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WEBThe justices on Thursday will hear arguments over former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol. Trump argues that, because he was president at the time, he cannot now be tried. His trial in Washington, D.C., remains on hold as the Supreme Court ...
The Supreme Court and the president’s pardon power
WEBon Jan 1, 2021 at 3:38 pm. Correction appended. The Constitution gives the president the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.”. In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences of over 40 people, including Paul ...
Courtroom access: An online quest: “how to watch a
WEBApr 3, 2020 · The last expandable header on the page, “Courtroom seating,” provides some useful information: Two lines form on the Supreme Court’s plaza for the first oral argument of the day, which begins at 10 a.m. — a line for attending the full argument and the three-minute rotating line. Seating begins at 9:30 a.m. for those attending the full ...
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness …
WEBJun 30, 2023 · By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority last year when it announced that it would cancel up to $400 billion in student loans. The Biden administration had said that as many as 43 million Americans would have benefitted from the loan forgiveness program; almost half of those borrowers would ...
High-speed pursuit liability and other questions ... - SCOTUSblog
WEBJul 23, 2021 · Burke. 21-10. Issues: (1) Whether a court should apply the intent-to-harm standard of liability to all police high-speed driving, as have the 8th and 9th Circuits, or instead employ an analysis which examines the facts of individual cases to decide whether there was an opportunity to deliberate and apply the standard of deliberate indifference ...
“Tenth justice” or “third advocate”?: Examining the solicitor …
WEBJul 19, 2021 · Does the solicitor general’s office have too much influence over the Supreme Court? In “The Loudest Voice at the Supreme Court: The Solicitor General’s Dominance of Amicus Oral Argument,” a recent article in the Vanderbilt Law Review, Darcy Covert and Annie Wang examine an overlooked corner of that question — the solicitor general’s …
City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson - SCOTUSblog
WEB1 day ago · Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 6, 2023. Nov 03 2023. Brief amicus curiae of City of Chico filed. Dec 06 2023. Brief of respondents Gloria Johnson, et al. in opposition filed. Dec 20 2023. DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024. Dec 20 2023.
Ask the author: The enduring and controversial legacy of the …
WEBDec 17, 2019 · The following is a series of questions posed by Ronald Collins to Geoffrey Stone and David Strauss in connection with their new book, “Democracy and Equality: The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court” (Oxford University Press, 2020).. Geoffrey Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University …
Justices release full April calendar for final argument
WEBBy Amy Howe. on Mar 12, 2021 at 5:18 pm. The Supreme Court on Friday released the calendar for the justices’ April argument session. In contrast to the justices’ February and March argument sessions, each of which either featured or is scheduled to feature only six hours of argument after changes in position by the Biden administration led ...
Fischer v. United States - SCOTUSblog
WEBApr 16, 2024 · United States - SCOTUSblog. Fischer v. United States. Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit erred in construing 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (c), which prohibits obstruction of congressional inquiries and investigations, to include acts unrelated to investigations and evidence.
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