When the Supreme Court considers Donald J. Trump’s sweeping claims of executive immunity on Thursday, it will break new legal ground, mulling for the first time the question of whether a former president can avoid being prosecuted for things he did in office. But in coming up with the argument, Mr. Trump used a tactic […]
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Jan. 6 Rioters Should Not Catch a Break From the Supreme Court
Imagine that during a Supreme Court argument, protesters angry about the case storm the court building. The mob breaks doors and windows and assaults security officers while forcing its way into the chamber. Some shout that they want to hang the chief justice. The justices and attorneys are forced to flee for their lives. It’s […]
Read MoreLiz Cheney: The Supreme Court Should Rule Swiftly on Trump’s Immunity Claim
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump’s arguments that he is immune from prosecution for his efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election. It is likely that all — or nearly all — of the justices agree that a former president who attempted to seize power and remain in office illegally can […]
Read MoreHow the Movie “Civil War” Echoes Real Political Anxieties
One subject seems to be unifying the right and the left today: Disunion. From the multiplex to social media, the prospect of America collapsing into armed conflict has moved from being an idea on the tinfoil-hat fringes to an active undercurrent of the country’s political conversation. Voters at campaign events bring up their worries that […]
Read MoreJohnson, Like Pence, Does What Passes for Brave in Today’s G.O.P.: His Job
The accolades directed at Speaker Mike Johnson in recent days for finally defying the right wing of his party and allowing an aid bill for Ukraine to move through the House might have seemed a tad excessive. After all, a speaker’s entire job is to move legislation through the House, and as Saturday’s vote to […]
Read MoreJudge Rejects Trump’s Effort to Delay Jan. 6 Civil Cases
A federal judge on Thursday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to delay a group of civil lawsuits that are seeking to hold him accountable for inspiring the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump had sought to have the suits put on hold until after the completion of his federal […]
Read MoreTrump’s Jan. 6 Case Could Go On Even if Court Limits Use of Obstruction Law
Even though Donald J. Trump was never mentioned during the Supreme Court’s hearing on Tuesday about a federal obstruction statute used against hundreds of his supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the former president loomed large over the proceeding. That is because Mr. Trump has been charged under the law in question […]
Read MoreSupreme Court to Hear Jan. 6 Case, and Trump’s Criminal Trial Gets Underway
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Read MoreJustices to Hear Obstruction Case That Could Bar Charges Against Trump
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could eliminate some of the federal charges against former President Donald J. Trump in the case accusing him of plotting to subvert the 2020 election and could disrupt the prosecutions of hundreds of rioters involved in the Capitol attack. The question the justices […]
Read MoreSupreme Court’s Review of Jan. 6 Charge Has Already Freed Some Rioters
The Supreme Court’s decision to consider the soundness of an obstruction law that has been widely used against those who took part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is already having an effect on some of the rioters. A small group of people convicted under the law have been released from […]
Read MoreTrump and Mike Johnson to Make Announcement on ‘Election Integrity’
Speaker Mike Johnson had a difficult week. He is facing a revolt from one of the most conservative members of his caucus that could cost him his job. The prospect of providing additional aid to Ukraine continues to meet opposition. And it took three tries for the House to renew a warrantless surveillance bill. Then, […]
Read MoreOcasio-Cortez Never Steered Money to a Key Arm of Her Party. Until Now.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made her first-ever contribution to the campaign arm of House Democrats — a $260,000 donation that is a milestone in the New York Democrat’s long and complicated relationship with her own party’s political establishment. In an interview, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said her decision to give to the campaign arm, the Democratic Congressional […]
Read MoreTrump to Meet Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago as Their Ties Fray
Speaker Mike Johnson may not have a functional majority in Congress, but his job is similar to the Republicans who preceded him in at least one respect: The duties include the difficult task of managing Donald J. Trump. Mr. Johnson on Friday will travel to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s Florida estate, to join him for what […]
Read More‘Save Democracy’ Democrats Look to Win Primaries on Anti-Trump Sentiment
Harry Dunn, a former Capitol Police officer whose pitched battles with former President Donald J. Trump’s supporters on and after Jan. 6, 2021, vaulted him to political stardom, was greeted Tuesday evening in Annapolis, Md., like a celebrity. But there was also an undercurrent of skepticism among attendees at the Beacon Waterfront Restaurant, where he […]
Read MoreTrump Is the Embodiment of the Politics of Intimidation
Donald Trump has added something new to the practice of extracting money from major donors: fear. Traditionally, high-dollar contributors write big checks for a mix of reasons: to curry favor, to support their political party, to promote an agenda, to win favorable tax and regulatory policies, to defeat the opposition, to be seen as powerful […]
Read MoreProsecutors Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claim in Election Case
Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reject Mr. Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution. “The president’s constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed does not entail a general […]
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Insatiable Bloodlust
An earthquake. An eclipse. A bridge collapse. A freak blizzard. A biblical flood. Donald Trump leading in battleground states. Apocalyptic vibes are stirred by Trump’s violent rhetoric and talk of blood baths. If he’s not elected, he bellowed in Ohio, there will be a blood bath in the auto industry. At his Michigan rally on […]
Read MoreSeptic Installer Is Sentenced to 7 Years for Urging Jan. 6 Mob With Megaphone
A Washington State man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, where prosecutors said he used a megaphone to urge other rioters to barge through a police line. The man, Taylor James Johnatakis, 40, of Kingston, Wash., was sentenced […]
Read MoreG.O.P. Congressman’s Wild Claim: F.B.I. Entrapped Jan. 6 Rioters
Even by a conspiracy theorist’s standards, the wild claims made by Representative Clay Higgins, Republican of Louisiana, stand out. The hard-right congressman, now in his fourth term in the House, has said that “ghost buses” took agent provocateurs to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to instigate the riot. He has claimed that the federal […]
Read MoreG.O.P. Congressman’s Wild Claim: F.B.I. Entrapped Jan. 6 Rioters
Even by a conspiracy theorist’s standards, the wild claims made by Representative Clay Higgins, Republican of Louisiana, stand out. The hard-right congressman, now in his fourth term in the House, has said that “ghost buses” took agent provocateurs to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to instigate the riot. He has claimed that the federal […]
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