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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said there is “declining” support for free speech on college campuses as pro-Palestine protests take place at universities across the country. As part of a commencement address he gave at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic Ohio college, Alito said support for the freedom of speech is “declining dangerously.”…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas condemned the “nastiness” and lies” he and his wife, Ginni, have faced in the last few years.  Thomas has faced scrutiny over accepting lavish, undisclosed gifts from billionaire friends while his wife, Ginni, has faced criticism over trying to overturn the 2020 general election results.  The revelation about failing to…

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Friday that “consistency builds respect” when it comes to trust in the U.S. judicial system Friday, according to The Washington Post. “Individual decisions don’t have to be popular. … The losing party has to respect the decision,” Kavanaugh said at a judicial conference Friday, the Post reported. “Consistency builds…

Civil rights leaders from around the nation convened in Washington, D.C., Friday to oppose book bans and increasing attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), stating that restrictions on education were harming teachers, students and democracy as a whole. Protesters at the Freedom to Learn rally marched from the Library of Congress to the Supreme Court.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed an attorney for former President Trump on a line of questioning by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in the former president’s presidential immunity case at the Supreme Court Thursday. “What are the circumstances where ordering a military coup is an official act of the presidency?” Collins said, referring to a…

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb believes it's highly unlikely that the federal election case involving former President Trump will go to trial before the November election. He expressed that this would benefit Trump as the case would not be tried before the election.

Two of ex-President Trump’s legal cases clashed on Thursday when the Supreme Court had a hearing on his broad arguments for immunity from criminal prosecution while his trial proceeded in New York over a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The Supreme Court case has the potential to derail Trump’s other three…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) thinks presidents should not have protection from being prosecuted for their actions while in office. This opinion was expressed as the Supreme Court was considering the matter in relation to former President Trump. Asked in a Thursday interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker if he believes a president…

The Supreme Court seemed poised Thursday to grant former President Trump at least some protections from criminal prosecution after hearing two hours of arguments from his lawyers and prosecutors. Here are six things to know a historic day at the court. Justices were wary of blanket immunity claims Justices in both ideological camps expressed skepticism at…

Justices on the Supreme Court expressed doubt about former President Trump's lawyers' claims that presidential immunity could cover an attempted coup or the assassination of a political rival, but they appeared willing to provide some protection from criminal prosecution. This could lead to a new series of legal conflicts.