Tag: Law

Brendan Dassey was featured in the "Making a Murderer" series on Netflix. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 after he told detectives he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill photographer Teresa Halbach. (Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent, Pool, File)

Lawyers for man featured on ‘Making a Murder’ ask Supreme Court to hear case

Melissa Quinn · February 21, 2018 9:19 pm

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the congressional map drawn by the GOP-led General Assembly in 2011, saying it constituted a partisan gerrymander and violated the state constitution. In response, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said, "What the court has done is truly breathtaking. They have grabbed power from the elected legislators. They did it in order to draw a partisan map of their own." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pat Toomey: Talk about impeachment of state Supreme Court judges ‘inevitable’ after they ruled against district map

Melissa Quinn · February 21, 2018 7:20 pm

This is the headline that was published two years ago by The Tab: "I was able to buy an AR-15 in five minutes." No he wasn't, according to his own reporting. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

Beltway Confidential

That story about a 20-year-old who said he was ‘able to buy’ an AR-15 in five minutes with no ID is an outright lie.

Becket Adams · February 21, 2018 6:58 pm

"I don't have to tell you all that today has certainly been a long time coming," New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said when he signed a bill restoring $7.5 million in family planning funds to Planned Parenthood and other medical facilities. "New Jersey will once again stand strong for Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy restores millions in funding to Planned Parenthood

Kimberly Leonard · February 21, 2018 6:54 pm

Recently at the Law Library of Congress, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (pictured front, fourth to the right) said he regretted the "myth-making around the court and who we are" as justices and people, which has created a contrast between the "real world" of the Supreme Court and how it is portrayed outside the court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

During an epic Supreme Court term, it’s hard not to mythicize the justices

Nicole Russell · February 21, 2018 6:48 pm

The justices could decide whether or not to take the DACA case on as early as their Feb. 16 conference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers’ unions profit while kids pick up the tab

Corey DeAngelis, Ben DeGrow · February 21, 2018 6:41 pm

The special counsel in the Russia investigation charged Paul Manafort and Rick Gates in October 2017 with a handful of charges including conspiracy and money laundering. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

New charges filed in case against Paul Manafort, Rick Gates

Kelly Cohen · February 21, 2018 6:00 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer said he is not happy with the House Republicans decision to combine a bill boosting federal background checks with a bill allowing people with a concealed carry permit in one state to use it to carry in other states, even states that don't authorize concealed carry. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Schumer to Trump: ‘Bump stock’ regulation is not enough

Anna Giaritelli · February 21, 2018 5:08 pm

In the opinion for the case, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, delivered by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the justices affirmed a decision from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled against the victims of the attack and in favor of Iran. (iStock photo)

Supreme Court rules against US victims of 1997 terror attack in case involving Iranian artifacts

Melissa Quinn · February 21, 2018 4:02 pm

The results of the investigation showed that Richard Ruggiero, international conservation chief with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, violated federal ethics laws by participating in a federal cooperative agreement that financially benefited a family member. (Wikipedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Inspector general: Obama Interior official broke law to enrich family member

John Siciliano · February 20, 2018 11:54 pm

Until we begin fixing our school shooting problem in a systemic way, schools will still remain vulnerable, attractive targets for psychotic madmen. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Of course we should let teachers carry guns in school

Daniel Payne · February 20, 2018 4:04 pm

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas said in his dissent he would have allowed the high court to take up the case, and said the decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is "symptomatic of the lower courts' general failure to afford the Second Amendment the respect due an enumerated constitutional right." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clarence Thomas rips high court’s decision not to hear case challenging California gun law: Second Amendment is ‘disfavored right’

Melissa Quinn · February 20, 2018 3:32 pm