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Apr

2024

Special counsel urges US Supreme Court to reject Trump immunity bid

THE special counsel pursuing federal criminal charges against Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief urging the justices to reject the former president's bid for immunity from prosecution on the principle that "no person is above the law." The case is due to be argued before the justices on April 25. Trump has appealed a lower court's rejection of his request to be shielded from the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith because he was serving as president when he took the actions at the centre of the case. In his last filing…

Feb

2024

By JOHN KRUZEL and ANDREW CHUNG

Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene in his immunity bid

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DONALD Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put on hold a judicial decision rejecting his claim that he is immune from being prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that without such a shield "the presidency as we know it will cease to exist." Trump, seeking to regain the presidency in the November 5 U.S. election, asked the justices to pause a February 6 ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejecting his claim of immunity from prosecution. Trump's lawyers in a brief to the Supreme Court warned that "conducting a…

Feb

2024

By ANDREW CHUNG and JOHN KRUZEL

Trump heads to US Supreme Court with a familiar claim: He is untouchable

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DONALD Trump will try to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court this week to reverse a judicial decision to kick him off the ballot in Colorado over his actions concerning the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, arguing that the constitutional provision his opponents cite does not apply to him as a former president. It may not be the only time Trump makes this type of assertion to the justices. As he fights four criminal cases and civil litigation in lower courts, Trump has repeatedly advanced a bold argument: that he is formally immune or otherwise not subject to these legal challenges. "Trump appears obsessed with trying to place himself above the law.…

Dec

2020

By The African Mirror

Trump castigates Supreme Court, Barr as election challenges sputter

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JEFF MASON PRESIDENT Donald Trump has lambasted the Supreme Court for declining to take a case he hoped would overturn President-elect Joe Biden's election victory and called Attorney General William Barr a "disappointment." The nation's high court has rejected an unprecedented lawsuit by Texas seeking to throw out voting results from four states. The decision comes ahead of a meeting by the U.S. Electoral College today to make Biden's victory official. Trump, a Republican, has refused to concede despite losing to Biden. The Democratic former vice president won 306 votes to Trump's 232 in the state-by-state Electoral College, which allots…