Supreme Court smacks down lawsuit seeking to block Trump prosecution in New York

The United States Supreme Court this week denied Missouri Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey's request to block Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

Earlier this year, Bailey filed a lawsuit against Bragg at the high court "for violating Missourians’ First Amendment right to hear from a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election," the Missouri attorney general said in a statement.

"Bailey’s lawsuit asserts that New York’s illicit prosecution...