Tag: Law

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on election security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

Jeh Johnson: Family detention centers needed to avoid catch-and-release

Naomi Lim · June 24, 2018 2:27 pm

Republicans predict judge will shoot down Trump’s order on family separation

Pete Kasperowicz · June 24, 2018 1:35 pm

The Supreme Court ended its 2013-14 term with the most unanimous rulings and fewest split decisions in decades, suggesting at first glance an easing of the sharp and often bitter ideological divisions between the justices in recent years.

Beltway Confidential

Judge protects us from ‘protection’ bureau

John Berlau · June 24, 2018 4:00 am

Attorney Michael Avenatti arrives at federal court on April 13 in New York.

Michael Avenatti is battling Trump on immigration policy, too

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - This April 22, 2104 file photo shows videojournalists setting up outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The court said Monday it will hear the case of a Florida fisherman who wants the court to throw out his conviction for getting rid of some small grouper under a federal law originally aimed at the accounting industry. Commercial fishing boat captain John Yates argues that the federal government used its mighty power to convict him of tossing overboard three fish that were under the 20-inch minimum legal size for red grouper caught in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Supreme Court could limit states’ ability to impose excessive fines

Melissa Quinn · June 24, 2018 4:00 am

Illinois government employee Mark Janus walks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. The court is considering a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.

Beltway Confidential

A Janus victory could open up more legal and legislative questions

Akash Chougule · June 24, 2018 1:26 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Illegal immigration becomes the media’s telenovela

Eddie Scarry · June 23, 2018 4:01 am

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

The future of privacy rests on Justice Neil Gorsuch

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2018 10:23 pm

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick arrives for the Texas GOP Convention in San Antonio.

As many as 30 million people live in US illegally, says Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

Anna Giaritelli · June 22, 2018 7:45 pm

President Trump speaks on immigration at the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex.

Trump, victims of illegal immigrant criminals stress ‘permanent separation’ with loved ones

Gabby Morrongiello · June 22, 2018 7:21 pm

DHS leaves key questions unanswered on how to implement Trump’s border order

Anna Giaritelli · June 22, 2018 7:19 pm

Signage is displayed outside a Planned Parenthood office.

Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration for abstinence-only focus

Kimberly Leonard · June 22, 2018 5:07 pm