News about Supreme Court, Donald Trump

Today, SCOTUS hears Trump’s ridiculous claim of total immunity. He's obviously not immune. SCOTUS is only protecting Trump and slowing his trial. SCOTUS should not have taken this case or frozen the district court. SCOTUS speeds up trials when it wants—but not in this case.

As the Supreme Court weighs Trump's immunity for his role on Jan. 6, a reminder: Ginni Thomas helped lead the 'Stop the Steal' campaign to overturn the 2020 election and attended Trump's Jan. 6 rally. Clarence Thomas has not recused himself from the case.

Reminder: In 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected Trump's claims of "absolute" immunity as he tried to avoid a subpoena for his financial records in then-Manhattan DA Cy Vance's criminal investigation into Trump's business practices.

This morning‘s SCOTUS argument on Trump’s immunity was closer and more nuanced than expected, but I think many headlines are overconfident about how it’s going to come out. My @TheEconomist analysis www.economist.com/united-states/2024/04/25/the-supreme-court-seems-divided-over-donald-trumps-immunity