Did Trump Push the NY Judge Too Far?
Mother Jones; Steven Senne/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Once again, former President Donald Trump is about to find out just how far he can push a judge. On Tuesday morning, Trump’s attorneys faced an angry barrage of questions from New York Supreme Court…
The Biggest Misconception From Trump’s Historic Jury Selection
Former president Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court.Yuki Iwamura/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Justice Juan Merchan pulled off an impressive feat in the New York Supreme Court’s criminal division: He finished empaneling 18 jurors in the…
The Supreme Court Is About to Have a Very Busy Week
US Supreme Court justices arrive for the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Monday marks the…
Trump Could Use the 1873 Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide. Here’s How.
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, in a bid to clarify his historically nebulous stance on abortion, Donald Trump said that if reelected, he intends to leave abortion rights “to the states,” seemingly contradicting his prior stance in favor of…
SCOTUS Justices: Why Isn’t DOJ Treating Dobbs Protesters Like January 6 Attackers?
Eric Lee/ZUMA; mpi34/MediaPunch /IPX Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned the Justice Department’s use of a 2002 statute against obstructing an official proceeding to prosecute a number of people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. In…
Trump’s Trial Marks the Return of “Individual-1”
Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.Michael Nagle/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The justice system finally caught up with Individual-1—a.k.a. Donald J. Trump. On the opening day of Trump’s…