Judiciary - Page 392

December 20, 2023

Oklahoma judge exonerates man who served 48 years on erroneous conviction, sat on death row

Glynn Simmons, 71, has been declared innocent following his July release from prison, where he spent nearly half a century on an erroneous conviction.

December 20, 2023

John Yoo: SCOTUS will likely 'overturn' Colo. Supreme Court decision on Trump

UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo discusses the growing legal battles surrounding former President Trump's candidacy on 'Your World.'

December 20, 2023

Trump lawyers say request to have SCOTUS hear immunity claims presents 'momentous, historic questions'

The legal team for former President Donald Trump has filed a response to a request by Special Counsel Jack Smith to have the Supreme Court review his case.

December 20, 2023

RFK Jr. issues stark warning after Colorado court blocks Trump from ballot: 'Country will become ungovernable'

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said Colorado Supreme Court's ruling blocking former President Donald Trump from the ballot deprives American voters of a "fair election."

December 20, 2023

Red state AGs blast special counsel push for SCOTUS to rush Trump case: ‘partisan interests’

A group of 19 GOP attorneys general says that special counsel Jack Smith's request to the Supreme Court to expedite Donald Trump's immunity claim is driven by "partisan interests."

December 20, 2023

Wisconsin district attorney appeals court decision allowing abortions to resume within state

Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski, a Republican, has appealed a court ruling that declared an 1849 Wisconsin law does not prohibit abortions.

December 20, 2023

Trump decision splits Colorado Supreme Court along elite East Coast law schools, Denver Law lines

The four Colorado justices who ruled former President Trump ineligible for the primary ballot went to elite East Coast law schools, while the three dissenters did not.

December 20, 2023

Dem-appointed Colorado justice says Trump ballot ban undermines 'bedrock' of America in fiery dissent

Colorado Supreme Court Justice Carlos Samour had harsh words for the court's majority after it banned former President Donald Trump from state ballots.

December 20, 2023

If Trump ballot decision stands, Colorado GOP says it will move from primary to caucus system

The Colorado Republican Party announced over social media that it intends to move to a "pure caucus system" if the ban against former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election is sustained.

December 20, 2023

Colorado nixing Trump 'strikingly undemocratically' unites experts as ex-Scalia clerk declares 'lawfare'

Legal experts as well as Trump's Republican challengers lambasted Colorado Supreme Court's ruling stripping him from the 2024 presidential ballot in a landmark decision.