Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only
The decision likely ensures that the case against Trump wonβt be tried before the election, and then only if he is not reelected.
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The decision likely ensures that the case against Trump wonβt be tried before the election, and then only if he is not reelected.
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In a momentous decision that will affect vast swaths of American life, the Supreme Court made it far more difficult for federal agencies to issue rules that carry out broad mandates from Congress.
The statute is also the basis for one of the four obstruction counts brought against former President Donald Trump in the criminal case currently pending against him in federal court in Washington.
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued multiple consequential decisions on Thursday, on everything from opioids to ozone pollution.
Among the court's opinions was a 6-3 ruling to temporarily allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho. The opinion was erroneously posted on the court's website Wednesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the way the Securities and Exchange Commission imposes fines for fraudulent conduct and requires that wrongdoers give back their ill-gotten gains.
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The decision brings abortion back into the political limelight as a major controversy, just months before the presidential election.
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In a 5-4 decision, the court granted the states' application to put the rule on hold while the case proceeds in the lower courts.
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As the justices were announcing opinions on other matters, the court briefly posted a decision that would reinstate a lower court order allowing hospitals in Idaho to perform emergency abortions.
The court by a vote of 6-3 ruled that those challenging the governmentβs interaction with social media companies lacked legal standing to sue.
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The justices have agreed to hear only the claim that Tennesseeβs law denies trans minors the equal protection of the law.
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The decision was the first major gun ruling since 2022 when the high court broke sharply with the way gun laws had previously been handled by the court.
The decision was the first major gun ruling since 2022 when the high court broke sharply with the way gun laws had previously been handled by the courts.
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The Supreme Court ruled against a couple who challenged the constitutionality of a Trump-era tax provision, handing the government a victory in a case that had huge potential consequences.
The case had potentially trillions of dollars in tax consequences for the federal budget, and the court's decision could have severely limited congressional options in enacting tax policy.
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