Article- Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised the possibility that Congress should consider subpoenaing Chief Justice John Roberts if he stands by his refusal to testify about ethical questions hanging over the high court....
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump and his family business are set to stand trial in New York on Monday in a civil fraud case that could deal a major blow to the former U.S. president’s real estate empire.
#SCOTUS is “…far behind in issuing rulings for cases heard since the start of the term in Oct. The #court has announced just 5 decisions, leaving 92% of cases to be resolved b4 the term ends in late Jun or early Jul.
“…the court’s backlog represents the slowest pace of any term in the tenure of CJ #JohnRoberts. By Mar1 of the ‘05 term, the court had issued rulings in >⅓ of its cases. That dropped to 21% by this point in the ‘20 term. This yr, it is at 8%.”
Samuel Alito tells Congress to stay out of #Supreme#Court ethics controversy.
What an entitled frat bro fascist.
Because Sammy will meet #ex-parte with anyone he wants.
Sammy will accept as many luxury flights as he see fit.
Sammy will take luxury fishing trips with #plaintiffs or #defendants, whomever is paying.
As if ex-parte gifts were a thing!
No one, he means no one will hold him accountable.
Sammy's logic is not sound.
But there is more from Sammy ...
Congress should stay out of the Supreme Court’s business and stop trying to impose ethics rules on justices and clerks, Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview published by The Wall Street Journal editorial page Friday.
“Congress did not create the Supreme Court,” Alito said. 😂
Things got off to a rocky start at #Trump's #NY#fraud#trial. Trump lawyer #AlinaHabba went on a rant about how the #court denied Trump a #jury trial, and how unfair it is. Judge #Engoron had to interrupt her to explain that the reason why there's no jury is that she herself forgot to submit the appropriate request for one. I'd call this #AmateurHour, but that would be an insult to amateurs.
#SouthCarolina to use #CongressionalMap deemed #unconstitutional #SCOTUS heard arguments on the redistricting case in Oct but has yet to rule🤬, essentially running out the clock for the #2024election. A #federal#court ruled Thurs that time had run out to draw a new congressional district in #SC & said the state could use its existing map even though it had earlier determined that map was unconstitutional.
Testifying in court Thursday, top Michigan Republicans linked the organization & execution of a false certificate saying Donald Trump won the state's 2020 presidential election directly to Trump's campaign.
Chief Justice Annette Ziegler told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” when they voted recently to weaken her powers.
The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment” when they voted to weaken her powers
"1. Here's a link to the #Michigan#Supreme#Court order denying the appeal that would have addressed Donald Trump's qualification to be on the primary #ballot. Reading the dissent I'm stuck with a thought that the order may be subject to a collateral attack in the #USDC.
If I understand the ruling Michigan has delegated the authority to put people on the ballot to political parties. There' no statutory requirement that candidates meet lawful qualifications and might authorize a non-citizen to run for #president.
By ignoring the US #Constitution the Michigan legislature and now the Supreme Court have acted outside of their Constitutional #jurisdiction. The "parade of horribles" that this ruling would appear to authorize would arguably include Vladimir Putin being on the ballot, though I note that with Trump on it, Putin is as well."
"#GretaThunberg said on Thursday people should remember who "the real enemy is" after she and four other environmental activists appeared in #court charged with a public order offence at a protest outside an oil and gas conference."
#Senate received #Michigan false electoral certificate ahead of #Jan6, official testifies
A certificate that falsely claimed #Trump won MI's 2020 presidential election made it to the US Senate, but no lawmaker sought to have the document formally considered, a lawyer who worked for the secretary of the Senate testified in a state #court Tues.
A man serving 55 years has filed a motion to overturn his conviction, arguing that the state prosecuted him for giving a #gun to a drive-by shooter even though another man had already pleaded guilty to giving the same gun to the shooter.
AOC urges Congress to consider 'subpoenas' if Chief Justice Roberts won't testify about SCOTUS gift scandal (www.businessinsider.com)
Article- Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised the possibility that Congress should consider subpoenaing Chief Justice John Roberts if he stands by his refusal to testify about ethical questions hanging over the high court....
Donald Trump's business empire in peril as civil fraud trial opens in New York (www.reuters.com)
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump and his family business are set to stand trial in New York on Monday in a civil fraud case that could deal a major blow to the former U.S. president’s real estate empire.