Jun. 28, 2024 18:49 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as former President Donald Trump.
The justices ruled 6-3 that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002...
Apr. 16, 2024 19:13 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
April 12
The New York Times on aid to Israel
The suffering of civilians in Gaza — tens of thousands dead, many of them children; hundreds of thousands homeless, many at risk of starvation...
Apr. 16, 2024 17:54 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. But it wasn’t clear how the justices would rule in a case that also could affect the prosecution...