Tag: Supreme Court

Labor leaders argue that unions are owed the fees to compensate for their collective bargaining on behalf of the workers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

States tell Supreme Court that public sector unions are causing bankruptcies

Sean Higgins · December 8, 2017 9:44 pm

Protesters hold signs that read "No Muslim Ban Ever," outside a federal courthouse. The Supreme Court on Monday lifted the Maryland judge's block of Trump's ban, allowing the administration to fully enforce the restriction against residents from six Muslim-majority countries. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Appeals court focuses on Trump’s Muslim tweets in new arguments over travel ban

Ryan Lovelace · December 8, 2017 6:55 pm

A federal appeals court judge asked whether President Trump could keep all foreign men from entering the United States. "Could the president then ban all men under the express authority of [federal law]?"(Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Bloomberg)

Federal appeals court judge wonders: Can Trump ‘ban all men’?

Ryan Lovelace · December 8, 2017 4:58 pm

Flavor Flav with his hosts Ron and Sara Bonjean last December. (courtesy of Ron and Sara Bonjean).

Washington Secrets

New Trump-themed party drink: ‘The Swamp,’ made to drain

Paul Bedard · December 8, 2017 3:56 pm

Tax Reform Targets Obamacare

John McCormack · December 8, 2017 9:00 am

AFL-CIO says the Trump administration's opposition to mandatory dues threatens the unions' ability to represent government workers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump threatening ‘livelihoods,’ unions, Democrats say

Sean Higgins · December 7, 2017 11:38 pm

Using the state to effectively hold a business owner at gunpoint is bullying, pure and simple. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

A Supreme Court ruling for the gay couple in wedding cake case would set gay rights back

Casey Given · December 7, 2017 10:05 pm

The Louisiana Republican gave examples of the kinds of pressure he could face that would not cause him to change his vote. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. John Kennedy says he’ll vote his conscience on Trump judges even if he’s put on ‘double secret probation’

Ryan Lovelace · December 7, 2017 9:40 pm

In a friend of the court brief for the case Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the White House argued that the practice violated individual union members' First Amendment rights and should be abolished. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

White House urges Supreme Court to rule against forcing employees to pay public unions

Sean Higgins · December 7, 2017 5:20 pm

"The victims are the ones who do not want this exposed," Speier said, adding that she sees it as her role to protect the victims. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Judiciary Committee approves three of Trump’s federal appeals court nominees

Ryan Lovelace · December 7, 2017 4:39 pm

It is hard to take seriously those moaning about increased budget deficits from those unwilling to reform entitlements. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Real target of Republican tax bills: Feds, eds, and meds bloat

Michael Barone · December 7, 2017 5:01 am

Senior Circuit Judge Michael Daly Hawkins (pictured above) hears arguments during a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday, he questioned Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan about whether President Trump's travel ban could yield results similar to what happened to Tom Hanks' character in the film "The Terminal." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, Pool)

Appeals court judge questions Trump attorney about travel ban’s similarities to Tom Hanks’ ‘The Terminal’

Ryan Lovelace · December 6, 2017 11:37 pm