WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid revolt and impeachment, the Supreme Court docket’s huge information Thursday was a call in a chapter case. Wednesday introduced arguments over the Federal Commerce Fee’s potential to recapture ill-gotten beneficial properties. At this uncommon second in U.S. historical past, the court docket is doing its greatest to maintain its head down, going about its common enterprise and pushing aside as many politically charged points as it could, together with whether or not President Donald Trump’s tax returns should be turned over to prosecutors in New York. The justices haven’t been in a position to fully keep away from controversy in latest days, however their strategy has usually been in step with the repeated efforts of Chief Justice John Roberts to maintain his court docket above the political fray.
