Clarence Thomas Misses Monday Supreme Court Session, No Explanation
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court Building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court began its new term in September with Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson officially added to the bench. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) OAN’s […]
Supreme Court Declines To Halt Police Officer’s Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Protest Organizer
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block a lawsuit against a police officer in a case where a Black Lives Matter activist who led a 2016 protest was injured by another person. Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson Asked The judge ruled that the First Amendment holds protest leaders personally liable for violence committed […]
Trump set to appear in NY criminal court for hush money trial jury selection
Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in a New York City courtroom on Monday as jury selection begins in what amounts to a historic moment in U.S. history: the first-ever criminal trial against a former president. Potential jurors will face scrutiny over whether they can fairly try the case in which President Trump is accused […]
Kari Lake tries to thread the needle on abortion after Arizona Supreme Court ruling
Senate Republican candidate Kari Lake is clarifying her stance on abortion while also pushing Republican lawmakers in Arizona to repeal a 19th-century restriction on abortion that was upheld by the state Supreme Court this week, shaking up the campaign in the critical battleground state. After the court ruling on Tuesday that upheld an 1864 Civil […]
Fetterman says Trump should ‘focus on his time in court’ rather than Pennsylvania
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) argued that former President Donald Trump ought to spend his time preparing for “his time in court” over his presidential campaign in Pennsylvania. Fetterman’s advice comes after Trump visited Pennsylvania for a rally on Saturday evening, which was his last rally before his hush money trial starts on Monday. When asked […]
Supreme Court To Weigh Case That Could Upend Hundreds Of Jan. 6 Prosecutions
The Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday that could have major implications for hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants — as well as special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The case, Fischer v. United States, asks the Supreme Court to weigh the scope of an obstruction statute, Section 1512(c)(2), which penalizes […]
Appeals Court Leaves Hold in Place Against Oregon Gun Control
The Oregon Court of Appeals on Friday refused to overturn Harney County Circuit Judge Robert Raschio’s hold on certain state-level gun regulations. December 9, 2022 statesman journal report Judge Raschio issued an injunction against Ballot Measure 114 (BM 114), blocking implementation of the permit-to-purchase rule and ban on “high-capacity” magazines. The lawsuit against BM 114 […]
Biden lawsuit ‘subverting states rights’ to regulate abortion heads to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear its second abortion case this term, this time dealing with claims by Republican-led states that the Biden administration is trying to invoke a 40-year-old federal law as an “abortion mandate.” Following a debate over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of abortion drugs, the high court will […]
Supreme Court to debate ‘sleeper’ case that could affect Trump federal prosecution
The “sleeper” case could upend the nation’s most high-profile criminal prosecution. And how the U.S. Supreme Court decides the fate of the unnamed Capitol riot defendant will have immediate legal and political implications for the former president and perhaps future presidents. The justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the appeal of Joseph Fisher, one […]
Vatican Court Charges Italian Journalist Critical of Pope Francis with ‘Defamation’
ROME – Vatican prosecutors have accused an Italian Catholic journalist of “defaming” Pope Francis and leaking confidential documents. Marco Felipe Perfetti, a conservative Catholic who writes a blog Shirere non possum (“I can’t stay silent”) called The charge against him was attempted “intimidation.” “It is a well-known fact that freedom of the press and freedom […]