CNN reports that a Decision on subpoena for Trump tax returns now in hands of Supreme Court: [A] decision on whether to further delay handing over President Donald Trump’s financial records to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. now rests with the Supreme Court after Trump’s attorneys argued for a stay of the “unprecedented” document request. The … Read more
“The Enemy of The People,” Senate Majority Leader “Moscow Mitch” McConnell, looks at the millions of Americans out of work and struggling financially, waiting in food lines and facing utility shutoffs and eviction from their home this winter, and does his best impression of the “Soup Nazi” from Seinfeld: “No stimulus for you!” It’s not … Read more
Vox legal reporter Ian Millhiser gives a preview of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term beginning on Monday. 7 big cases the Supreme Court will hear in its new term, explained: The new Supreme Court term will open on Monday under a cloud of uncertainty — and dread, if you’re a liberal. [O]ne such lawsuit … Read more
I will get to the judicial temperament and record of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court nominee imposed on Donald Trump by the Federalist Society and Judicial Action Network, in another post. Right now I want to focus on process. Let’s be clear: no president, and no political party, has ever sought to nominate … Read more
Last week, a three-judge panel in Federal District Court in Manhattan rejected President Trump’s order to exclude unauthorized immigrants from population counts that will be used next year to reallocate seats in the House of Representatives, ruling that it was so obviously illegal that a lawsuit challenging the order need not go to a trial. Federal Court … Read more