Tag: Law

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Trump has only ever cooperated with the Russia investigation and looks forward to its swift conclusion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sarah Sanders: White House reporters infected with ‘Russia fever’

Gabby Morrongiello · January 29, 2018 7:27 pm

Trump invites mother of MS-13 gang victim to State of the Union

Gabby Morrongiello · January 29, 2018 6:32 pm

Local governments in California recently sued 18 energy companies claiming the threat of rising sea levels in future years present a substantial risk to their communities. But the stark disparity between what these local governments alleged in their lawsuits and what they disclosed to their own bond investors hints that they, too, have systematically misled investors. And as a matter of principle, the proper place to settle political and policy disputes like this is in the electoral arena, not a court of law. (AP Photo/John Antczak)

Energy and Environment

Telling tales on climate change

Peter Roff · January 28, 2018 5:01 am

Leonard Leo, an executive vice president of the Federalist Society, has become a staple of Washington with an expansive network in the legal world.

Inside the mind of Leonard Leo, Trump’s Supreme Court right-hand man

Melissa Quinn · January 28, 2018 5:01 am

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a standard response for interviewers who ask how long she intends to serve. She will stay as long as she can go "full steam," she says, and she sees as her model John Paul Stevens, who stepped down as a justice in 2010 at age 90. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more, miss Trump’s first State of the Union address

Associated Press · January 28, 2018 4:58 am

In a Saturday announcement, the Natural Resources Defense Council said it is preparing to file a number of lawsuits against Trump's EPA, and is asking supporters to increase their financial contributions to support the coming court effort. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Big green readies dozens of lawsuits as only ‘antidote’ for Trump EPA

John Siciliano · January 27, 2018 7:44 pm

You’ve Got Blackmail

Eric Felten · January 27, 2018 5:20 pm

A report on Thursday said that President Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller in June and White House general counsel objected because he "disagreed with the President's case and told senior White House officials that firing Mr. Mueller would have a catastrophic effect on Mr. Trump's presidency." (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Bloomberg)

National Security

Top Democrats blast Trump’s reported attempt to fire Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · January 26, 2018 8:33 pm

The Trump administration is throwing its support behind a lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley that accuses the school of a double standard for campus speakers that restricts conservative viewpoints. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing on Thursday, that the allegations by the Berkeley College Republicans and Young America's Foundation would violate the First Amendment if proven true. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Department of Justice files in support of Berkeley College Republicans in free speech case

Tristan Justice · January 26, 2018 7:45 pm

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut unite sue the federal government over the state and local tax deductions. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in announcing the coalition, said that "New Yorkers will not stand idly by as the federal government fires an economic missile at the fiscal health of our state." (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut unite to sue government over SALT deduction limit

Joseph Lawler · January 26, 2018 5:34 pm

Plaintiff Ssg Katie Schmid, center, speaks while a Lambda Legal senior attorney Peter Renn, Human Campaign communications director Chris Sgro, and Gender Justice League executive director Danni Askini listen following a hearing on a motion for preliminary injunction in the case of Karnoski v. Trump hearing. (Stephen Brashear/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign)

National Security

Troops suing Trump ask judge to abolish transgender ban

Travis J. Tritten · January 26, 2018 3:02 pm

The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the case of Vernon Madison, who was found guilty of killing Julius Schulte, a Mobile police officer, in 1985. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Supreme Court delays execution of Alabama man convicted of murdering police officer

Melissa Quinn · January 26, 2018 2:57 pm