Scott D. Cosenza

The Supreme Court has a dozen or so cases left to decide from this term, and court watchers expect them all to be published

A January 6 convict convinced the Supreme Court that the Biden DOJ improperly charged him via a novel use of a financial crimes law. The 6-3 decision in Fischer v. US affects over 350 defendants charged similarly, including, perhaps, Donald J. Trump. Why did Biden’s DOJ use it against so many Jan 6 defendants? It […]

What about Trump? Are his acts core, official, or unofficial? That's for the parties to fight about at the district court level.

Judge Cannon has sent the prosecutor packing. by | Jul 16, 2024 | Articles Law The Constitution

Trump would presumably fire Smith on his first day in office, should he win the election, and he could also pardon himself for any possible crime he may have allegedly committed on Jan. 6, 2021.

Her honor ruled that the prosecution has the first production demand, a filing laying out evidence against Trump and why that evidence is admissible under the new standard. Trump's team sees it as an opportunity for the prosecution to drive the headlines against him just a few precious weeks before the election. Smith's prosecution brief is due September 26. A reply by Trump is required by October 17, and a final rebuttal from the Biden DOJ is required by October 26.

Their first week back includes a major second-amendment case on ghost guns, and it’s not the only one on the docket.

Laredo’s “Lagordiloca” won a victory for freedom of speech. The Supreme Court, without dissent, came down with a pro-freedom ruling.

Perhaps the most consequential impact Donald Trump’s presidency has had on the lives of Americans is his Supreme Court

Progressive activists pressured Justice Stephen Breyer to leave his job when Biden was a new president, and Democrats took the Senate from Republican control. The pressure campaign included a sign-bearing truck circling the Supreme Court urging his resignation. However, they can save their money and stop trying to get Justice Sotomayor to go this time around. After headlines like “Dems agonize over Sotomayor” and “Dems at War Over Secret SCOTUS Plot to Oust Sotomayor,” the Justice sent a message through the grapevine to shoo the vultures off – she is alive and well and not going anywhere.