Tag: Law

Track Palin, son of Sarah Palin, was arraigned on charges of felony burglary, assault in the fourth degree, and criminal mischief for an incident that took place in Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Sarah Palin’s son arraigned after second domestic violence incident: Report

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2017 1:56 pm

Some of President Trump's allies are worried he is not taking the special counsel Robert Meuller's Russia investigation seriously and should brace himself for a bad ending, according to sources. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump confident Russia probe will ‘wrap up soon’: Report

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2017 12:49 pm

"We'll supplement the pleadings. We hope to light a fire under Judge [Richard] Leon," said conservative legal activist Larry Klayman (pictured above), referring to the U.S. district judge assigned two lawsuits in which Klayman challenges Section 702 programs. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik,File)

Surveillance law lapse would trigger legal fireworks in 2018

Steven Nelson · December 17, 2017 5:01 am

A man, identified by police as 32-year-old Jose Gonzalez Flores, was caught on video in Fairfax County, Va., on Tuesday jumping onto a moving truck and stabbing the truck with a knife. (Screen shot)

Ben Sasse jokes that a member of the House was caught naked on top of moving truck

Katie Leach · December 16, 2017 10:42 pm

In this 2014 photo, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski listens as part of an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A report from Friday states that several women have come forward to say that Kozinski kissed them on the lips uninvited, touched their breasts, and made inappropriate comments to them. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, Pool)

More women accuse federal judge of sexual misconduct

Eddie Scarry · December 16, 2017 4:24 pm

The Natural Resources Defense Council is looking at options to sue EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt (pictured above) over his enforcement policy after last week's reporting by the New York Times that showed the Trump administration is penalizing polluters at a much lower level than previous Republican and Democratic administrations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Energy and Environment

Green groups threaten lawsuits to fight EPA reorganization

John Siciliano · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone believes special counsel Robert Mueller is working to indict President Trump with a process crime regarding his dismissal of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn or former FBI Director James Comey. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

Roger Stone wins lawsuit and is cleared of defamation charges

Diana Stancy Correll · December 16, 2017 3:02 am

The GOP-controlled House filed the lawsuit in 2014 against the Obama administration over the constitutionality of cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers. The Trump administration then made a settlement with House and Democratic attorneys general, according to a report. (iStock)

Trump administration settles lawsuit over Obamacare payments

Robert King · December 15, 2017 11:56 pm

The son of Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has alleged former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio brought a case against him and his ex-wife in an attempt to generate publicity and damage his father's career. (AP Images)

Jury dismisses civil lawsuit between Joe Arpaio and Jeff Flake’s son over animal cruelty case

Naomi Lim · December 15, 2017 11:17 pm

John Kennedy, the Louisiana senator who put the president's nominee through the ringer, is a Republican, longtime practicing attorney, and a Trump supporter. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

White House doesn’t seem to realize it was Republican Sen. John Kennedy who torpedoed that amazingly inept judicial nominee

Philip Wegmann · December 15, 2017 8:51 pm

The Trump administration said in October that it will exempt employers from providing insurance coverage for contraception if it conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Federal court blocks Trump’s rollback of birth control mandate

Robert King · December 15, 2017 8:04 pm

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the FBI failed to demonstrate that it did a thorough search for the records requested by the two organizations. (AgnosticPreachersKid via Wikimedia Commons)

Appeals Court sides with Associated Press in lawsuit against FBI

Kelly Cohen · December 15, 2017 7:48 pm