Tag: Law

"We're going to continue to work together for the good of Israeli citizens until the end of the term," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses calls to resign over corruption claims

Pete Kasperowicz · February 14, 2018 1:38 pm

In this 2014 photo, the guided missile destroyer USS Cole approaches Mole Pier at Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., for a port visit. On Tuesday, prosecutors were ordered to draft warrants for two civilian attorneys who had left the USS Cole terrorism case.
(DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian Morales, U.S. Navy/Released via Wikimedia Commons)

Military judge wants US Marshals to seize lawyers who quit USS Cole terrorism case: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · February 14, 2018 1:16 am

Planned Parenthood has been working at the federal level to stave off limits that the Trump administration has placed on abortion and birth control. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

Planned Parenthood launches ‘new round of offense’ to expand access to abortion

Kimberly Leonard · February 13, 2018 5:01 pm

Over the summer, several California municipalities filed suit against ExxonMobil and other energy companies for damages to coastal property and infrastructure caused from climate change-related increases in sea levels. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

The trial lawyers behind the climate litigation racket

John Burnett · February 13, 2018 5:14 am

Before leaving office earlier this month, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., signed into law a policy introduced by Democratic Assemblywoman Annette Quijano that has otherwise become known as the "Drunk Droning Law." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New Jersey outlaws drunken droning

Anna Giaritelli · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

The EPA, Justice Department and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality announced the settlement with Shell Chemical for emissions violations stemming from the company's chemical plant in Norco, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Energy and Environment

EPA reaches $10 million settlement with Shell

John Siciliano · February 12, 2018 10:55 pm

"What the Trump administration is requesting is not just alarming, it is illegal," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Census citizenship question gets pushback from 19 state attorneys general

Melissa Quinn · February 12, 2018 8:49 pm

In a friend of the court brief for the case Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the White House argued that the practice violated individual union members' First Amendment rights and should be abolished. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Beltway Confidential

Gamblers betting on a Supreme Court term friendly to sports gambling, civil liberties

David Freddoso · February 12, 2018 7:39 pm

Nassar — enabled by the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, and Michigan State University — abused his position of power to molest hundreds of girls. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)

Beltway Confidential

How to make sure systemic abuse like Larry Nassar’s never happens again

Charles Sauer · February 12, 2018 5:00 pm

Since 2002, the ICC has convicted a grand total of four individuals and its budget is around $150 million a year. (AP Photo/Mike Corder, File)

Beltway Confidential

It would be a terrible mistake to try the ISIS ‘Beatles’ at the Hague

Tom Rogan · February 12, 2018 1:11 pm

Conservative states have long since begun helping ex-offenders land on their feet upon release. (iStock photo)

Yes, Trump is embracing criminal justice reform

Ken Cuccinelli, Ken Blackwell · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

Larry Nassar is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. (Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Larry Nassar sent to maximum security prison

Kimberly Leonard · February 10, 2018 8:22 pm