Tag: Law

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018.

Kavanaugh stays ‘well qualified’ after American Bar Association drops review

Melissa Quinn · October 15, 2018 9:53 pm

Kentucky judge discards ballot question that would expand crime victims’ rights

Diana Stancy Correll · October 15, 2018 9:15 pm

Detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border in Karnes City, Texas.

Finally, the government has taken steps to stop releasing unaccompanied minors to criminals and traffickers

Jason Piccolo · October 15, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Kavanaugh in the clear? Perjury complaints against him unlikely to succeed

Melissa Quinn · October 15, 2018 4:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks from the Truman Balcony at the Fourth of July picnic for military families on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in Washington.

Trump sees that being tough on crime requires being smart on crime

Washington Examiner · October 15, 2018 4:00 am

Different strains of marijuana are displayed for sale at the Warmland Centre, a medical marijuana dispensary in Mill Bay, British Columbia on Vancouver Island in Canada.

Canadians linked to newly legal pot industry could be barred from US

Steven Nelson · October 14, 2018 4:00 am

Pat Cipollone is pictured.

Pat Cipollone likely the next White House counsel

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 13, 2018 5:32 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Liberal Washington Post columnist to pen anti-Kavanaugh book

Robert King · October 13, 2018 2:11 pm

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri speaks during a candidate forum at the annual Missouri Press Association convention in Maryland Heights, Mo.

Beltway Confidential

Fact Check: Claire McCaskill voted against Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh (and she didn’t vote for John Roberts, either)

Becket Adams · October 12, 2018 7:22 pm

Visitors depart the Supreme Court early Monday. The justices are expected to hand down decisions this week as the court's term comes to a close.

Democrats have been over-dependent on the Supreme Court for over 80 years

Thomas Del Beccaro · October 12, 2018 6:53 pm

Lead cousel Mark Rienzi, far right, and legal team member Emily Hardman, second from left, both representing Little Sisters of the Poor, walk with members of the Catholic religious institute after attending a hearing in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Denver, Colo., in 2014.

Beltway Confidential

For the love of God, can Democrats just leave the Little Sisters of the Poor alone?

Nicole Russell · October 12, 2018 6:25 pm

Acting New York state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood speaks in Albany, N.Y.

Democratic state attorneys general fight IRS state and local tax deduction cap

Colin Wilhelm · October 12, 2018 6:03 pm