Biden speaks on Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling
President Biden addressed the nation on Monday night following the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in the case President Trump v. United States. The Supreme Court ruled that a former president was a major Immunity from prosecution It applies to official conduct done while in office, but not to unofficial conduct. In a 6-3 […]
Supreme Court upends regulatory challenges
Business and Economics Full text Boeing to buy supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion Boeing said Monday it plans to buy Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier it spun off from a subsidiary decades ago, in an all-stock deal for $4.7 billion. Full text Biden to extend overtime protections to 1 million workers President Biden has extended […]
Hillary Clinton sides with Sotomayor over 'MAGA wing of the Supreme Court'
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday endorsed Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s scathing dissent in the case, saying the “MAGA wing of the Supreme Court” had shaped the majority’s decision to grant presidential immunity for acts committed while in office. “I agree with Justice Sotomayor on the Supreme Court’s MAGA immunity decision,” Clinton, the Democratic […]
Supreme Court Just Made the Imperial Presidency Concrete
Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude Jr. told MSNBC’s “The Jose Diaz-Balart Report” on Monday that the Supreme Court’s decision in President Donald Trump’s immunity case crystallizes an imperial presidency. Guest host Katie Turr said, “Alexander Hamilton wrote that former presidents ‘shall be prosecuted and punished according to the ordinary laws.’ That’s in Federalist Papers No. […]
Bill Barr scoffs at 'horror stories' about Supreme Court immunity ruling
Former Attorney General William Barr dismissed the “horror story” presented by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent from the Supreme Court’s decision on former President Trump’s immunity claim. “The example, in my opinion, that’s the most egregious and makes absolutely no sense is the notion that a president can use SEALs Team 6 […]
Ocasio-Cortez promises to file for impeachment against Supreme Court justices after decision on Trump immunity
Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has accused the U.S. Supreme Court of corruption and promised to introduce articles of impeachment after the court’s decision on presidential immunity. The court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump has executive immunity for official acts, but not for acts that could be classified as unofficial. […]
Republicans tout Supreme Court immunity ruling as victory in 'weaponization' fight
Republicans have hailed the Supreme Court’s decision that the president has immunity from prosecution for official acts as a major victory against the “weaponization” of government, dealing a blow to special counsel Jack Smith’s case prosecuting former President Trump for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “Today’s Supreme Court decision is a […]
AOC threatens Supreme Court articles of impeachment over immunity ruling
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, has threatened to bring articles of impeachment to the Supreme Court following Monday’s immunity ruling against former President Trump. “The Supreme Court has become engulfed in a corruption crisis that is out of control,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. “Today’s ruling is an attack on American democracy. It is […]
Trump allies celebrate blow to ‘senseless lawfare’ in Supreme Court immunity decision
Former President Trump’s allies in Congress are cheering the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday in the former commander in chief’s historic immunity case. “With today’s decision, the Supreme Court has reached a conclusion we’ve known all along: a president cannot be prosecuted for acts of official conduct,” said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, […]
Live updates: Supreme Court rules Trump has presumptive criminal immunity for official acts
The Supreme Court handed a historic ruling on Monday, handing former President Trump a victory, ruling that former presidents enjoy a presumption of criminal immunity for their official actions while in the White House. The move could delay the federal election overturning case in Washington, D.C., by sending the case back to a lower court […]