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Letter to the editor: Americans don’t value Supreme Court

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump tells Supreme Court that Jack Smith’s rush to trial reveals ‘appearance of partisanship’

By Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - NRA general counsel John Frazer arrives at court in New York, Jan. 8, 2024. Closing arguments are expected in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in the civil case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against the NRA, its former CEO Wayne LaPierre and three other NRA officials. Jury deliberations are slated to follow. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYC trial scrutinizing lavish NRA spending under Wayne LaPierre nears a close

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith tells Supreme Court not to delay Trump trial

By Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Supreme Court orders feds to answer Trump’s immunity petition

By Tom Howell Jr. and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks upon arriving at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump asks Supreme Court to take up immunity claim

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump faces Monday deadline to ask the Supreme Court for a delay in his election interference trial

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Trump should remain on ballot

Myra Slotnick of Provincetown, Mass., holds placards in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will take up a historic case that could decide whether Donald Trump is ineligible for the 2024 ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Supreme Court sounds broadly skeptical of efforts to kick Trump off ballot over Capitol attack

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stands as she and members of the Supreme Court pose for a new group portrait following her addition, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Jackson has written her first majority opinion for the Supreme Court. The opinion released Tuesday in a dispute between states over unclaimed money is one of roughly a half dozen she is expected to write by the time the court finishes its work for the summer, usually in late June. The decision was unanimous, though all the justices didn’t join the whole opinion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court Justices Jackson, Thomas say Trump ballot challenge misreads Civil War history

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Protesters hold their banners in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Confusion, litigation could follow a Supreme Court ruling to allow Colorado to kick Trump off ballot

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Carlos Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro who is running for re-election, whispers in his father's ear during his arrival at the presidential debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 29, 2022. Brazil's federal police carried out a search warrant Jan. 29, 2024 for Carlos Bolsonaro, a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, an officer with knowledge of the operation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro’s top aides over alleged coup plot

By Diane Jeantet and David Biller - Associated Press

In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Trump case offers study of the 14th Amendment; compares Jan. 6 riot with Civil War

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 27, 2019, photo President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, arrive for Game 5 of the World Series baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Matt Gaetz pushes a House resolution proclaiming Trump is not an insurrectionist

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Saturday, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Secretaries of state warn of chaos if justices allow state officials to deny Trump ballot access

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak after meeting with members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at their headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Can Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

People stand on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, Feb.11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Justices settle who will argue Trump ballot case: Colorado secretary of state, voters both get time

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. Five Republican and Democratic voters in Massachusetts have become the latest to challenge Trump's eligibility to appear on the Republican primary election ballot, claiming he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The challenge was filed late Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 to Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin's office ahead of the March 5 presidential primary. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

He’s mine: Lawyers looking to keep Trump off ballot arguing over who takes case to Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 26, 2015, photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

Historical record clashes with gun control precedent; judge favors possession in post office

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Jan. 30, 2024. U.S. adults are only feeling slightly better about the economy, despite stocks being near record highs and surprisingly strong growth last year. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 35% of U.S. adults call the national economy good. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden celebrates 175 federal judges confirmed, still behind Trump’s pace

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times