Tag: Law

A gavel lays on top of a book.

Federal court system finds wiggle room to remain open longer than expected during shutdown

Kelly Cohen · January 7, 2019 9:31 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg to miss Supreme Court oral arguments for first time in 25 years

Melissa Quinn · January 7, 2019 2:39 pm

Pelosi wants to revive Obamacare provision Supreme Court struck down

Kimberly Leonard · January 5, 2019 9:46 pm

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include new Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in D.C.

Supreme Court could hear ‘eugenics statute’ suit challenging Roe v. Wade

Kimberly Leonard · January 5, 2019 5:45 pm

Vice President Mike Pence administers a ceremonial Senate oath during a mock swearing-in ceremony to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accompanied by his family Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.

18 years in Congress: Ted Cruz, Francis Rooney introduce constitutional amendment for term limits

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · January 5, 2019 2:57 pm

In this May 30, 2018, file photo, then-San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster walks on the field during a practice at the team's NFL football training facility in Santa Clara, Calif. Prosecutors in Florida have decided not to pursue a domestic violence charge against NFL player Reuben Foster more than a month after he was released from the San Francisco 49ers following his arrest. Prosecutors in Tampa filed a notice of termination of prosecution on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

The NFL didn’t care about due process, and Reuben Foster got screwed

Tom Joyce · January 5, 2019 1:00 pm

Transgender U.S. army captain Jennifer Sims lifts her uniform during an interview with the Associated Press in Beratzhausen near Regensburg, Germany, on June 29. The legal battle over President Trump's effort to roll back the Obama administration policy of open transgender service may just be getting underway.

National Security

Federal appeals court lifts one of four bans on Pentagon transgender policy

Jamie McIntyre · January 4, 2019 5:36 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sits with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., left, on the opening day of the 116th Congress as the Democrats take the majority at the Capitol in D.C.

Democrats position House counsel to defend Obamacare, forcing GOP to take tough vote

Kimberly Leonard · January 4, 2019 12:06 am

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

Beltway Confidential

On disturbing abortion eugenics, Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court can’t cut and run

Quin Hillyer · January 3, 2019 9:46 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey pauses during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Prosecutors are getting overzealous to earn fame and fortune

Mark Vargas · January 3, 2019 6:49 pm

Attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference in front of U.S. District Court in New York, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Florida high school student hires high-profile lawyer after College Board refuses to validate SAT results

Diana Stancy Correll · January 3, 2019 4:11 pm

The Senate tax reform bill closes the loophole that allows foreign insurers to avoid paying American taxes on life insurance policies sold to American consumers in American markets. The House version keeps it open. And now it waits on the chopping block. If it survives, it may be due to the efforts of one senior staffer, Barbara Angus (pictured above). She certainly knows all the decision makers.

Republican staffer key to Trump tax cut to depart

Colin Wilhelm · January 3, 2019 12:22 am