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Jan 15, 2024
News take: Are anti-homeless laws cruel and unusual? SCOTUS will decide
Use your imagination to figure out how homeless people are supposed to deal with laws like the Grants Pass, Oregon, ordinance at issue...
Jan 2, 2024
Yeah, Trump keeps trying
All the clause says in so many words, then, is that “the party convicted” in the Senate can still face criminal prosecution. But Mr....
Dec 29, 2023
Trump never stops
He wanted a delay in the E. Jean Carroll suit. but a judge refused yesterday. She's sued him twice. In the first case, a jury found he...
Dec 20, 2023
A Trump/Colorado round-up
Reuters: WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as U.S. president and cannot appear on...
Dec 13, 2023
SCOTUS walking into a political mess with Trump immunity appeal
From CNN: From beginning to end, the Supreme Court’s handling of the case is bound to be closely scrutinized. Public opinion polls show...
Dec 13, 2023
Above the Law cuts to the chase in describing Trump's legal arguments
TL,DR: Justice Roberts needs to put on his bigboy pants here and put this shit to bed, because Trump’s arguments are almost too stupid to...
Nov 19, 2023
Insurrectionist ban doesn't apply to presidential candidates, judge rules
Uh-huh. Though effectively disenfranchising millions of voters who want to vote for Donald Trump would create a whole new set of...
Nov 19, 2023
Trump loses bid for mistrial in civil suit
No surprise here. Trump's attorneys had requested the mistrial Wednesday, alleging bias by Judge Arthur Engoron's bench. Engoron in a...
Nov 18, 2023
Donald Trump's scary promises
Pay attention, folks. U.S. democracy could be nearing its end. From Slate's Dahlia Lithwick: It’s been just a clutch of days since former...
Nov 17, 2023
Appeals judge lifts Trump gag order on attacking court staff
After New York Appellate Justice David Friedman put the gag order on hold, Trump went on Truth Social to post to criticize Judge Arthur...
Nov 10, 2023
Crazy Fifth Circuit says limits on ghost guns is unconstitutional
Sigh. Because the founders. The panel, comprised entirely of judges appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump, largely upheld...
Nov 6, 2023
Trump's team goes after court staff; gets gagged by the judge
Justice Engoron ordered Trump’s lawyers to knock it off already, but the melee continued today with Kise insisting that he had a First...
Oct 28, 2023
Trump and his small parts become an issue in trademark fight
Really. Reuters has the story.
Oct 25, 2023
Looks like Mark Meadows is flipping on Trump to save himself
From ABC: According to the sources, Meadows also told the federal investigators Trump was being "dishonest" with the public when he first...
Oct 22, 2023
Trump freed from judge's gag order for now
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan puts her own order on hold while Trump appeals. Read it on Reuters.
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