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A divided supreme court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four liberals in turning away a request […] More
Play Video 1:33 Reporters have interrogated the White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, over Donald Trump’s feud with Twitter. ‘The president has clearly said things in these tweets that are not true. Do you acknowledge that?’ Jon Karl, of ABC News, said during the briefing. McEnany said she did not. Earlier, Trump signed an executive […] More
Review planned of law that protects social media firms from responsibility for users’ content Donald Trump has threatened to take action against social media companies after Twitter tagged two of his tweets with a fact-check warning. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, […] More
The US supreme court has temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The court granted the Trump administration’s request to keep previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers, at least […] More
Norma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe, reveals she was paid by evangelical Christian groups to take anti-abortion stance Norma McCorvey, right, who died in 2017, describes herself in the documentary as the ‘big fish’ in a ‘mutual’ propaganda campaign. Photograph: Shaun Heasley/Reuters Norma McCorvey, most notable for being the plaintiff known as Jane Roe in […] More
Could ‘rogue electors’ tilt the balance of the US election? Lawrence Douglas The supreme court just debated how American presidents are actually chosen. Its decision will have powerful ramifications Joe Biden walks out after speaking at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images It’s 3 November 2020, election day. […] More
The president’s tax documents have been reported on by various outlets, even winning the New York Times a Pulitzer People gather for a rally to call on Donald Trump to release his tax returns on 15 April 2017. Photograph: Tom Williams/Getty Images The US supreme court is in its second week of working by telephone […] More
Meet some of Trump’s most conservative judicial picks The Trump administration has appointed record numbers of judges to the federal courts, and progressive activists say some exemplify a strong conservatism that puts social protections at risk Progressives have called Trump’s appointees ‘some of the most extreme judges we’ve ever seen’. Illustration: Francisco Navas/Guardian Design One […] More
