by Jim Heath | Dec 13, 2019 | Headlines, Trump
The Supreme Court said today it will hear President Trump’s pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign. Arguments will take place in late...
by Jim Heath | Nov 25, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court, Trump
The Supreme Court is shielding President Donald Trump’s financial records from House Democrats for now. The delay announced late today allows the justices to decide how to handle the House subpoena and a similar demand from the Manhattan district attorney at the same...
by Jim Heath | Nov 14, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court, Trump
President Trump asked the Supreme Court today to stop a prosecutor’s investigation of his personal finances, a bold assertion of presidential power that seeks a landmark decision from the nation’s highest court. The filing by the president’s private lawyers represents...
by Jim Heath | Nov 12, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
In a major blow to the firearms industry, the U.S. Supreme Court will not block the families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting from suing the gun maker Remington. The High Court declined to hear an appeal on a lawsuit against Remington, effectively allowing the...
by Jim Heath | Jul 26, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court, Trump
A split Supreme Court said tonight that the Trump administration could proceed with its plan to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build part of the president’s wall project along the southern border. The court’s conservatives set aside a lower-court ruling for the...
