How far does Donald Trump’s blanket clemency for Jan. 6 defendants go? The seemingly philosophical question has immediate legal consequences, raised not only by the sheer number of people pardoned but also by the diversity of some of their criminal conduct extending beyond the confines of the Capitol that day. Take the case of Dan Edwin Wilson.
Trump lost more than two-thirds of the lawsuits filed against his rules in his first term. His win rate of 31% was lower than that of the three administrations prior, according to an analysis by the Institute of Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law.
When the Supreme Court justices first shared an inaugural stage with Donald Trump, they heard the new president deliver a 16-minute declaration against the country and vow, “This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald Trump on Monday, continuing a two-century-old tradition.
In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok rather than the First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of its own.
President Trump has taken the oath of office. The oath was administered by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts.
President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.
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The president, who was found liable for sexually abusing the writer E. Jean Carroll, is contending that he doesn’t have to pay the $83 million he owes for defaming her.
Trans people in federal custody are already feeling immediate impacts of the order, the ACLU’s Gillian Branstetter says.