The Supreme Court’s decision in a recent case challenging the Biden administration’s censorship efforts unleashed renewed threats to Americans’ ability to speak and listen freely online while effectively putting a legal remedy out of reach ahead of the 2024 election, legal experts told the Daily…
Read More Supreme Court Just Opened The Door To A New Orwellian Censorship Regime
The Supreme Court’s ruling on former President Donald Trump’s immunity appeal made it all but certain no trial will take place before the election — and increasingly likely special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment will be deemed unlawful. In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas questioned the…
Read More SCOTUS May Have Ended Jack Smith’s Entire Prosecution Of Trump
The Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity Monday made it more difficult for both special counsel Jack Smith and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to prosecute former President Donald Trump, throwing their indictments into serious question. The decision, which found former presidents are entitled to “at…
Read More Jack Smith, Georgia DA Fani Willis Have ‘Little Left’ To Throw At Trump After Immunity Ruling
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up a challenge to Texas’ law intended to prevent minors from accessing porn websites. Texas’ law, which it enacted in June 2023, requires websites that publish “sexual material harmful to minors” to confirm its users are over 18 years…
Read More Supreme Court Agrees To Take Up Challenge To Texas’ Porn Age Verification Law
The Supreme Court sent cases on whether two red state laws intended to prevent viewpoint-based censorship on social media violate the First Amendment back to lower courts on Monday. The majority reversed two lower court rulings in cases brought by NetChoice, an internet trade group that sued Florida…
Read More US Supreme Court Asks Lower Courts To Reevaluate Florida And Texas Anti-Censorship Laws
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to use the word “woman” in her partial dissent Thursday in cases considering Idaho’s abortion ban. Rather than answering the cases’ central dispute about whether the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) requires doctors to…
Read More Justice Jackson Refuses To Use Word ‘Woman’ In Abortion Case Partial Dissent
The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) urged the Supreme Court Wednesday not to grant Steve Bannon’s request to halt his prison sentence. Bannon is scheduled to report to prison on July 1 to serve a four-month sentence following his contempt of Congress conviction, which an appeals court upheld in…
Read More DOJ Urges Supreme Court Not To Prevent Steve Bannon From Reporting To Jail
Several rulings in the coming days are expected to have a major impact on the election, shaping the public conversation and former President Donald Trump’s legal calendar as Democrats are ramping up efforts to make the Supreme Court a key issue in their 2024 campaign.…
Read More Supreme Court’s Final Rulings Poised To Transform The 2024 Election
Hunter Biden’s attorneys moved Monday for a new trial following his conviction on felony gun charges. A Delaware jury convicted Hunter Biden earlier this month on three felony gun charges related to his purchase of a revolver while addicted to drugs. In the motion filed Monday, his…
Read More Hunter Biden Moves For New Trial After Felony Conviction
The Supreme Court is expected to release all of its remaining decisions by the end of the week. Opinions coming down the line include decisions on former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity appeal, an abortion case from Idaho and a consequential challenge to the Biden…
Read More Trump, Censorship And Abortion: Here Are The Final Big Rulings SCOTUS Is Expected To Release This Week