Supreme Court

A rising Republican lost her seat in the Trump era. Now she’s trying a comeback.

Politics
Amanda Smith

In 2016, Kelly Ayotte was a rising star in the GOP. In 2017, she was a former senator. Now, the New Hampshire ...

What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case

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Amanda Smith

There was a lot of press attention paid to the Trump immunity hearing at the Supreme Court building on April 25, 2024. ...

Arizona will repeal its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump

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Amanda Smith

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state’s law books, but not from the campaign trail. ...

Maddow Blog | Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.1.24

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Amanda Smith

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * In response to Donald Trump’s highly controversial comments about abortion rights ...

Arizona’s Democratic leaders make final push to repeal 19th century abortion ban

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Amanda Smith

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push Wednesday to repeal the state’s long-dormant ban ...

Trump Wants to Prosecute Biden. He Also Thinks Presidents Deserve Immunity.

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Amanda Smith

When a lawyer for former President Donald Trump argued before the Supreme Court last week that his client should be immune from ...

How Donald Trump has slowed the cases against him

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Amanda Smith

It now seems likely that Donald Trump will be able to run for president this year without having faced any legal penalties ...

Mark Meadows asked the Supreme Court to recognize his ‘just following orders’ defense. A right-wing justice wasn’t buying it.

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Amanda Smith

Mark Meadows has requested Supreme Court to recognize immunity for president’s subordinates. He’s criminally charged alongside Trump for a plot to erase ...

A former Democratic Georgia congressman hopes abortion can power his state Supreme Court bid

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Amanda Smith

HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) — May’s election for the Georgia Supreme Court is playing out as races for the state’s highest court have ...

Key takeaways from Supreme Court hearing on whether Trump has presidential immunity that shields him from criminal trials

Politics
Amanda Smith

While former President Donald Trump sat in Manhattan criminal court on Thursday for the seventh day of his hush money trial, the ...