Tag: Law

Ever Castillo, left, and his family, immigrants from Honduras, are escorted back across the border by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Hildalgo, Texas.

Beltway Confidential

Trump foes need a quick due process lesson

Gabriel Malor · June 26, 2018 3:57 pm

Japanese citizens wait in line for their assigned homes at an internment camp reception center in Manzanar, Calif., on March 24, 1942. Many were forced from their homes in Los Angeles by the U.S. Army.

Supreme Court overrules 1944 Japanese-American internment case in travel ban decision

Melissa Quinn · June 26, 2018 3:49 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts.

Beltway Confidential

Chief Justice John Roberts upholds Trump’s travel ban and makes Trump’s legal foes look silly

Tom Rogan · June 26, 2018 3:23 pm

President Donald Trump prepares to speak at a rally at Airport High School in West Columbia, S.C., Monday, June 25, 2018, for Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.

Trump celebrates ‘profound vindication’ after Supreme Court upholds travel ban

Gabby Morrongiello · June 26, 2018 3:03 pm

McConnell said Democrats should not expect Gorsuch to declare how he would rule on specific cases. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell takes Twitter victory lap over Neil Gorsuch after Supreme Court upholds travel ban

Al Weaver · June 26, 2018 2:51 pm

Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, whose congressional district runs along the majority of the border with Mexico, leaves the House chamber following a vote on an immigration bill crafted by GOP conservatives, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 21, 2018. The bill was defeated and Republican leaders delayed a planned vote on a compromise GOP package with the party's lawmakers fiercely divided over an issue that has long confounded the party.

Republican: HHS failed to connect conference call, so ‘I’m concerned with their ability of connecting kids’

Brooke Conrad · June 26, 2018 2:45 pm

The Supreme Court has upheld President Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority.

Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban as ‘squarely within’ presidential power

Melissa Quinn · June 26, 2018 2:20 pm

A pro-abortion rights supporter holds a sign that reads "Expose Fake Clinics" during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers

Kimberly Leonard, Melissa Quinn · June 26, 2018 2:09 pm

A U.S. judge has thrown out the underlying lawsuits that sought to hold big oil companies liable for the role of fossil fuels in the Earth's warming environment. Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Monday that Congress and the president, not a federal judge, were best suited to address fossil fuels' contribution to global warming.

Energy and Environment

Judge dismisses California climate lawsuits in victory for energy companies

John Siciliano · June 26, 2018 12:27 pm

If the justices decide to hear the case, the issue might become moot because of the 90-day duration of the ban. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban: FULL OPINION

Washington Examiner Staff · June 26, 2018 10:27 am

Trump allies split on whether he should help with Michael Cohen’s legal fees

Gabby Morrongiello · June 26, 2018 4:01 am

Sarah Sanders on Trump’s tweets: Not seeing a judge doesn’t mean ‘you aren’t receiving due process’

Melissa Quinn · June 25, 2018 8:24 pm