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Colorado Supreme Court's insurrection decision will only give Trump a boost: analyst

The Colorado Supreme Court's decision to boot Donald Trump off the state ballot will only boost him among those who think he's being persecuted, Ramesh Ponnuru writes in the Washington Post.

Ponnuru compares the case to that of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — accusing Trump of paying hush money to an adult film star — and argues both will have the same effect.

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Fani Willis: Trump will get no 'special break' from prison

Donald Trump will not be given special sentencing treatment if convicted of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, says Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

CNN caught up with Willis at an event on Thursday.

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Trump ramps up plans for new police powers — except the ones investigating him: analyst

Former President Donald Trump has an "absurd" new plan to expand the rights of American police, even as he rages against those investigating him, legal experts told The New York Times Thursday.

Trump's new proposal would "indemnify" on-duty police officers, essentially shielding them from misconduct lawsuits, despite already high immunity standards that make legal cases against officers hard to win, Michael Gold reported.

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Jim Jordan's Biden attack backfires spectacularly: 'Perfectly described Donald J. Trump'

Public officials’ families should never benefit financially from that person’s political power, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said this week — and was immediately hit by a ferocious backlash.

Jordan took to the airwaves to defend an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden that has yet to uncover evidence of wrongdoing.

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Strict reading of the law supports Colorado ruling — but SCOTUS won't: columnists

University of Baltimore School of Law professor Kimberly Wehle wrote Thursday that a strict constitutionalist that follows the letter of the law would support the ruling from the state of Colorado this week to ban Donald Trump from the ballot.

Writing for The Atlantic, Wehle cited the "striking ... conservative reasoning" from Colorado's Supreme Court justices in their conclusion.

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Giuliani receives online 'credit counseling' after filing for bankruptcy

Rudy Giuliani has filed documents certifying that he has received online credit counseling after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday after a court ordered him to pay former election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148 million for defamation.

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Trump's brags about his wealth in fraud trial may spell trouble for upcoming case: expert

Billionaire boasting in one civil court trial might send former President Donald Trump to the poorhouse in another, an MSNBC legal expert says.

Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll — the advice columnist Trump has been found liable of defaming — plan to introduce Trump's $250 million fraud trial testimony as evidence in their upcoming trial to assess damages the former president owes their client, Lisa Rubin told her X followers Thursday.

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Maine delays deciding if Trump will be allowed on 2024 ballot: report

A decision as to whether Donald Trump should be on Maine's 2024 presidential ballot has been delayed by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, HuffPost reported.

A decision was expected to come Friday regarding Trump's eligibility, but Bellows said she wants to make more time for both sides to present their arguments. She reportedly plans to make a decision next week.

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Fox News hosts: ‘Left’ wants to foment ‘violence’ and ‘civil unrest’ with Colorado ruling

Two of Fox News' top hosts are suggesting "the left" and "Democrat politicians" are trying to foment "violence" and "civil unrest," by using as a catalyst the Colorado Supreme Court's Tuesday ruling that found because he engaged in insurrection, the U.S. Constitution prohibits Donald Trump from serving as President.

Fox News host Jesse Watters Wednesday night in a lengthy segment (video below) declared the Colorado ruling was a "judicial assassination," "voter elimination," a "legal coup" by "some unelected judge," and that "four Democrats in robes stole your vote." He later posted the photos of the four justices.

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Trump lawyers nailed for using pundit opinions to 'prove their points'

Addressing a legal brief submitted by Donald Trump's lawyers to the Supreme Court requesting that the court not rush hearings on whether the former president is afforded presidential immunity, ex-U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance noted the inclusion of social media posts in lieu of citing case law.

On her Civil Discourse Substack platform, the former prosecutor found it amusing that Trump's legal team saw fit to include tweets from pundits that carry exactly zero weight when deciding constitutional issues.

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Jack Smith asks high court for 'immediate, definitive decision' on Trump's immunity claim

Special counsel Jack Smith responded on Thursday after Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to reject a petition to decide if he has presidential immunity from prosecution.

In a filing, Smith explained why he was taking the unusual step of asking to bypass the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Jeff Clark: Trump not guilty of insurrection because 'he left office on time'

Former United States Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark argued that Donald Trump could not be guilty of an insurrection because his efforts to stay in office ultimately failed.

During a Thursday interview with right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon, Clark disagreed with a Colorado Supreme Court decision that bars Trump from the state's primary ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

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Creator of Godwin's Law says it's OK—and necessary—to compare Trump to Hitler

The creator of Godwin's Law—an adage that says Adolf Hitler comparisons become increasingly likely as Internet arguments drag on—argued in a Washington Postop-ed Thursday that his rule in no way discredits efforts to draw parallels between the Nazi dictator and former President Donald Trump.

"Those of us who hope to preserve our democratic institutions need to underscore the resemblance before we enter the twilight of American democracy," wrote attorney and author Mike Godwin. "And that's why Godwin's Law isn't violated—or confirmed—by the Biden reelection campaign's criticism of Trump's increasingly unsubtle messaging. We had the luxury of deriving humor from Hitler and Nazi comparisons when doing so was almost always hyperbole. It's not a luxury we can afford anymore."

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