Tag: Law

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, right, leaves federal court with his attorney Theodore V. Wells on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 in Washington.

Trump pardons Scooter Libby, says Cheney aide ‘treated unfairly’

Steven Nelson · April 13, 2018 5:45 pm

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks on Capitol Hill.

Rod Rosenstein said to be at peace with possibility of Trump firing him

Anna Giaritelli · April 13, 2018 5:22 pm

FELTEN: The Blackmail Paradox Revisited

Eric Felten · April 13, 2018 5:10 am

Family Malpractice

Timothy Sandefur · April 13, 2018 5:10 am

President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, used a Trump Organization email account to arrange the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, according to a report.

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer: Michael Cohen planning to plead the Fifth in court

Katie Leach · April 12, 2018 11:43 pm

"The scope and scale of this breach appears to make it one of the largest on record, and the sensitivity of the information compromised may make it the most costly to taxpayers and consumers."

West Virginia sues Equifax over massive data breach

Diana Stancy Correll · April 12, 2018 9:53 pm

The University of Illinois is suing an alumnus over making a shirt that uses the term "ILLINOIS" and features an image of Chief Illiniwek, a former mascot of the school.

Red Alert Politics

University of Illinois sues over ‘Make Illinois Great Again’ shirts

Isaiah Denby · April 12, 2018 7:39 pm

Rep. Steve Stockman, above, is an acolyte of Sen. Ted Cruz -- but he didn't vote for him. (AP Photo)

Former GOP Rep. Steve Stockman found guilty of fraud, corruption

Melissa Quinn · April 12, 2018 6:33 pm

"It will be so powerful that I don't think we're ever going to have to use it," Trump wrote on Facebook. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Trump would break the law bombing Bashar Assad, some scholars say

Steven Nelson · April 12, 2018 6:12 pm

President Trump plans to stay at his Trump Tower residence in New York City for the first time as president, according to a report Wednesday. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg)

Ex-Trump doorman paid $30,000 by National Enquirer for ‘catch-and-kill’ story: Reports

Naomi Lim · April 12, 2018 3:17 pm

New York City, April 22, 2012: Three yellow cabs pass in front of the New York Times headquarters in New York as the street light turns to green.

Beltway Confidential

New York Times editorial board flirts with authoritarianism

Becket Adams · April 12, 2018 11:41 am

Alan Dershowitz, a professor at Harvard Law School, often appears on Fox News to argue against special counsel Robert Mueller bringing an obstruction of justice charge against President Trump, saying it would send the country into a constitutional crisis.

Alan Dershowitz argues ‘Hollywood Access’ tape was recorded illegally

Daniel Chaitin · April 12, 2018 2:32 am