appeals

An appeals court will hear arguments on Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution over his challenge of the 2020 election. Follow here for live updates.

In a Friday decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declared Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution, which imposes permanent disenfranchisement for certain crimes, to be unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

Though appealing to higher authorities is a time-honored practice from Imperial China, now it is little more than a piece of bureaucratic rhetoric.