by Jim Heath | Feb 22, 2021 | Headlines, Supreme Court, Trump
The Supreme Court today rejected Donald Trump’s last-chance effort to keep his private financial records from the Manhattan district attorney, ending a long and drawn-out legal battle. WAPO: After a four-month delay, the court denied Trump’s motion in a one-sentence...
by Jim Heath | Dec 11, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Supreme Court, Trump
The Supreme Court late today rejected an audacious lawsuit by Texas that had asked the court to throw out the presidential election results in four battleground states captured by President-elect Joe Biden. The court, in a brief unsigned order, said Texas lacked...
by Jim Heath | Dec 10, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Supreme Court
We are living through interesting times as the losing president attempts to rally his partisan political forces, including his appointees to the Supreme Court, to overturn the election. It is a coup attempt in front of our own eyes, something history will study for...
by Jim Heath | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today denied a last-minute attempt by President Trump’s allies to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania, a blow to Trump’s continuing efforts to protest his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. WAPO: The court’s brief order provided no reasoning, nor...
by Jim Heath | Dec 3, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Headlines, Trump
The Wisconsin Supreme Court today refused to hear Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case must first wind its way through lower courts. The legal defeat was the latest in a string of...
