Tag: Law

A bud tender prepares marijuana for a customer at Med Men a dispensary in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: 21st Amendment shows the way to pot federalism

Michael Barone · January 14, 2018 5:50 pm

South Dakota v. Wayfair is a challenge to a 1992 Supreme Court decision that a state cannot tax a business unless it has a substantial physical presence in the state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court agrees to take up case on online sales taxes

Joseph Lawler · January 12, 2018 8:43 pm

The White House and Trump's lawyer have denied the report. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

Trump lawyer arranged $130,000 payment for porn star’s silence about alleged sexual encounter with president: Report

Caitlin Yilek · January 12, 2018 8:39 pm

The ACLU on Thursday added a fourth plaintiff to the Garza v. Hargan lawsuit, which challenges the constitutionality of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's refusal to facilitate abortions for the girls in their care. Here is what is going on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

ACLU’s legal fight to make Uncle Sam help with abortions

Margot Cleveland · January 12, 2018 8:22 pm

A Wisconsin school district originally told a transgender student he couldn't use the bathroom because it would violate the privacy rights of all the other males using the restroom. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Beltway Confidential

How a court decided bathroom rights outrank privacy rights

Nicole Russell · January 12, 2018 6:27 pm

The federal government paid more than $375,0000 over 10 years to settle complaints filed against House lawmakers. The settlements are categorized more broadly to include discrimination based on race, sex, age, disability and other factors. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Feds paid more than $375,000 over 10 years settling complaints for House lawmakers

Susan Ferrechio · January 12, 2018 6:18 pm

Paul Manafort has sued special counsel Robert Mueller saying he exceeded authority in the Russia probe. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Paul Manafort has a point

Byron York · January 12, 2018 11:40 am

A three-judge panel voided the congressional map of North Carolina drawn by the GOP-controlled state legislature in 2016 and said it constitutes a "partisan" gerrymander. (Corey Lowenstein/The News & Observer, File via AP)

North Carolina Republicans appeal ruling striking down congressional map to Supreme Court

Melissa Quinn · January 11, 2018 9:46 pm

Activists demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ACLU trying to stop Trump administration from preventing fourth illegal immigrant teen from getting an abortion

Kimberly Leonard · January 11, 2018 4:36 pm

The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court by two customers alleges that they and others got skimpier coverage than what they signed up for, according to a report in Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Lawsuit charges Obamacare insurer misled customers

Robert King · January 11, 2018 4:10 pm

Twenty-seven-year-old Bangladeshi man Akayed Ullah was indicted Wednesday in the failed pipe bombing of the New York subway system in December. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

National Security

NYC subway terminal bomber indicted on terrorism charges

Melissa Quinn · January 11, 2018 3:12 pm

Lebanese Shiite supporters of Hezbollah shouts slogans against the U.S. The Department of Justice has formed a new team to investigate supporters of Hezbollah terror. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

National Security

Justice Department launches new team targeting supporters of Hezbollah terror

Melissa Quinn · January 11, 2018 3:09 pm