Tag: Supreme Court

Plaintiffs Cathrine Schmid, second left, and Conner Callahan, second right, listens with supporters during a news conference in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing there in Seattle. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman says she won't immediately consider President Trump's new policy banning transgender people from serving in the military.

National Security

Transgender rights groups launch Christmas Eve bid to block Trump policy for military

Travis J. Tritten · December 24, 2018 5:00 am

Robert Mueller is pictured.

Foreign company in possibly Mueller-related secret case heads to Supreme Court

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2018 10:09 pm

"We have a great federal judiciary," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said. "I hope we can keep it." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Trump wishes Ruth Bader Ginsburg a ‘speedy recovery’

Caitlin Yilek · December 22, 2018 12:32 am

Meghan McCain tells ‘gross and ghoulish’ Bill O’Reilly to pray for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Caitlin Yilek · December 22, 2018 12:18 am

"There are so many things that might have been decisive," Ginsburg said. "But that was a major, major factor." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ginsburg voted against Trump asylum policy before cancer surgery

Melissa Quinn · December 21, 2018 10:30 pm

Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a former 2016 Presidential hopeful, gestures during a visit to New England College in Henniker, N.H., Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

John Kasich signs bill that would prevent most second-trimester abortions

Kimberly Leonard · December 21, 2018 9:32 pm

Honduran asylum seekers cover their faces at San Diego's Otay Mesa port of entry seen from Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.

Supreme Court denies Trump administration’s request to enforce new asylum policy

Melissa Quinn · December 21, 2018 8:39 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a swearing-in ceremony for new American citizens, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in New York.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has surgery to treat lung cancer

Melissa Quinn · December 21, 2018 5:33 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., steps on stage to deliver a concession speech in St. Louis. McCaskill of Missouri says she will not run for office again after losing last month to Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley in her bid for a third Senate term. But McCaskill told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she will remain active in politics, perhaps mentoring other Democrats.

Beltway Confidential

Claire McCaskill wanted to tell ‘dumb’ pro-choice women to ‘shut up’

Philip Wegmann · December 20, 2018 8:11 pm

Surfboards count as ‘vessels’ under the Jones Act, and it’s creating big problems for workers’ comp

Nicholas DeSimone · December 20, 2018 4:39 pm

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Beltway Confidential

Interview: Lawyer challenging constitutionality of Obamacare explains what he thinks critics missed

Philip Klein · December 19, 2018 9:48 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice.

Federal judicial panel dismisses ethics complaints against Kavanaugh

Melissa Quinn · December 18, 2018 9:35 pm