Tag: Law

Central American migrants, part of a caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, walk on the shoulder of a road in Frontera Hidalgo, Mexico, Friday, April 12, 2019. The group pushed past police guarding the bridge and joined a larger group of about 2,000 migrants who are walking toward Tapachula, the latest caravan to enter Mexico.

Migrants break Guatemalan border gate, force their way into Mexico

Associated Press · April 13, 2019 1:13 pm

Actress Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Avengers Endgame' in London, Thursday, April 11, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Scarlett Johansson asks and answers: Shouldn’t paparazzi be treated as stalkers?

Madeline Fry Schultz · April 13, 2019 12:00 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Georgetown Law School in Washington, Thursday, March 24, 2016. Biden is pointing to his years as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman to cast Republicans' election-year Supreme Court blockade as a dangerous new escalation of partisanship. In a speech at Georgetown Law School, Biden, took credit for moving eight Supreme Court nominees through the committee and to a vote on the Senate floor.

Trial by jury? Presumption of innocence? What’s Biden got against the English law?

Marc S. Berman · April 13, 2019 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Kermit Gosnell’s horrific crimes would be legal if Democrats get their way

Maureen Ferguson · April 12, 2019 7:57 pm

Political consultant who directed foreign money to Trump inauguration escapes jail time

Daniel Jativa · April 12, 2019 5:28 pm

This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Christopher Lee Price. An appellate court wonât halt Price's upcoming lethal injection, who had asked to be put to death with nitrogen gas. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, April 10, 2019 denied his execution stay.

Supreme Court authorizes execution of Alabama man who slayed pastor in 1991

Daniel Jativa · April 12, 2019 2:54 pm

Julian Assange gestures as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after the WikiLeaks founder was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday April 11, 2019. Police in London arrested WikiLeaks founder Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy Thursday, April 11, 2019 for failing to surrender to the court in 2012, shortly after the South American nation revoked his asylum.

US spies: Assange faces slew of extra charges and life in prison

Jerry Dunleavy · April 12, 2019 1:08 pm

Tomas Martinez, of Atlanta, Ga., chants during a rally in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, calling for of immigration reform. Demonstrators are urging President Barack Obama to use executive authority to expand the policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New Jersey gives law students taxpayer money to represent illegal immigrants

Alexander James · April 12, 2019 1:00 pm

Actor Jussie Smollett looks on during a press conference before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago sues Jussie Smollett for cost of investigation

Zach Halaschak · April 11, 2019 11:52 pm

Brett Kavanaugh listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sept. 7, 2018.

Liberal groups urge lawmakers to investigate Kavanaugh

Melissa Quinn · April 11, 2019 8:20 pm

White House counsel Greg Craig appears at a press briefing.

Former Obama legal counsel indicted in federal court

Zach Halaschak · April 11, 2019 7:20 pm

Devin Nunes.

Devin Nunes sends Trump-Russia investigation criminal referral notification to DOJ

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · April 11, 2019 7:11 pm