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Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election The Supreme Court has extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss. The historic 6-3 ruling by the justices stated that former presidents have absolute ...
01 Jul, 2024, 08.10 PM ISTUS Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity looms The US Supreme Court will rule on Monday if former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss. The decision, pivotal for Trump's upcoming trial and the presidential election, could d...
01 Jul, 2024, 07.34 AM ISTUS Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortions offers no clarity for states The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Thursday temporarily permits abortions for women facing medical emergencies in Idaho, even though the state enforces a near-total ban on the procedure. Despite this ruling, legal experts believe it fails to clear...
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Biden to secure 200th judicial confirmation as election looms President Joe Biden is set to secure his 200th appointment to the federal judiciary, surpassing his predecessor Donald Trump's pace. Reaching this milestone shows Biden's progress in matching Trump's tally of 234 judges appointed to life-tenured pos...
22 May, 2024, 08.12 PM ISTDonald Trump's attacks on his trial judges trigger widespread calls for violence New York Justice Juan Merchan, Trump declared on Truth Social, is a "highly conflicted" overseer of a "kangaroo court." Trump supporters swiftly replied to his post with a blitz of attacks on Merchan. The comments soon turned ugly. Some called for M...
15 May, 2024, 06.23 AM ISTJudges in Trump-related cases face unprecedented wave of threats Right-wing websites painted Lamberth, appointed to the bench by Republican President Ronald Reagan, as part of a "deep state" conspiracy to destroy Trump and his followers. Calls for his execution cropped up on Trump-friendly websites. "Traitors get...
29 Feb, 2024, 11.26 PM ISTCan Trump be on the ballot? It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore The Supreme Court is at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign as it considers a case that could impact Donald Trump's return to the White House. The case involves a constitutional provision adopted after the Civil War to prevent former office...
03 Feb, 2024, 07.27 PM ISTUS Supreme Court rules in favor of Coinbase in arbitration dispute The US Supreme Court has supported Coinbase's stance on moving customer disputes into private arbitration instead of allowing them to proceed with lawsuits. The 5-4 ruling enables Coinbase to pursue its appeal to move claims out of courts and into a...
23 Jun, 2023, 08.32 PM ISTArmed man arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house, charged with an attempt to murder On Wednesday early morning, a man was arrested near Justice B. Kavanaugh's home. The man was carrying a pistol, a knife, and other things in his backpack and also had a suitcase. The law enforcement agency has taken him into custody. The man, Nichol...
09 Jun, 2022, 06.50 PM ISTUS Supreme Court justices appear unlikely to strike down Obamacare Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservative Brett Kavanaugh both asked questions that suggested they were skeptical of Republican arguments that all of Obamacare must fall even if one key provision, known as the individual mandate, is found t...
11 Nov, 2020, 01.09 PM ISTU.S. Supreme Court allows App Store anti-trust suit against Apple The justices, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld a lower court's decision to allow the proposed class action lawsuit to proceed.
13 May, 2019, 07.58 PM ISTIndian-American Neomi Rao sworn in as judge of powerful DC court Rao, 45, was sworn in by US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Tuesday.
21 Mar, 2019, 11.47 AM ISTDonald Trump praises 'incredible' role played by Indian-Americans in his administration As a Diwali gift to the community, Trump surprised many by announcing that he has nominated his regulatory czar Neomi Jehangir Rao, to the powerful US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
14 Nov, 2018, 04.59 PM ISTIf harassment was open secret, why long conspiracy of silence? The distortions of an otherwise well-meaning movement have been understood in the West, particularly in the wake of the controversy over the appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.
21 Oct, 2018, 10.29 AM ISTOn Kavanaugh, FBI’s ‘Caged Parrot’ act In the three-week-long pitched battle between the Republicans and the Democrats in the Kavanaugh case, it is the FBI and its reputation that is taking a severe battering.
05 Oct, 2018, 11.11 PM ISTDonald Trump 'very proud' after Senate sets vote on Kavanaugh nomination On Friday the Senate voted along party lines to remove the last obstacle to holding a decisive vote this weekend.
05 Oct, 2018, 09.38 PM ISTWhite House aides say Trump didn’t set limits on Kavanaugh probe The probe will be limited in scope in ways determined by the White House, a person familiar with the proceedings said on Saturday.
30 Sep, 2018, 11.29 PM ISTSharing incident of assault by man being considered for SC judge my 'civic duty': Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford has alleged that at the age of 15 she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh in 1982.Both of them were in high school in suburban Maryland at that time.
27 Sep, 2018, 02.26 PM ISTSenate committee to hear Ford's testimony about sexual assault charge against Kavanaugh on Thursday The Committee will tentatively hear the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday regarding her allegation that Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her.
23 Sep, 2018, 12.57 PM ISTIndian-American judge Amul Thapar not in Trump's shortlist for US Supreme Court Trump is likely to announce his nominees to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday. The US President, according to the White House, has interviewed seven candidates from his master list of 25 judges.
07 Jul, 2018, 01.06 PM IST