Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy reacts to today’s D.C. appeals court decision against Trump’s immunity argument, what Trump should do next, and what it means to the Trump trials timing.
The Supreme Court will grapple with a sizable number of politically significant cases as the presidential election season heats up over the next few months, touching on abortion rights, gun control and the fate of criminal charges against the leading Republican candidate, Donald Trump. The choices justices make this term could ripple through the election …
Year after year public officials tell Texans they believe in limited government and protecting constitutional rights. In practice the opposite is true. Two Texas cases before the U.S. Supreme Court highlight the disconnect. On Tuesday, the high court heard heard DeVillier v. Texas. Richie DeVillier and his family have tended a cattle ranch near Beaumont …
by The Rutherford Institute WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect free speech forums on social media from attempts by big tech companies to block, ban, remove, deplatform, demonetize, de-boost, restrict, deny equal access or visibility to, or otherwise discriminate against viewpoints of which they might disapprove. …
An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Her husband, Charles Sennett, allegedly hired someone — who, in turn, hired two men, including Smith …
JUST IN – U.S. Supreme Court on 5-4 vote allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border — AP — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 22, 2024 CBS: Supreme Court says Biden administration can remove razor wire that Texas installed along border I can’t help but feel deeply frustrated by this recent Supreme …
It’s disheartening that the Supreme Court declined to address the critical issue of surveillance transparency. (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Elon Musk’s X Corp to consider whether the social media company, formerly called Twitter, can publicly disclose how often federal law enforcement seeks information about users for national security …
Supreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado The case raises a novel legal question under a constitutional clause that prohibits those who have “engaged in insurrection” from serving in the federal government. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether former President Donald Trump could …
The Supreme National Security Council of Iran to convene an emergency meeting shortly to discuss the nature of the response to the terrorist operation in Kerman. pic.twitter.com/aWfnkWm2bv — IntelSky (@Intel_Sky) January 3, 2024 Kerman, IranAt least 95 killed in IranThis is the world lsrael wants, full of terr*orism! pic.twitter.com/t05oxL6Vzm — Naila Ayad🇵🇸 (@Naila_Ayad) January 3, …
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to allow federal Border Patrol agents to cut through or move razor wire installed on the U.S.-Mexico border by Texas as part of a contentious effort by the state to prevent illegal border crossings. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said in a court filing that …
By Martin Armstrong The Supervisory Power of the Supreme Court This effort to prevent Trump from running for President is presenting a major CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. We have the extremely LEFTIST Supreme Court of Colorado ruling unconstitutionally that Trump should be barred from being on the ballot. Then we have the Michigan Supreme Court ruling against Colorado. …
The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to strike down a Colorado court ruling that removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot. However, the conservative majority on the highest court is likely to do so in a narrow way that doesn’t get into the weeds of whether President Trump’s actions constituted insurrection, according to …
Ever since the Colorado Supreme Court handed down its decision on Donald Trump’s eligibility (or lack thereof) for the Colorado Primary Election Ballot it’s seemed like every lawyer on Twitter (and some enthusiastic amateurs) has had something to say about it. These have been of varying quality, but some like George Washington University Law School …
via CNN: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request by special counsel Jack Smith to fast-track arguments on whether Donald Trump has any immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office – a move that will likely delay his trial. The court did not explain its reasoning and there were …
Summary: • The US Supreme Court has agreed to review a case related to January 6 prisoners charged with obstruction of Congress • The case centers around the misinterpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, being used to charge defendants with felony obstruction • The outcome will have direct implications for all defendants, including …
In the 24 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court kicked former President Donald Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot, social media outlets have been flooded with threats against the justices who ruled in the case, according to a report obtained by NBC News. Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that conducts public interest research, …
via thenationalpulse: Dissenting justices on the Colorado Supreme Court have warned the court’s decision to remove Donald Trump from the state primary ballot for “insurrection” risks sowing “chaos” throughout the country, and that the 45th President did not receive a fair trial. Despite the fact every top justice in the Centennial State was appointed by …
The Colorado Supreme Court’s historic ruling deems Donald Trump ineligible for the 2024 presidential race due to the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. The 4-3 decision accuses Trump of engaging in the Capitol insurrection, upholding the trial judge’s findings. While confirming that the insurrectionist ban applies to the presidency, the ruling opens the path for Trump’s …
via naturalnews: There is a case before the Supreme Court right now that, depending on the direction it takes, could allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to begin taxing unrealized capital gains in addition to realized capital gains. Moore v. the United States technically deals with a different issue involving a couple that was taxed by the IRS for unrealized gains overseas. It …
JUST IN — Honor guard collapses on live TV in front of the casket of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. pic.twitter.com/AOE4eZ1d1w — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 18, 2023 AC
“If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the government, and allows it to redefine income to include any unrealized appreciation in any asset, then it will grant the Federal Government a new power to nationalize the entire asset stock of the nation. In hyperinflation, the only refuge people have is the ability to hold …
Washington — A closely watched legal fight that aims to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado under a rarely invoked provision of the 14th Amendment is set to come under review by the state’s supreme court on Wednesday. The challenge to Trump’s candidacy in Colorado is just one in a nationwide fight underway in …
If the Supreme Court upholds the MRT, it could empower the IRS to tax unrealized income, affecting everyone. via spectator.org: Tuesday morning the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments pursuant to a case in which Charles and Kathleen Moore argue that an obscure provision of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is unconstitutional. …
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in early December on a case that has the potential to broadly reshape the U.S. tax code and cost the government hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. At issue in Moore v. United States is the question of whether the federal government can tax certain types of …
“Exactly 317 J6 defendants were charged with obstruction of an official proceeding. One of the key figures in that case, @JakeLangJ6 , said his trial is still not set, but the U.S. Supreme Court will hear portions of his case before the regular trial goes to a judge. “The entire J6 community, this is what …
“CANADA – After the Supreme Court threw out plastics legislation, Trudeau’s Government is now trying to bypass the law entirely … by making a “legally binding” treaty with the unelected UN, to ban plastic pollution. How very dictatorish” https://twitter.com/ElanderNews/status/1726873418623025158
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not consider the appeal of Derek Chauvin, he Minnesota police officer convicted of killing George Floyd who argued the protests sparked by Floyd’s death made the jury biased against him. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/supreme-court-won-t-hear-derek-chauvin-appeal-in-george-floyd-case/ar-AA1keOtT
The United States Supreme Court has opted not to review a law that penalises boycotting Israel in the state of Arkansas, leaving in place a lower court’s decision to uphold the measure. Free speech advocates lamented the decision on Tuesday while stressing that the move does not mean that the top court is asserting the …
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just temporarily allowed the Biden administration to continue asking social media companies to remove posts from their platforms that the government says are misleading. pic.twitter.com/N7SN2xRdgv — Simon Ateba (@simonateba) October 20, 2023
