Trump’s Presidential Immunity: Supreme Court Holds Historic Hearing

I share former Rep. Liz Cheney's frustration, even outrage, as she wrote in a NYTimes op-ed, that it appears the Supreme Court will not rule swiftly enough on Donald Trump's immunity claim that he can stand trial before the 2024 election on charges related to January 6, 2021. “It cannot be that a president of …

Abortion Rights in the US: Where They Stand

Politico has a map, with a status report on each state as of April, 2024 in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade in 2022. The 16 states where abortion is illegal could experience realignments and a resurgence of the Democratic Party. This is already happening in Kansas, which now has …

Mitch McConnell, Longest Serving Senate Republican Leader, to Retire

If Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in 2016 hadn't kept open Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court seat for nearly a year, depriving President Barack Obama of the right to appoint Scalia's successor, Donald Trump probably wouldn't have won the presidency that year, the Wall Street Journal editorial board surmises. The prospect of Trump changing the nation's …

Trump Can Remain On Primary Ballots, Supreme Court Rules

Some attorneys interpret the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Donald Trump remaining on the primary ballot to leave open the possibility that Trump could still be barred from a ballot or barred from serving as president if he is convicted of insurrection in a case now pending. If the high court rules by June …

Supreme Court To Consider Colorado Case Disqualifying Trump From Ballot

The US Supreme Court has been asked to rule on a case from the Colorado Supreme Court outlawing Donald Trump from appearing on primary and general election ballots because he engaged in insurrection against the federal government, in violation of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. https://youtu.be/yqs3nEvRC-o?si=UqBl2w5rUUbyJncg The legal case may be sound, but the …

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Is Laid to Rest

She empowered generations of women, President Biden said. Chief Justice John Roberts observed that she had no example to follow and still was “so successful that the barriers she broke down are almost unthinkable today.” (Wash Post). Part of a mini-course on Supreme Court history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5doANOrvN1A A 'Daughter of the American West' Is Honored in …

How The Legal Nightmare of Donald Trump Will End

With the news that Trump prosecutor Jack Smith has asked the US Supreme Court to decide Trump's claim that he is immune from any and all criminal prosecution for anything he did while in office, MSNBC is reporting that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, appointed by Trump, nearly three decades ago wrote a 30+ page …

Sandra Day O’Connor, First Female Supreme Court Justice

Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-2023), the first woman nominated to the Supreme Court (by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 -- she served until 2006 -- has died at the age of 93. The retrospectives are pouring in. 'American icon' She inspired a generation of women A ranch girl who became 'queen of the court' Pragmatic and …

US Supreme Court Preserves Democracy By Voting Against State Legislative Supremacy Theory

The Supreme Court demonstrates it is not just a bunch of political hacks for the Republican Party. It voted 6 to 3, with two Trump appointees voting in the majority, to reject the claim by North Carolina's leading Republican legislators that they, as legislative heads, have great power to decide the rules for federal elections …

Documentary Profiles Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court

PBS Frontline: "As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, this two-hour documentary special tells the inside story of their path to power...Over the past three decades, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has risen to the center of power in Washington, impacting issues affecting millions of Americans — from abortion to affirmative action. By his …