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The Supreme Court has good reason to preserve this check on presidential power.
The Supreme Court last week quietly handed President Donald Trump a significant victory in the fight to rein in the rogue D.C. bureaucracy.
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AlterNet on MSNHow the 'disastrous' Supreme Court 'diminished its own power' — and is now paying the priceWhen the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its controversial 6-3 decision in Trump v. the United States, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was downright scathing in her dissent. The High Court's right-wing supermajority ruled that presidents enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for "official" acts committed in office but not for unofficial acts.
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The president ramped up attacks on his predecessor over the holiday weekend, even making him the focus of a Memorial Day post
Trump wished a "Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country."
Live updates and the latest news as members of Congress return to their districts after the House advanced sprawling legislation to advance the Republican agenda.
As the administration ramps up deportation efforts and flirts with suspending habeas corpus, immigrants and attorneys say fear — not the law — is driving current U.S. policy.
The Supreme Court ruled for Trump’s removal of two Democratic appointees from federal boards, upholding/discarding limits on the president’s power to fire agency officials.