All news on the topic: Supreme Court of the United States

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Donald Trump immunity ruling means presidents can ’order assassination of rivals’
The Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity has led to liberal justices warning that a president could order a Navy SEAL team to assassinate his political rivals with no legal consequences
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Trump tries to delay hush money trial until after Supreme Court immunity ruling
Former President Donald Trump is attempting to delay his hush money trial, one of the four criminal indictments he faces, until the Supreme Court rules on whether he has immunity in the election interference case he also faces
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Doctor explains sick thing that happens to the body in electric chair executions
WARNING: ARTICLE CONTAINS CONTENT SOME MAY FIND DISTRESSING. As lawmakers in South Carolina contemplate using the electric chair for executions, one doctor has shared chilling details of what happens to the body
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Trump's Supreme Court case to see if he can run for president - what to know
Former President Donald Trump could potentially be blocked from running in the 2024 Presidential elections by the US Supreme Court if they find he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
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Supreme Court to decide if Trump should be banned from presidency in huge ruling
The Supreme Court will hear arguments as to whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment can be used to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 election ballots after a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court
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Trump's Supreme Court showdown could be 'carte blanche for a dictatorship'
The latest ruling that Trump can face trial on charges he plotted to overthrow the election is likely to be escalated to the Supreme Court where the future of the country's democracy could end up at stake
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Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity, US court says in huge ruling
Former US President Donald Trump does not, in fact, have presidential immunity when it comes to his indictment in Georgia related to the illicit plot to overturn the 2020 election, a US federal appeals court ruled
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Paddy Power owner Flutter could quit FTSE 100 as it gears up for New York move
The company behind Paddy Power and Betfair has started trading in the US
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Reverend fears he'll die as he sits by death row killer for first gas execution
Kenneth Eugene Smith will become the first-ever American to be executed by toxic nitrogen gas in Alabama - but Rev Dr Jeff Hood fears he will die too as he sits by his side as his spiritual advisor
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Death Row killer left haunted by nightmares after surviving first execution
Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was sentenced to death for his part in the 1988 murder for hire of Elizabeth Sennet, is set to be executed again after surviving a four-hour ordeal in 2022
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Donald Trump's defiance over election ban pushes US to 'brink of civil war'
Donald Trump has already used the ruling to rally his supporters and call for donations while slamming Joe Biden with mounting legal challenges affecting his chances
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Woman charged after suffering miscarriage despite being 'desperate' for child
WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT. A woman from Ohio was charged with a felony for 'abuse of a corpse' after she flushed her miscarried foetus down the toilet after fighting to get an abortion following a life-threatening diagnosis
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First female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies aged 93
First female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has passed away at aged 93, after a long career of breaking barriers and defending abortion rights
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Last words of California's final man to be executed as he gives chilling speech
Clarence Ray Allen was serving a life sentence when he ordered the deaths of others while behind bars, leading him to be convicted of three counts of murder and sentenced to death
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Supreme Court rejects Derek Chauvin's appeal in killing George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sought to overturn his conviction for second-degree murder in the tragic killing of George Floyd. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal
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Death row killer's surprising last meal before execution by lethal injection
Casey McWhorter was put to death on Thursday after killing his friend's father in a robbery. His final meal was a strange one — he requested Turtles candies, a chocolate, pecan and caramel concoction
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Man who strangled 5-year-old and burnt her body after Walmart kidnap executed
David Renteria was put to death on Thursday for the 2001 strangling and burning of 5-year-old Alexandra Flores, becoming the eighth death row inmate to be executed in 2023 in the state
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Death Row killer who kidnapped girl, 5, while Xmas shopping to be executed today
David Renteria, who was convicted of a 2001 kidnapping and fatal strangulation of a five-year-old girl is set to be executed today in Texas, even after he spent 22 years claiming that it was 'gang members' who killed the girl
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Abortion rights enshrined in law in state election in major pro-choice victory
Ohio has become he state the seventh where voters chose to protect abortion access after the landmark ruling. Jubilant campaigners in the vote were overjoyed at the major victory
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Killer will be executed despite claiming death drug will cause him enormous pain
Jedidiah Murphy is due to be executed in Texas on Tuesday. He was sentenced to death row for the fatal shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham during a carjacking in 2000
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Man's final four words before he's executed for brutally murdering two women
Michael Zack III's lawyers sought to stop the execution, arguing he is a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome and posttraumatic stress disorder. He was put to death via lethal injection
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George Floyd cop 'preaches' as he's jailed three years after dad's brutal death
Tou Thao was found guilty of aiding and abetting the manslaughter of George Floyd in 2020 and is the last former Minneapolis police officer to be convicted for his role in the 2020 killing
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Murderer put to death for killing girl, 6, has burger feast before last words
Johnny Johnson, 45, received a a lethal dose of pentobarbital at a state prison in Bonne Terre and was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. CDT, authorities said
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Man who claimed he was a vampire executed for abducting and murdering girl
Johnny Johnson, 45, was found guilty in July 2002, for the murder of Casey Williamson after luring her from her home in Valley Park, St. Louis, to an abandoned glass factory
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Charles Barkley responds to Supreme Court ruling by making $5m change to will
The Basketball Hall of Famer has given a huge donation to his Alma Mater after an affirmative action ruling dealt a huge setback to colleges and universities in the United States
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