Thursday’s rulings were divergent, giving no indication of how justices will rule on Donald Trump’s case.
The Supreme Court took a small bite out of its case backlog on Thursday, June 20, with four new rulings. None of the cases decided were Donald Trump’s immunity bid or any other considered one of the term’s blockbusters. What was decided was a jumble with some atypical dance partners, and not much to predict how the justices will likely handle the most prominent cases yet to come.
Diaz: Smuggling Without a Clue
Delilah Guadalupe Diaz was on trial for smuggling. She claimed not to know there were drugs in the vehicle she was driving. Federal prosecutors did not have evidence that Ms. Diaz intended to be a drug mule. Instead, they elicited testimony from a Homeland Security Agent that drug-trafficking organizations do not send…
