Tag: Law

This shows an Exxon service station sign in Nashville, Tenn.

Energy and Environment

New York sues Exxon Mobil, saying it misled investors about climate change

Josh Siegel · October 24, 2018 5:43 pm

Visitors line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, as the justices begin the second week of the new term. The landscape has changed very quickly for gay marriage in the U.S. Last week, the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from several states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage. The Oct. 6 move effectively legalized gay marriage in about 30 states and triggered a flurry of rulings and confusion in lower courts across the nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Kids face ‘long shot’ in climate lawsuit against the government

Josh Siegel · October 24, 2018 4:00 am

In this March 10, 2014 photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store, in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips is appealing a recent ruling against him in a legal complaint filed with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission by a gay couple he refused to make a wedding cake for, based on his religious beliefs.

Beltway Confidential

Masterpiece Cakeshop, round two, may be headed to the Supreme Court

Nicole Russell · October 23, 2018 6:53 pm

In this Friday, June 1, 2018, photo, small vials of fentanyl are shown in the inpatient pharmacy at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. Amid the nation's opioid epidemic, hospitals are struggling to get widely used injected pain medicines because of ongoing supply shortages. The shortages affect just about every corner of the hospital, from the operating room and emergency department.

FDA launches global crackdown on websites selling illicit opioids and drugs

Robert King · October 23, 2018 4:47 pm

In this Tuesday, July 17, 2018, photograph, ramp workers prepare a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 for departure to Denver from Minneapolis International Airport in Minneapolis.

Man arrested for groping: Trump said it was ‘OK to grab women by their private parts’

Daniel Chaitin · October 23, 2018 3:54 pm

Supreme Court blocks Wilbur Ross deposition in challenge to Census citizenship question

Melissa Quinn · October 23, 2018 2:38 pm

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor applauds as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is honored as he receives the O'Connor Justice Prize at The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University Justice Prize Dinner Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Phoenix. The prize was established to raise visibility for rule of law initiatives and recognize people who have made extraordinary contributions to advancing rule of law, justice and human rights.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has ‘beginning stages of dementia’

Melissa Quinn · October 23, 2018 2:38 pm

Trump says goodbye to Don McGahn, his point man for reshaping the courts

Melissa Quinn · October 23, 2018 4:00 am

Constitutions are for first principles, not pregnant pigs

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2018 12:00 am

Michael Avenatti, an attorney and entrepreneur, speaks at the Hillsborough County Democrats' Summer Picnic fundraiser.

Avenatti’s bad day: Evicted from office, ordered to pay $4.85M to former employee

Katelyn Caralle · October 22, 2018 6:42 pm

The special warfare operator was killed by direct fire near Irbil in northern Iraq after Islamic State fighters broke through the Peshmerga front line. (AP Photo)

Navy SEAL charged with war crimes considers suing his investigators

Katelyn Caralle · October 22, 2018 6:24 pm

Exterior of Gamertsfelder Hall at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Beltway Confidential

Student arrested in yet another suspected campus hate crime hoax

Becket Adams · October 22, 2018 5:48 pm