John G. Malcolm

Jul 28, 2024 | heritage.org | John G. Malcolm

In response to President Biden’s July 30 op-ed, “My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law”:During his 36 years as a senator, eight years as vice president and nearly four years as president, Mr. Biden never proposed any “reforms” to the Supreme Court. Now, just before the end of his term, he has seen the light and suggested a series of radical changes that would undermine the independence of the one branch of government that is supposed to be apolitical. Why?

Jul 15, 2024 | dailysignal.com | Cully Stimson |John G. Malcolm

In a major setback for President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, the federal judge overseeing the criminal case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump for willful and unlawful retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice threw out the superseding indictment and dismissed all of the 42 charges against Trump and two other defendants.

Jul 1, 2024 | dailysignal.com | John G. Malcolm

In what is undoubtedly one of the most significant constitutional decisions it has ever issued with respect to the separation of powers and the powers of the presidency, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision Monday saying that former presidents are entitled to broad immunity from criminal prosecution after they leave office for acts committed while in office. The decision in Trump v.

Jun 28, 2024 | dailysignal.com | John G. Malcolm |Seth Lucas

The Supreme Court decided a case Friday that will affect the prosecutions of around 350 individuals charged in connection with the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And the decision could also well affect two of the four charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith that are pending against former President Donald Trump in federal court in Washington, D.C. The case arose from the prosecution of Joseph Fischer, who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on the Ellipse on Jan.

Jun 28, 2024 | dailysignal.com | John G. Malcolm

The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision Friday holding that the government may punish the homeless by fines or imprisonment for trespassing or camping on public property.  In 2013, the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, had a population of roughly 38,000 and as many as 600 homeless individuals on any given day. Many of these individuals clustered in encampments that all too frequently serve as a hotbed of disease, addiction, and rampant crime committed by and against the encampment dwellers.