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Apr 25, 2024 · A majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical of granting a president blanket immunity from prosecution for criminal acts. But it was unclear whether the court would act swiftly to resolve the case against former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. The justices pushed lawyers for Trump and the special ...
- Nina Totenberg
Apr 25, 2024 · A view of the front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is seen Feb. 29. A genuinely historic event takes place at the Supreme Court on Thursday. The justices hear arguments on Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution after leaving office for any of his official acts while he was president.
Apr 16, 2024 · Nina Totenberg. April 16, 2024. The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case testing a statute used to prosecute hundreds of defendants charged with invading the Capitol to stop the counting of electoral ballots for president in 2020. That statute is also the basis for one of the four obstruction counts brought against former ...
- Nina Totenberg
Apr 16, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Tuesday, with conservatives expressing various degrees of skepticism about the statute used to prosecute more than 350 people involved with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. At least partially on the line at Tuesday's argument was the Justice Department's ...
- Nina Totenberg
Apr 25, 2024 · Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition
Apr 16, 2024 · TOTENBERG: If the court rules in favor of defendant Fischer, many of the 352 people charged under the obstruction statute will have to be resentenced or released from prison. Nina Totenberg, NPR ...
