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☆ Colorado court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn't make transgender-themed cake
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Lower courts in Colorado had concluded that Masterpiece Cakeshop and the bakery’s owner, Jack Phillips, had violated Autumn Scardina’s rights by refusing to make her a pink cake with blue frosting because of her identity as a transgender woman. Scardina had initially filed a discrimination complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division after Phillips refused to make the cake she wanted to order to celebrate her birthday and her identity as a transgender woman. Justice Melissa Hart, writing for the majority, said Scardina should have challenged that decision in an appeals court, rather than file a new lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 ruled in Phillips’ favor but on narrow grounds that avoided setting a major precedent allowing people to claim religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws. But in June 2023, in a case billed as a sort of sequel, the 6-3 conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court held the First Amendment protected web designer Lorie Smith from being compelled by Colorado to provide services to same-sex weddings.

Persons: Jack Phillips, Phillips, Scardina, Melissa Hart, Richard Gabriel, ”, construe, John McHugh, Scardina’s, ” Scardina, Phillips ’, Lorie Smith Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Colorado Supreme, Colorado Anti, Colorado Civil Rights, Defending, Colorado Civil, Phillips Locations: Colorado

☆ Board rules DA in murder case against missing Colorado woman’s husband should be disbarred
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Pilar Melendez | Pilar Melendez Is An Editor On The Nbc News Platforms Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

District Attorney Linda Stanley announces an arrest in the case of missing Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew on May 6, 2021. The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel first brought the case in October. The defense attorney for Barry Morphew, husband of Suzanne Morphew, whose remains were found last year, praised the order. State regulators allege that soon after Morphew was arrested, Stanley began texting the host of the “Profiling Evil” YouTube channel about the case. Shortly after an interview with the judge, Stanley moved to dismiss the case against Morphew without prejudice, meaning charges could be refiled.

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☆ Fact checking the CNN presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +69 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off during CNN’s presidential debate in Atlanta Thursday night. From CNN’s Daniel DaleFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. From CNN’s Daniel Dale and Ella NilsenFormer President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden take part in the CNN presidential debate on Thursday, June 27. From CNN’s Alicia WallaceFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. Kpler found that China imported about 511,000 barrels per day of Iranian crude in December 2020, Trump’s last full month in office.

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The Major Supreme Court Cases of 2024No Supreme Court term in recent memory has featured so many cases with the potential to transform American society. In 2015, the Supreme Court limited the sweep of the statute at issue in the case, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In 2023, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked efforts to severely curb access to the pill, mifepristone, as an appeal moved forward. A series of Supreme Court decisions say that making race the predominant factor in drawing voting districts violates the Constitution. The difference matters because the Supreme Court has said that only racial gerrymandering may be challenged in federal court under the Constitution.

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States could, in theory, try to keep Mr. Trump off the ballot by passing legislation requiring a clean criminal record, but this would be on legally shaky ground. The California Supreme Court also unanimously blocked it as a violation of the state constitution, and the case never reached the U.S. Supreme Court. And the 14th Amendment is separate from criminal cases, meaning convictions would not disqualify Mr. Trump either. Now that Mr. Trump has secured a majority of delegates to the Republican convention, the party has no mechanism to nominate somebody else. Mr. Trump is registered to vote in Florida, and he would be disenfranchised there if convicted of a felony.

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☆ Opinion | Supreme Court: Trump Stays on the Ballot
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Daniel FinkBeverly Hills, Calif.To the Editor:The Supreme Court has decided that an individual state cannot decide who can be on the ballot for a federal election. That would seem to be a reasonable decision, but perhaps a more significant question is whether individual states may adopt their own criteria for who can vote in federal elections. Selective restrictions have already been enacted in many states that will certainly affect the upcoming election. John T. DillonWest Caldwell, N.J.To the Editor:The Supreme Court’s decision to allow Donald Trump to remain on the ballot in Colorado relied in significant part on the potential for hypothetical chaos if each state could make its own determination about the eligibility of a presidential candidate. In doing so, it ignored the real chaos that occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, the same chaos that led the Colorado Supreme Court to order Mr. Trump excluded from the ballot because of his role in the events of that day.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Daniel Fink Beverly, John T, Dillon West Caldwell, Donald Trump, Jan, Trump Organizations: Ballot, Trump, Colorado Supreme Locations: Daniel Fink Beverly Hills, Calif, N.J, Colorado

☆ Supreme Court rules states can't remove Trump from presidential election ballot
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed the Colorado court ruling that barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's Republican presidential primary ballot because of a provision in the U.S. Constitution related to people who engage in insurrection. "The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court therefore cannot stand." "This suit was brought by Colorado voters under state law in state court," Barrett wrote. "The Court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a Presidential election," she wrote. Monday's ruling reverses decisions by two other states, Maine and Illinois, which acted after the Colorado Supreme Court, to bar Trump from their primary ballots.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe, disqualifying Trump, Elena Kagan, Kagan, Sonya Sotamayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett Organizations: Republican, Colorado, Trump, U.S . Capitol, Electoral, Colorado Supreme Locations: Conway , South Carolina, Colorado, U.S, United States, Maine, Illinois

The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the first part of the ruling — that Mr. Trump had engaged in an insurrection. Mr. Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, setting out more than half a dozen arguments about why the state court had gone astray and saying his removal would override the will of the voters. Both results are inconsistent with the plain language and history of Section 3.”The State Supreme Court addressed several other issues. 23-719, is not the only one concerning Mr. Trump on the Supreme Court’s docket. And the justices already agreed to decide on the scope of a central charge in the federal election-interference case against Mr. Trump, with a ruling by June.

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☆ Highlights of the Supreme Court’s Opinions on Trump’s Ballot Eligibility
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Charlie Savage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a Colorado court ruling that had disqualified former President Donald J. Trump from the state’s primary ballot, concluding that the Constitution does not allow states to invoke the 14th Amendment to bar presidential candidates from seeking office. The provision bars people from office if they took an oath to uphold the Constitution but then engaged in an insurrection. Citing Mr. Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and the events of Jan. 6, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified him, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state court had no authority to take that step. While the Supreme Court unanimously agreed that states cannot enforce Section 3, the justices split over whether to also say how the federal government may do so. None of the opinions addressed whether Mr. Trump engaged in insurrection.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s Organizations: Colorado Supreme, U.S, Supreme Locations: Colorado

“Responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States,” they wrote in a 20-page decision. “The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court therefore cannot stand. The high court’s ruling resolves just one of two that could have sweeping implications for the 2024 election. “The Court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a Presidential election. Particularly in this circumstance, writings on the Court should turn the national temperature down, not up.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Trump’s, Trump, affirmatively, ’, ‘, ’ ”, State Jena Griswold, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett Organizations: Colorado Supreme, Capitol, Trump, Republican, Donald Trump View, National Government, United, Colorado, State Locations: Colorado, United States

☆ A defining week set to lay bare the choice in the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But Trump and Biden’s turns in the spotlight this week will highlight their all-but-certain rematch, barring health crises or other surprise events. November’s election is already heaping pressure on political and electoral institutions, the Constitution and America’s fragile national unity. The move further delayed the ex-president’s federal criminal trial over election interference, which Trump – who is seeking to push off his trials past the 2024 election – touted as a win. Ahead of a likely general election clash, Trump’s appetite for testing the rule of law and the Constitution is undimmed. While leaders of both congressional chambers have reached a bipartisan spending deal, the tiny GOP House majority means any piece of legislation is a heavy lift.

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☆ Amy Coney Barrett disagreed with the majority over Trump, but admonished the liberals instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Justice Amy Coney Barrett packed two very different messages into her one-page opinion on Monday as the Supreme Court declared states could not toss former President Donald Trump off the ballot. But then she admonished the court’s three liberal justices, who also split from the majority’s legal rationale, in unusually biting terms. “All nine Justices agree on the outcome of this case,” Barrett wrote. Joining Roberts in the majority were Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. Echoes of John Roberts’ complaint about the liberalsIn criticizing the court’s critics, Barrett appeared to take a page from Roberts.

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All the opinions focused on legal issues, and none took a position on whether Mr. Trump had engaged in insurrection. In an interview on a conservative radio program, Mr. Trump said he was pleased by the ruling. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the first part of the ruling — that Mr. Trump had engaged in an insurrection. Mr. Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, setting out more than half a dozen arguments about why the state court had gone astray and saying his removal would override the will of the voters. 23-719, is not the only one concerning Mr. Trump on the Supreme Court’s docket.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson —, “, ”, John G, Roberts, ” “, Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett, Bush, Gore, George W, Mr, ” Mr, Trump’s, Anderson, Michael Gold Organizations: Trump, Congress, Jackson, Health Organization, Colorado, Republican, United, The, The Colorado Supreme, Colorado Supreme, Mr, U.S, Supreme Locations: Dobbs v, United States, Colorado, The Colorado, New York

☆ Opinion | The Supreme Court Just Erased Part of the Constitution
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

As of Monday, March 4, 2024, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is essentially a dead letter, at least as it applies to candidates for federal office. In the aftermath of the oral argument last month, legal observers knew with near-certainty that the Supreme Court was unlikely to apply Section 3 to Trump. None of the justices seemed willing to uphold the Colorado court’s ruling, and only Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave any meaningful indication that she might dissent. Or the court could have held that Trump, as president, was not an “officer of the United States” within the meaning of the section. It’s worth noting that, by not taking this path, the court did not exonerate Trump from participating in an insurrection.

Persons: Donald Trump, who’ve, Sonia Sotomayor, Trump Organizations: U.S, Colorado Supreme, Trump, United Locations: U.S ., Colorado, United States

☆ Supreme Court keeps Trump on Colorado ballot, rejecting 14th Amendment push
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The Supreme Court had the opportunity in this case to exonerate Trump, and they chose not to do so. Using the 14th Amendment to derail Trump’s candidacy has always been seen as a legal longshot, but gained significant momentum with a win in Colorado’s top court in December, on its way to the US Supreme Court. But in Colorado, a series of decisions by state courts led to a case that Trump ultimately appealed to the US Supreme Court in January. The Colorado Supreme Court, on a sharply divided 4-3 vote, affirmed the findings about Trump’s role in the US Capitol attack but said that the ban did, in fact, apply to presidents. Trump is appealing, and a state court paused those proceedings while the Supreme Court dealt with the Colorado case.

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☆ Supreme Court to release decisions on Monday, with Trump Colorado ruling a strong possibility
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has indicated it will issue rulings on Monday, one of which could be the highly anticipated decision on whether Colorado can kick former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot. Trump is currently set to appear on the state primary ballot on Tuesday after a hold was placed on the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that deemed him ineligible due to his efforts to defy the 2020 election results. The ruling is likely to affect not only the Colorado case, but also any other effort to throw Trump off the ballot. The Supreme Court's decisions on Monday will come on a day that is not scheduled on the court calendar as a ruling day. As a result, the justices will not be in the courtroom to announce any decisions as they normally would be.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Colorado Supreme, U.S, Supreme, Trump, Capitol Locations: Colorado, Maine, Illinois

☆ Supreme Court Poised to Rule on Monday on Trump’s Eligibility to Hold Office
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Adam Liptak | More About Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Indeed, the decision will almost certainly apply to any other state where Mr. Trump’s eligibility to run has been challenged. Not since Bush v. Gore, the 2000 decision that handed the presidency to George W. Bush, has the Supreme Court assumed such a direct role in a presidential contest. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that Mr. Trump is ineligible to seek or hold office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which was adopted after the Civil War and prohibits people who swore to support the Constitution and then engaged in insurrection from holding office. After Mr. Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 3 to hear his appeal, the justices have moved with considerable speed to resolve the issue. Based on questioning at the oral argument, Mr. Trump is likely to prevail.

Persons: Trump, Bush, Gore, George W Organizations: Colorado Supreme, Mr, U.S, Supreme Locations: Colorado

☆ Trump uses the slow legal system to his advantage. The Supreme Court is helping
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The justices’ intervention in the case, Trump v. United States, also marks another milestone in the fraught relationship between the court and the former president. And in fighting special counsel Jack Smith’s case, the Supreme Court has become an ally of sorts, despite the expedited schedule. That Supreme Court ruling was expected to come soon. First Trump trial is in less than a monthFor now it appears that Trump’s first criminal trial will be in New York on March 25. Posted Trump, “Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?”But that’s not today.

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Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works in Austin, opposes the ban on bump stock sales. “During the Trump administration, the bump stock ban cropped up as a rather glaring example of unlawful administrative power,” Philip Hamburger, a founder of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, said in an email. Image A bump stock attaches to a semiautomatic rifle and enables it to fire at a much higher rate. In response, the Justice Department promised to review the legality of bump stocks, but A.T.F. Eventually, the full court agreed with Mr. Cargill by vote of 13 to 3, split along ideological lines.

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☆ Illinois judge removes Trump from ballot because of ‘insurrectionist ban’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —In a surprise move, an Illinois judge has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s so-called “insurrectionist ban.”The decision is paused, giving Trump a short period of time to appeal. “The Illinois State Board of Election shall remove Donald J. Trump from the ballot for the General Primary Election on March 19, 2024, or cause any votes cast for him to be suppressed.”The judge stripped Trump from the Illinois ballot one month after the anti-Trump challenge was dismissed by the Illinois State Board of Elections. Illinois is now the third state where Trump was booted from the ballot, after Colorado and Maine. But those decisions were paused pending the appeal of the Colorado case to the US Supreme Court. Trump can appeal the judge’s decision in Illinois state courts.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Tracie Porter, Colorado’s, “, ” Porter, Donald J, ”, Porter, Jose Luis Magana, Nicholas Nelson, ” Nelson, Adam Merrill, ” Merrill, CNN’s Katelyn Polantz, Eric Bradner Organizations: CNN, Trump, Colorado Supreme, Illinois State, AP Trump, GOP Locations: Illinois, Colorado, Cook, Maine, Michigan , Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, ” Illinois

☆ Opinion: Don’t misread Trump’s loss in his civil trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Opinion David Orentlicher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Even among all Americans, Trump seems to be doing better. Instead of leading many voters to distrust Trump, the legal cases are leading voters to distrust the legal system. It’s important for the public to feel that the Trump prosecutions are legitimate. For many Americans, all of these distortions validate their sense that the Trump prosecutions are partisan. As they erode public trust, public officials solidify Trump’s support.

Persons: David Orentlicher, Jack, Lulu Lehman, William S, Donald Trump, Arthur Engeron, Trump, Engeron, David Orentlicher R, Marsh Starks, Joe Biden’s, Jack Smith, pollsters, Jean Carroll, –, Engoron, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis, disqualifying Trump, overreach Organizations: Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Democrat, Nevada Assembly, CNN, Trump, UNLV Creative, Republican, ABC, Capitol, defaming, Manhattan, Attorney, District, Mafia, Colorado Supreme, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, New York, Iowa, New Hampshire, York, Fulton County , Georgia, Colorado, Maine

☆ Why a Supreme Court easy out in Trump ballot battle could lead to post-election chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( John Fritze | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —When it comes to deciding whether former President Donald Trump should be booted from Colorado’s ballot, the easiest path the Supreme Court could take now may wind up causing the most chaos early next year. In the ballot litigation, Trump is appealing a decision from the Colorado Supreme Court in December that he incited the attack on the US Capitol as electoral votes were being counted in 2021. Arguments at the US Supreme Court last week focused less on whether there was an insurrection and more on technical questions about whether states may enforce the ban. A political fight over eligibility would likely be limited to Congress, but it could sweep the Supreme Court back into the thicket, as well. “Depending on just how horrendously ugly the situation could get, the court might feel compelled to become involved,” Foley said.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Gerard Magliocca, Trump, Magliocca, Jack Smith, John Roberts, Van Jones, “, Edward Foley, ” Foley, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Joe Biden, Jason Murray, ” Jackson, ” Murray, Murray, Derek Muller, –, Muller, Katelyn Polantz Organizations: CNN, Trump, Indiana University, Democratic, “, DC Circuit, Colorado Supreme Court, Capitol, US, Electoral College, The Ohio State University, Notre Dame Locations: Colorado, United States

☆ John Roberts has a united Supreme Court on Trump. Now comes the hard part
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Not since the 2000 case of Bush v. Gore has the Supreme Court been in the middle of an election battle of such potential magnitude. Several of the justices’ spouses, including Jane Roberts, wife of the chief justice, sat in a special guest session. Roberts’ criticism of the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring Trump was echoed by his colleagues, even as they varied in their constitutional grounds. Just as Roberts can set the tone for oral arguments, the chief justice presides over their private votes on cases. As he strives for consensus, Roberts is likely to try to keep any separate, concurring opinions to a minimum.

Persons: CNN —, John Roberts, Donald Trump, Roberts, comity, Bush, Gore, Jane Roberts, Mark Paoletta, Clarence Thomas, Ginni, Trump, Jason Murray, “, you’re, ” Murray, ” Roberts, United States …, Joe Biden, Jonathan Mitchell, ”, Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Murray, ” Kagan Organizations: CNN, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Colorado Supreme, Colorado voters, United, Capitol, White, Liberal Locations: Colorado, United States, Wisconsin, Michigan

Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicIn December, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a bombshell ruling that said Donald Trump was ineligible to be on the state’s ballot for the Republican presidential primary, saying he was disqualified under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution because he had engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6. The Supreme Court has taken on the case and on Thursday, the justices heard arguments for and against keeping Trump on the ballot. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times, analyzes the arguments, the justices’ responses, and what they can tell us about the likely ruling in a case that could alter the course of this year’s race for president.

Persons: Donald Trump, Adam Liptak Organizations: Spotify, Colorado Supreme, Republican, Trump, The Times Locations: Colorado

☆ Lawyer for Colorado Voters Faced Tough Questions From His Former Bosses
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It would be a daunting task for anyone making his first argument before the Supreme Court. He was also appearing before two of his former bosses: Justices Elena Kagan and Neil M. Gorsuch. After finishing Harvard Law School, he clerked for Justice Gorsuch, then a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and later spent a year working for Justice Kagan, finishing in 2014. Each pummeled Mr. Murray with a punishing barrage of questions. Justice Kagan pushed Mr. Murray on the implications of allowing Colorado to ban Mr. Trump, questioning what would happen if the state at the heart of the case were instead a swing state like Michigan or Wisconsin.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Jason Murray, Elena Kagan, Neil M, Gorsuch, Justice Gorsuch, Justice Kagan, Barack Obama, Mr, Murray Organizations: Harvard Law School, U.S ., Appeals, Circuit, Trump, Colorado Supreme Locations: Colorado, Michigan, Wisconsin

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