Tag: Law

Pennsylvania resident Rose Mary Knick stands next to a private property sign on her farmland in Lackawanna County's Scott Township. Knick is at the center of a case the Supreme Court is hearing that stems from Knick's dispute with her town over an ordinance that says landowners who have cemeteries on their properties must make them open to the public during daylight hours.

Beltway Confidential

In Knick v. Township of Scott, a restoration for civil liberty

Adam Carrington · June 27, 2019 5:18 pm

Supreme Court delivers blow to Trump administration in census case

Melissa Quinn · June 27, 2019 2:57 pm

Activists at the Supreme Court opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional districts from North Carolina, left, and Maryland, right, as justices hear arguments about the practice of political parties manipulating the boundary of a congressional district to unfairly benefit one party over another, in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

Supreme Court rules partisan gerrymandering claims cannot be heard by federal courts

Melissa Quinn · June 27, 2019 2:12 pm

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is seen at an event.

Beltway Confidential

John Roberts to conservatives: ‘Go away. Come back’

Quin Hillyer · June 27, 2019 12:45 pm

Members of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.

One year after Supreme Court Janus decision, unions are holding up better than expected

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2019 4:00 am

Donald Trump and Robert Mueller

Ex-top FBI lawyer blasts Trump for accusing Mueller of committing a crime

Daniel Chaitin · June 27, 2019 12:46 am

The Bladensburg Cross is seen in Maryland.

The Lemon is squeezed dry

Michael Barone · June 26, 2019 10:03 pm

Photographers surround then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe as he takes his seat.

Andrew McCabe expects Mueller debriefing ‘will go much deeper’ into discoveries

Daniel Chaitin · June 26, 2019 9:49 pm

Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, right, walks with his wife, Andrea Gallagher as they arrive to military court on Naval Base San Diego, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in San Diego. Trial continues in the court-martial of the decorated Navy SEAL, who is accused of stabbing to death a wounded teenage Islamic State prisoner and wounding two civilians in Iraq in 2017. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder, charges that carry a potential life sentence.

National Security

Lead investigator says ‘I made mistakes’ in war crimes trial of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher

Russ Read · June 26, 2019 9:29 pm

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts answers questions during an event.

In battle vs. bureaucracies, John Roberts wimps out again

Quin Hillyer · June 26, 2019 9:06 pm

Pictured are Joseph Corrao, left, and Pinky the Chilean flamingo, right.

Florida man accused of killing dancing flamingo is hit by truck and killed before trial

Zach Halaschak · June 26, 2019 6:36 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks.

Gorsuch joins Supreme Court liberal bloc in case involving sex offender

Melissa Quinn · June 26, 2019 6:16 pm