IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that presidential electors who cast the actual ballots for president and vice president are free to vote as they wish and cannot be required to follow the results of the popular vote in their states.The decision could give a single elector the power to decide the outcome of a presidential election — if the popular vote results in an apparent Electoral College tie."This issue could be a ticking time bomb in our divided politics. It's not hard to...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that presidential electors who cast the actual ballots for president and vice president are free to vote as they wish and cannot be required to follow the results of the popular vote in their states.The decision could give a single elector the power to decide the outcome of a presidential election — if the popular vote results in an apparent Electoral College tie."This issue could be a ticking time bomb in our divided politics. It's not hard to...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court seemed prepared Wednesday to allow the death sentence to be reimposed for after a federal appeals court voided it.A majority of the justices suggested that they did not agree with defense claims that the trial judge improperly restricted the questioning of prospective jurors or was wrong to exclude evidence of a separate crime two years before the bombing.Tsarnaev was convicted of , in planting two pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon finish line in...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court seemed prepared Wednesday to allow the death sentence to be reimposed for after a federal appeals court voided it.A majority of the justices suggested that they did not agree with defense claims that the trial judge improperly restricted the questioning of prospective jurors or was wrong to exclude evidence of a separate crime two years before the bombing.Tsarnaev was convicted of , in planting two pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon finish line in...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider arguments over the death penalty for the bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, after a lower court overturned the sentence. Prosecutors had appealed the lower court ruling.Tsarnaev was convicted of in planting two pressure-cooker bombs in 2013 that killed three people and seriously injured more than 250 others.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year hearing, ruling unanimously that the trial judge had failed to allow enough...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider arguments over the death penalty for the bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, after a lower court overturned the sentence. Prosecutors had appealed the lower court ruling.Tsarnaev was convicted of in planting two pressure-cooker bombs in 2013 that killed three people and seriously injured more than 250 others.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year hearing, ruling unanimously that the trial judge had failed to allow enough...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy WASHINGTON — A federal district court judge ruled late Friday that recent state votes to ratify the proposed Equal Rights Amendment .The ruling was a defeat for ERA supporters and the three states that asked the judge to declare that the amendment became formally adopted after last year became the 38th state to ratify it.Along with Illinois and Nevada, Virginia argued that the Constitution does not give Congress any power to set a time limit on the ratification process. They also argued...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy WASHINGTON — A federal district court judge ruled late Friday that recent state votes to ratify the proposed Equal Rights Amendment .The ruling was a defeat for ERA supporters and the three states that asked the judge to declare that the amendment became formally adopted after last year became the 38th state to ratify it.Along with Illinois and Nevada, Virginia argued that the Constitution does not give Congress any power to set a time limit on the ratification process. They also argued...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and Proud Boys organizer Joseph Biggs was arrested in Florida on Wednesday , adding to the growing list of federal cases against those who took part in the mob.Biggs, an organizer of the far-right, all-male group of self-described "Western chauvinists," was identified through multiple videos and photos, according to a criminal complaint signed by an FBI agent who worked the case.The charges say he was one of the first to enter the Capitol building, through a door that was opened by a small...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and Proud Boys organizer Joseph Biggs was arrested in Florida on Wednesday , adding to the growing list of federal cases against those who took part in the mob.Biggs, an organizer of the far-right, all-male group of self-described "Western chauvinists," was identified through multiple videos and photos, according to a criminal complaint signed by an FBI agent who worked the case.The charges say he was one of the first to enter the Capitol building, through a door that was opened by a small...WW…

SectionsFeaturedtvFollow NBC NewsMore From NBC© 2022 NBCNEWS.COMBy Tom Winter and Pete WilliamsThe leader of the , a far-right extremist group involved in the Capitol riot, went undercover to assist Miami police and cooperated with the FBI in multiple drug and illegal gambling investigations, a court transcript shows.The man, Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, 36, began working with the FBI after he was arrested in 2013 on federal fraud charges related to a scheme to sell stolen diabetic test strips well below market value, according to the transcript, which was reviewed by NBC News."From day one, he...…SectionsFeaturedtvFollow NBC NewsMore From NBC© 2022 NBCNEWS.COMBy Tom Winter and Pete WilliamsThe leader of the , a far-right extremist group involved in the Capitol riot, went undercover to assist Miami police and cooperated with the FBI in multiple drug and illegal gambling investigations, a court transcript shows.The man, Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, 36, began working with the FBI after he was arrested in 2013 on federal fraud charges related to a scheme to sell stolen diabetic test strips well below market value, according to the transcript, which was reviewed by NBC News."From day one, he...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The Supreme Court on Monday sent back to the lower courts a lawsuit arising from a 2016 Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, against the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling.During the demonstration, someone threw something that struck a police officer in the face, causing serious injuries including brain trauma. The assailant was never identified, but the officer sued DeRay Mckesson, the activist who organized the demonstration, claiming that he had negligently staged...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy The Supreme Court on Monday sent back to the lower courts a lawsuit arising from a 2016 Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, against the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling.During the demonstration, someone threw something that struck a police officer in the face, causing serious injuries including brain trauma. The assailant was never identified, but the officer sued DeRay Mckesson, the activist who organized the demonstration, claiming that he had negligently staged...WW…

Oct. 22, 2020, 12:52 AM UTCUpdated Oct. 22, 2020, 4:43 AM UTCBy Pete WilliamsWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Wednesday blocked a lower court order allowing voters in Alabama to at polling places that provide the option, ending an option intended to make voting safer and easier during the coronavirus pandemic.Alabama law doesn't prohibit the practice, but it doesn't provide for it, either. Secretary of State John Merrill said it wouldn't be feasible for the state to make it available in this year's election. He said that allowing curbside voting would pose safety concerns, "cause...…Oct. 22, 2020, 12:52 AM UTCUpdated Oct. 22, 2020, 4:43 AM UTCBy Pete WilliamsWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Wednesday blocked a lower court order allowing voters in Alabama to at polling places that provide the option, ending an option intended to make voting safer and easier during the coronavirus pandemic.Alabama law doesn't prohibit the practice, but it doesn't provide for it, either. Secretary of State John Merrill said it wouldn't be feasible for the state to make it available in this year's election. He said that allowing curbside voting would pose safety concerns, "cause...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Voting rights groups in Wisconsin asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to lift a lower-court ruling that prevents the state from counting mail-in ballots that arrive after the polls close on Election Day.The voter groups, the state and national Democratic parties and the League of Women Voters sued to extend the deadline to accept the ballots. They said the flood of absentee ballots and problems arising from the coronavirus pandemic will make it to receive their mail ballots and return them...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy Voting rights groups in Wisconsin asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to lift a lower-court ruling that prevents the state from counting mail-in ballots that arrive after the polls close on Election Day.The voter groups, the state and national Democratic parties and the League of Women Voters sued to extend the deadline to accept the ballots. They said the flood of absentee ballots and problems arising from the coronavirus pandemic will make it to receive their mail ballots and return them...WW…