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Trump called the three conservatives disloyal, unpatriotic, and at one point launched into a rant about how the court should have invalidated the election results in 2020.
Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
In 2023, Smith represented Trump in his unsuccessful efforts to overturn a $5 million jury verdict, finding him liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll.
Trump is now appealing his losses in that case to the Supreme Court.
In announcing Smith's nomination on Truth Social, Trump said that the nominee had also played a major role in persuading the Supreme Court to grant Trump substantial immunity from criminal prosecution after leaving office.
Smith is an attorney in a boutique law practice in Missouri that was started by Trump's current Solicitor General, D. John Sauer.
Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
In 2023, Smith represented Trump in his unsuccessful efforts to overturn a $5 million jury verdict, finding him liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll.
Trump is now appealing his losses in that case to the Supreme Court.
In announcing Smith's nomination on Truth Social, Trump said that the nominee had also played a major role in persuading the Supreme Court to grant Trump substantial immunity from criminal prosecution after leaving office.
Smith is an attorney in a boutique law practice in Missouri that was started by Trump's current solicitor general, D. John Sauer.
Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
In a one-sentence unsigned order, the high court, without explanation, left in place the state's mid-decade redistricting.
which could yield five additional congressional seats for California in this fall's election.
In December, the court took a similar step, effectively upholding a new mid-decade Texas map that could yield five additional seats for Republicans.
While the Trump administration supported the Texas redistricting, it opposed California's, describing it as tainted by an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
But California countered that its redistricting, unlike in Texas, was approved by California voters by a nearly two-thirds margin.
And the Supreme Court seemed to conclude that what's good for the Texas goose is good for the California gander.
Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.