On July 1, 2024, the United States Supreme Court granted former President Donald J. Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution related to any Executive Branch official conduct.
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Trump Media Co-Founders Sued by Trump Over Company Stake
Former President Donald Trump sued two co-founders of Trump Media last week following a lawsuit against Trump brought by the co-founders over their stake in the company.
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Business and Corporate Law
Pennsylvania Congressman Faces Ballot Disqualification Lawsuit
A lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court argues that U.S. Representative Scott Perry should be disqualified from appearing on the 2024 ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Constitutional Law, Election Law
Trump Disqualified From Colorado Primary Ballot
On Tuesday, December 19, 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald J. Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President and cannot be listed on Colorado's primary ballot in 2024.
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Election Law
President Donald J. Trump Loses Request for New Trial in E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Case
On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denied former president Donald J. Trump's request for a new trial in the sexual abuse lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.
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Defamation, Sexual Harassment
Jury Finds Former President Donald J. Trump Sexually Assaulted E. Jean Carroll
On May 9, 2023, a civil jury in New York returned a verdict finding that former president Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.
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Defamation, Sexual Harassment
Trump’s Facebook Ban Will Stand. For Now.
On Wednesday, the Facebook Oversight Board upheld former President Donald Trump’s January suspension from the platform, citing his creation of “an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible.”
Parler Loses Early Effort to Gain Reinstatement on Amazon Web Services
A federal judge found that the social network had not provided adequate evidence to support its complaint of antitrust and other business violations by hosting provider Amazon Web Services.
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amazon, Apple, Donald Trump, Facebook, federal court, Google, Parler, social media, Twitter, US Capitol
Twitter Will Not Automatically Transfer White House and Presidential Followers From Trump to Biden
Followers of institutional accounts will receive a notice asking them whether they want to continue following these accounts, which will technically start at zero followers.
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Politics, US Executive Branch
Commerce Department Allows TikTok to Continue Operating in the U.S.
The Trump administration had issued an executive order banning TikTok from operating in the U.S., but a court had blocked the enforcement of the order.
