NewzThe Supreme Court deadline to request a reconsideration on President Trump’s birthright citizenship order passed on Tuesday without a filing from the Department of Justice. The Trump administration had 25 days to petition the court for a rehearing regarding the president’s attempt to strip the U.S. of jus soli, or right of the soil privileges.
President Donald Trump and the Justice Department are asking the Supreme Court to toss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E. President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are petitioning the Supreme Court to review writer E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation award she won after accusing the president of sexual assault.
President Donald Trump and his administration are asking the Supreme Court to dismiss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and the Justice Department are asking the Supreme Court to toss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault, saying he can't be sued…
It’s the second time Trump has asked the justices to nix damages awarded by a jury to Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host. The Supreme Court refused in June to hear his appeal of another verdict, for $5 million, that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The latest case centers on comments Trump made during his first term as president.
The Justice Department wants to invoke the Westfall Act, which shields government employees from being sued for doing their jobs. “Absent this Court’s intervention, the sitting President is facing nearly a hundred million dollars of personal liability for conduct that was well within the scope of his federal office,” federal attorneys wrote. “That alone deserves this Court’s attention.” The appeal was filed electronically and is expected to be formally docketed with the court Wednesday.
Trump’s lawyers, meanwhile, argued that an appeals court “engaged in procedural contortions” to avoid addressing Trump’s claims that presidential immunity protects him from the $83 million award because he made the statements in question in 2019 while he was president. The lawyers argued that the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled in a manner that “cries out for this Court’s review in this unprecedented case” and called the damages “grossly excessive.” “This is the first case in our nation’s history in which a court has imposed damages liability on a president for his conduct in office,” the lawyers wrote.
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