaning justices have registered their alarm -
The Guardian - World
Democrats in disarray as Trump immunity ruling raises stakes
With democracy at a moment of maximum peril, millions were pinning their hopes on the Democratic party as a last wall of defence – but the debate changed that. “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” So wrote supreme court justice Sonia ...Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
Supreme Court ruling will rein in the regulatory GOAT
Supreme Court overrules 'Chevron deference,' challenging Biden's regulatory agenda. This development calls into question the current administration's policy-driven regulations. -
The Hill - Politics
Don’t pack the Supreme Court. Instead, change the rules.
Court reformers need a new approach, a democratic agenda for the courts to restore the rule of law. -
The New York Times - Top stories
Cohen Asks the Supreme Court to Let Him Sue Trump Over His Imprisonment
For decades, the court has been reluctant to allow lawsuits against individual federal officials. Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-nemesis believes he has found an exception.Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
Brother of fallen Capitol officer Sicknick slams Supreme Court immunity decision
The family of a police officer who died after responding to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots warned that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision this week should "frighten" Americans. The Supreme Court issued a landmark decision Monday ... -
NBC News - Politics
After immunity ruling, Trump’s hush money sentencing delayed
After the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity decision, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York has postponed his sentencing that was scheduled for July 11, moving it to mid-September. NBC’s Laura Jarrett ... -
The Guardian - World
Trump would be free to obstruct justice in second term after immunity ruling
Supreme court decision means Trump could freely abuse “core” presidential functions without accountability. When the special counsel Robert Mueller testified to Congress in 2019 about the Russia investigation, he said he believed Donald Trump ...Donald Trump -
The Guardian - World
Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling
Filing asks Aileen Cannon to take scalpel to any charges considered ‘official’ acts that could not be prosecuted. Donald Trump moved on Friday to capitalize on the US supreme court’s decision to confer broad immunity to former presidents, asking ...Donald Trump -
The New York Times - Top stories
After Immunity Ruling, Trump Seeks Delay of Classified Documents Case
The former president’s lawyers asked to freeze nearly all proceedings while they sort out whether the Supreme Court decision applies to charges focused on actions after he left the White House.Donald Trump -
The New York Times - Top stories
Trump Immunity Ruling Leaves Judge Facing Tough Calls on Election Indictment
The Supreme Court decision granting former presidents broad protection from prosecution kicked to the trial court key rulings about how much of Donald Trump’s indictment on election charges can stand.Donald Trump -
NBC News - Top stories
Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns ruling that barred most ballot drop boxes
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled 4-3 to reinstate the use of most ballot drop boxes across the crucial battleground state, overturning a decision it made less than two years ago that banned the use of most of those boxes. -
The Hill - Politics
Schumer pushing bill to strip Trump of court-granted immunity
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Monday that he and other Senate Democrats will work to advance legislation to strip former President Trump of the immunity he was granted under a recent Supreme Court ruling protecting a ...Donald Trump -
The New York Times - Top stories
When the Supreme Court Gets Mixed Up With Trump Derangement Syndrome
Most of the court’s decisions were principled and sound — most, but unfortunately not all.Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
The Supreme Court has some explaining to do in Trump v. US
The ruling causes enormous confusion over the nation's most fundamental laws and principles, with little guidance on how courts and juries should apply it.Donald Trump -
The New York Times - Top stories
Trump’s Next Supreme Court Picks Would Be So Much Worse
He is gravitating toward the extreme fringes of the conservative legal world.Donald Trump -
NBC News - Politics
Michael Cohen asks the Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit against Trump
Michael Cohen asked the Supreme Court to wade into his fight with former President Donald Trump after a federal appeals court rejected his latest attempt to seek compensation for being jailed in what another judge called an act of retribution.Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
Michael Cohen asks Supreme Court to revive Trump retaliation suit
Michael Cohen is headed to the Supreme Court in his long-waged war against former President Trump. Cohen, Trump’s onetime fixer and loyal soldier who later turned on his boss and testified as the star witness in Trump’s criminal trial ending in a ...Donald Trump
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CBS News' Anne-Marie Green has a roundup of headlines including the latest on California's Vista Fire, Alec Baldwin's trial, and a SpaceX Starlink satellite launch that went awry. -
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AT&T says data breach impacts nearly all its cellular customers
AT&T said the breach doesn't include the content of calls or tests or personal information such as Social Security numbers. -
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Suitcases containing human remains found on iconic U.K. bridge
Police said they are searching for a man who was behaving suspiciously on the Clifton Suspension Bridge just before the gruesome discovery.United Kingdom -
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American tourist dead after suddenly getting sick on Sicily's Mount Etna
A 55-year-old American tourist died after taking ill during an excursion on the southern side of Mount Etna, in Sicily, Italy's alpine rescue service said Friday. -
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