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Supreme Court to hear Trump’s bid for criminal immunity
SCOTUSblog, April 18, 2024
In the final argument scheduled for its 2023-2024 term, the Supreme Court will hear argument on Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s historic bid for criminal immunity. The question before the justices is whether Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to... The post Supreme Court to hear Trump’s bid for criminal immunity appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
After Decades on the Court, I Want a Divided America to Know This
The New York Times, April 18, 2024
A former Supreme Court justice on how to disagree.
The Kamala Harris Moment Has Arrived
The New York Times, April 17, 2024
With the issue of abortion rights, the vice president has hit her stride.
Questions About Assassinations Test the Limits of Trump’s Immunity Claim
The New York Times, April 15, 2024
Three Supreme Court briefs from former military leaders and intelligence officials explore whether presidents may be prosecuted for ordering unlawful killings.
Recent Headlines Confirm the Inadequacy of the Supreme Court’s Reasoning in Trump v. Anderson
Justia's Verdict, April 12, 2024
UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar discusses how the decentralized nature of the U.S. presidential election system allows individual states to have varying rules that can significantly impact the overall outcome, as illustrated by recent examples from Ohio, Nebraska, and the Supreme Court case Texas v. Pennsylvania. Professor Amar argues that the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Anderson, which emphasized the need for uniformity in presidential candidate ballot access across states, was not adequately defended by the Justices, as it failed to address why the Constitution permits such consequential disuniformity in election administration among states.
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Supreme Court of the United States, January 23, 2024
