Tag: Law

The Supreme Court will decide on Friday whether to hear Weyerhaeuser v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. In this case, the government is trying to seize control of land it does not own in order to protect an endangered species of frog (namely, the dusky gopher frog pictured above) that does not live there. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court will decide the fate of an endangered frog in a regulatory swamp

Henry Miller · January 11, 2018 5:01 am

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had been squirreled away inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to avoid questioning by Swedish authorities about sexual misconduct allegations, but the charges were dropped last year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Julian Assange denied diplomatic status by the United Kingdom

Diana Stancy Correll · January 11, 2018 4:35 am

In this Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, image made from a video provided by KATC-TV middle-school English teacher Deyshia Hargrave speaks during a Vermilion Parish School Board meeting in Abbeville, La., west of New Orleans. Hargrave was removed from the school board meeting, forcibly handcuffed, and jailed after questioning pay policies during a public comment period. (KATC-TV via AP)

Louisiana teacher involved in viral arrest won’t be prosecuted, school superintendent gets death threats

Victor I. Nava · January 11, 2018 12:47 am

Drivers have accused Ford of "knowingly installing emissions-cheating software devices" in F-250 and F-350 Super Duty truck models, although the company marketed the trucks as "the cleanest super diesel ever." (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Energy and Environment

Truck owners sue Ford, saying trucks cheated emissions tests

Josh Siegel · January 10, 2018 10:34 pm

On Tuesday, San Francisco-based U.S. District Court judge William Alsup moved Tuesday to block the White House's plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But Alsup's ruling also demonstrates that New York Times David Brooks had a point about how President Trump's opposition is relying on foolish long-shot strategies. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Beltway Confidential

Maybe they’re right that Trump’s opposition is getting dumber

Becket Adams · January 10, 2018 7:58 pm

Students who violate speech policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst may face sanctions and even expulsion from the university, according to their Speech Zone Policy.

Red Alert Politics

UMass Amherst sued for restricting campus speech to 1 hour lunch break

Lauren Cooley · January 10, 2018 7:50 pm

"Our current libel laws are a sham and a disgrace," Trump said before a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday. "We're going to take a strong look at our country's libel laws." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘We’re going to take a strong look at our country’s libel laws’

Sarah Bedford · January 10, 2018 5:44 pm

White House spokeswoman said Wednesday that a federal judge in California was wrong to decide that President Trump can't start phasing out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: Judge’s move to protect DACA shows court system is ‘broken and unfair’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 10, 2018 2:06 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in September the Trump administration was rescinding the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected illegal immigrants from deportation so long as they came to the U.S. as children. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA

Diana Stancy Correll · January 10, 2018 4:56 am

The US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina's congressional districts constituted an unconstitutional gerrymandering situation, meaning that politicians must redraw the map by the end of the month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Federal judges rule North Carolina congressional map unconstitutional

Mandy Mayfield · January 10, 2018 12:15 am

Rick Gates' expected move comes as Robert Mueller's team upped the pressure on Gates and his longtime associate Paul Manafort, who were hit with more charges in a separate case late Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Here are the conditions Rick Gates must follow to be released from house arrest

Diana Stancy Correll · January 9, 2018 10:56 pm

The Supreme Court took up a case on Tuesday involving the search of a rental car that lawyers say has the potential to affect privacy law, as well as the 115 million car rentals that occur annually in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justices consider case on police right to search vehicle parked close to home

Melissa Quinn · January 9, 2018 9:08 pm