Tag: Law

"We can't stand by and watch one of the greatest tools for democracy ever created be turned into a private playground for the rich and powerful," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

22 attorneys general file legal challenge against net neutrality rollback

Mandy Mayfield · January 16, 2018 11:27 pm

The archdiocese sued the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority in November after it said it would not allow the Christmas-themed ads on the side of Metro buses. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Justice Department supports Archdiocese of Washington lawsuit against Metro

Kelly Cohen · January 16, 2018 9:35 pm

Former President Barack Obama dubbed Jan. 17 as "Religious Freedom Day" before he left office. But both the Obama and Trump administrations have demonstrated how 2017 was chock-full of wins, losses, and ongoing battles over this founding principle, such as what happened to the Little Sisters of the Poor over the Department of Health and Human Services' contraception mandate. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

It’s Religious Freedom Day, so what?

Nicole Russell · January 16, 2018 8:51 pm

Demonstrators hold up balloons during an immigration rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and Temporary Protected Status programs. President Trump said Sunday that DACA is "probably dead" and blamed Democrats, days before some government functions would start shutting down unless a deal is reached. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Justice Department to appeal California judge’s push to preserve DACA

Kelly Cohen · January 16, 2018 7:34 pm

North Carolina GOP officials asked the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina last week to stay its Jan. 9 ruling while they appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but their request was denied on Tuesday. (Corey Lowenstein/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Court denies request to delay order striking down North Carolina district map

Melissa Quinn · January 16, 2018 7:04 pm

The special counsel and his team of prosecutors said they plan to ask the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to set a May 14 trial date for Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Trial for Paul Manafort and Rick Gates not expected until fall

Kelly Cohen · January 16, 2018 6:47 pm

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was subpoenaed last week to testify before a grand jury as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's broad probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a report. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

National Security

Steve Bannon subpoenaed by special counsel Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · January 16, 2018 4:54 pm

According to reports, President Trump's lawyer "paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130000 to hide affair." On Tuesday, Stormy Daniels' friend detailed a night in Lake Tahoe in 2006 in which Clifford and Trump repeatedly called her to party with them. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Friend: Pornstar allegedly paid by Trump to stay silent about affair said Trump chased her ‘around the bedroom in his tighty-whities’

Caitlin Yilek · January 16, 2018 3:06 pm

When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in McCoy v. Louisiana on Wednesday, it will have a chance to vindicate the sanctity of the criminal jury trial itself. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The demise of the jury trial

Jay Schweikert · January 16, 2018 5:01 am

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, running for Senate in Arizona, was speaking with MSNBC host Ari Melber Friday when it appeared he learned live on air that his presidential pardon was an acceptance of guilt. (screenshot)

Joe Arpaio learns that accepting Trump’s pardon means admitting guilt on live TV

Naomi Lim · January 16, 2018 3:08 am

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia "thought it was most refreshing to have a candidate who was pretty much unfiltered and utterly frank," a lexicographer who wrote two books with Scalia said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Justice Antonin Scalia was ‘fascinated’ by Trump’s outspokenness during 2016 campaign

Melissa Quinn · January 15, 2018 6:54 pm

In an order Wednesday, the court stayed part of a district court decision "with respect to refugees covered by a formal assurance." (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Supreme Court should reverse the 9th Circuit’s flawed deference to administrative state

John Eastman · January 15, 2018 5:01 am