Trump suspect charged with attempted assassination, case lands in Cannon's court
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a man accused of showing up to one of former President Trump's golf courses with a rifle, charging him with attempting to assassinate the presidential candidate. Ryan Routh, 58, now faces a total of five charges. Indictment It marks a significant escalation in the case and comes after […]
Arizona court rules on 98K voters in limbo after 20-year-old citizenship coding error
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that complete ballots for federal, state and local elections will be distributed to about 98,000 people after a legal battle over a clerical error pitted the secretary of state's office and the Maricopa County recorder at odds over how to verify voters' proof of citizenship. Secretary of […]
Missouri’s Supreme Court, governor reject calls to stop execution of man convicted for 1998 murder
The Missouri Supreme Court and the state's Republican governor, Mike Parson, on Monday separately rejected requests by inmates to avoid their scheduled executions. Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday in connection with the murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter who was […]
Missouri Supreme Court, Gov. Mike Parson refuses to halt execution of Marcellus Williams, convicted in 1998 killing
The execution of a Missouri man convicted of killing a social worker in 1998 is set to go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court and governor rejected repeated requests to halt the execution. Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the stabbing […]
Arizona court allows nearly 98K without citizenship confirmation to vote over decades-old gov’t error
The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously Decided To allow residents who were allowed to vote based on decades-old government errors to vote in the November election despite not verifying their citizenship status. “They have not provided any proof of citizenship.” The court said it wanted to avoid disenfranchising large numbers of voters who had citizenship but […]
New York Mag writer Olivia Nuzzi was banned from Trump’s hush-money trial for breaking court rules — twice
Before she was suspended for allegedly sexting RFK Jr., New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi was barred from Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial for taking photos in violation of court rules, The Washington Post has learned. After she was evicted on April 22, Nuzzi reported on the trial but failed to inform readers that […]
Arizona Supreme Court rules nearly 100K can receive full ballots without citizenship proof
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that about 100,000 residents can receive ballots without proof of citizenship, quickly resolving a clerical gaffe that had left in doubt whether they would be able to vote in this November's election. Friday Verdict The announcement came days after election officials said they had found that about 98,000 state […]
Arizona Supreme Court rules 98,000 people whose citizenship is unconfirmed can vote in state races
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that about 98,000 people whose U.S. citizenship has not been confirmed will be allowed to vote in upcoming state and local elections. The ruling came after a “coding oversight” in the state's software led the battleground state's Democratic secretary of state, Adrian Fontes, to argue that ballots would be […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule on whether RFK Jr. will stay on ballot
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rule and whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate backed by Trump, will remain on the ballot after he filed a lawsuit on September 3 seeking to have his name removed. Since suspending his campaign in August to endorse the Republican candidate, Kennedy has petitioned states across the country to […]
Dems condemn death threats against Supreme Court they’ve repeatedly disparaged
Following reports that a suspect had been arrested for making threats to injure and kill six of the nine Supreme Court justices and several of their families, the Democratic Party issued a comprehensive condemnation of political violence. “Threats and acts of violence are unacceptable. Period,” Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, told The Washington […]