U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Saturday granted former President Donald Trump’s request for further briefing on the issue of presidential immunity in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case and delayed certain deadlines.
In reading the summary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s immunity decision and the subsequent comments from politicians, news analysts, legal experts and law professors, one would think that democracy is over.
L ast week, the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a huge win when it ruled that current and former presidents could not be criminally prosecuted for acts deemed “official.” Th
The judge presiding over former President Trump's classified documents case in Florida pushed back some of the deadlines in the case on Saturday to allow for further briefing. Why it matters: Judge Aileen Cannon's order follows the 6-3 Supreme Court opinion allowing presidential immunity for official acts conducted as president.
The Supreme Court’s stunning ruling giving presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts raises serious questions about orders issued by the commander in chief to the military, especially if those commands clearly violate U.
Little to celebrate “Can presidents be prosecuted? How the Supreme Court ruled in Trump immunity case,” (sacbee.com, July 1) I have voted in every presidential election and of
The very concept of clothing the American presidency with protection that placed the English king above the law, was rebuked by the framers of the Constitution, who sought, in the words of James Madison,
A landmark Supreme Court decision that reins in federal agencies’ authority is expected to hold dramatic consequences for the nation’s health care system, calling into question government rules on anything from consumer protections for patients to drug safety to nursing home care.
The former president requested that Cannon stay some deadlines in the stolen documents case after the Supreme Court ruled the President has immunity for “official acts.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) defended the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity last week, saying that the justices “clarified what the law is.” Rubio, one of former President Trump’s top contenders to be his running mate,
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted a partial halt in the classified documents case against Donald Trump on Saturday, a day after his legal team asked for a pause in proceedings due to the
Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that grants Trump partial immunity concerning his federal 2020 election interference case, Judge Aileen Cannon paused deadlines tied to his classified documents case,
Former President Trump has argued prosecutors at his recent hush money trial introduced evidence that is protected under the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, an assertion that could upend his conviction.
Just one month after a New York jury made him the first former president convicted of a crime, the guilty verdict in former President Trump’s hush money case is already in peril following a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
Donald Trump’s lawyers invoked the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling in a filing on Friday afternoon in his federal classified documents case, asking U.S.
Judge Aileen Cannon denied a major dismissal motion in the Espionage Act criminal case Donald Trump faces in Florida, but she still included some barbs for prosecutor Jack Smith, a legal expert highlighted on Saturday.
The Supreme Court found presidents have absolute immunity for exercising core constitutional powers. The team at Trump's Trials podcast broke down how the decision could affect Trump’s legal cases.
The federal judge overseeing former President Trump’s classified documents case granted his request to delay a few deadlines further so prosecutors can evaluate the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. Trump’s lawyers on Friday asked Judge Aileen Cannon for permission to file more documents to argue that the former president should be immune from prosecution in
Florida Judge Aileen Cannon could be totally removed from the Donald Trump Espionage Act case if she tries to dismiss it entirely in response to the Supreme Court's recent immunity ruling, as the former president has requested,
It’s Impossible to Overstate the Damage Done By the Supreme Court This Term The effects of the high court’s rulings will be enduring and almost impossible to overturn without a serious reckoning by Democratic lawmakers.
A federal judge paused some filing deadlines in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump in a brief order Saturday, and agreed to additional briefings on whether she should pause the case to consider what effect the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling may have on the criminal proceedings in Florida.
Put aside former president Donald Trump (an impossible task for some) and examine the Supreme Court's majority ruling that protects any president from litigation for decisions and actions he (or she;
The Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity continues to fan the flames of fear and doubt about whether America’s democracy can hold if presidential power is expanded.
Trump has argued that him taking classified documents to his Mar-a-Lago home constituted an official act — and that the Supreme Court's ruling means the charges against him should be dropped.
Judge Cannon has rejected a major dismissal request for a Donald Trump co-defendant in the Espionage Act case in Florida, according to court records Saturday.Cannon, who earlier in the day was put on notice by a former prosecutor who said she was in danger of being removed from the classified
The ruling causes enormous confusion over the nation’s most fundamental laws and principles, with little guidance on how courts and juries should apply it.
The Supreme Court answered, “why not make it permanent?” Feeling triumphant, Trump explained last week that Liz Cheney was “guilty of treason” and should now “be prosecuted in televised military tribunals.
The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term Monday with a highly anticipated decision that provides American presidents with a modicum of immunity from criminal charges. The case was ostensibly about