Tag: Law

Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., (pictured left) and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., (pictured right) are now joining the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to statements made on Tuesday. Booker will be the first black male to sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Harris becomes the first black female to sit on the committee since the 1990s. (AP Photos)

Cory Booker, Kamala Harris join Senate Judiciary Committee

Kelly Cohen · January 9, 2018 8:38 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)

Supreme Court questions right of police to search rental car driven by unauthorized driver

Melissa Quinn · January 9, 2018 7:36 pm

The Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department revoked their first naturalized citizenship as part of a new collaborative initiative dubbed Operation Janus. The DOJ has identified approximately 315,000 cases where there were issues with fingerprint data at a central database. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Feds revoke first naturalized citizenship as part of immigration crackdown

Kelly Cohen · January 9, 2018 3:48 pm

Four companies have been selected to build prototypes for President Trump's border wall, and they have all been stuck in limbo on how the government plans to address the issue of eminent domain. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Border wall contractor: White House hasn’t issued guidance on eminent domain

Siraj Hashmi · January 9, 2018 1:00 pm

For about two years, Exxon has been fighting investigations spearheaded by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to demonstrate Exxon covered up its own scientists' research 40 years ago, which showed climate change would harm its business. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Exxon launches counterattack against California-based climate ‘conspiracy’ lawsuits

John Siciliano · January 9, 2018 5:01 am

For now, the ruling is a win for free speech and pro-life advocates in Maryland. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Finally, common sense: Court says a pro-life pregnancy center doesn’t have to promote abortion

Nicole Russell · January 9, 2018 12:00 am

A lawyer for publisher Henry Holt and Co. wrote in a letter to one of President Trump's lawyers that Trump's cease-and-desist demand "appears to be designed to silence legitimate criticism," and rejected that demand. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Lawyer for ‘Fire and Fury’ publisher says Trump threat is an attempt to ‘silence legitimate criticism’

Melissa Quinn · January 8, 2018 8:53 pm

According to the ACLU of New Jersey, at least two New Jersey facilities have banned Michelle Alexander's book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.

ACLU asks New Jersey prison chief to lift ban on book about mass incarceration

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2018 8:43 pm

The Mississippi law allows clerks, registers of deeds or their deputies to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples if it violates their religious beliefs or moral convictions. It also protects private businesses and people from being sued if they deny services to LGBT people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court won’t hear case over Mississippi LGBT law

Melissa Quinn · January 8, 2018 6:09 pm

This undated photo provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Keith Tharpe. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to send Tharpe's case back to the federal appeals court in Atlanta. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Supreme Court sends capital case involving juror’s racial slurs back to lower court

Melissa Quinn · January 8, 2018 3:57 pm

Trump's attorneys are also considering having him submit written responses to questions from Robert Mueller's team instead of having Trump sit down with the group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Lawyers mull Trump interview with Robert Mueller’s team: Report

Anna Giaritelli · January 8, 2018 12:37 pm

Yvette Felarca, a national leader of By Any Means Necessary, filed a temporary restraining order against former Berkeley College Republicans President Troy Worden, but dropped the request for a permanent order in October. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Berkeley antifa activist forced to pay legal fees for ‘frivolous’ restraining order

Brendan Pringle · January 7, 2018 8:30 pm