‘Textual backflips’: Supreme Court rules 6-3 to narrowing of law in Jan. 6 obstruction case

FILE – President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File). Insets clockwise from top left: Jan. 6 rioter Kevin Seefried carries a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol; Jan. 6 rioter Joseph Fischer inside the Capitol on […]

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Texas appeals court shuts down bid to reverse pardon of man convicted of murdering protester

Daniel Perry was sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter protest in July 2020. (Photo from Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool; Victim’s photo, bottom inset, from GoFundMe; Perry’s mug shot, top inset, from Austin Police Department) A criminal appeals court has denied a Texas district attorney’s […]

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Kagan furiously dissents as the Roberts Court puts an end to the modern administrative state

Left: FILE – U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, in Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File); Right: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan stands in front of a flag-draped casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor during a service in the Great Hall […]

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SCOTUS rejects Steve Bannon’s last-ditch attempt to stay out of prison, he must report Monday

Share copy link Former White House senior strategist Steve Bannon arrives at the Federal District Court House for the fifth day of his contempt of Congress trial on July 22, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) There is officially no more road for Steve Bannon to roam after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday […]

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Lawyer at center of Trump effort to recuse civil fraud judge throws wrench in the works

Left: Judge Arthur F. Engoron at the New York State Supreme Court on October 5th, 2023. (Meir Chaimowitz/NurPhoto via AP); Right: Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The New York City real estate attorney at the center of a controversy involving the […]

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Woman takes fight to SCOTUS after SWAT destroys her home in raid

The Texas home of Vicki Baker, inset, was destroyed in a SWAT operation, and she is fighting for the city to pay for the damages. (Photos courtesy of the Institute for Justice) A woman fighting for restitution after a Texas city police SWAT team caused nearly $60,000 in damages during a hunt for an armed […]

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