Tag: Law

"The victims are the ones who do not want this exposed," Speier said, adding that she sees it as her role to protect the victims. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Judiciary Committee approves three of Trump’s federal appeals court nominees

Ryan Lovelace · December 7, 2017 4:39 pm

Patagonia had warned it would sue the Trump administration after the White House announced it would be downsizing the Bears Ears National Monument. The retailer earlier this week replaced its standard homepage with a black slate that read: "The President Stole Your Land." (George Frey/Bloomberg)

Patagonia sues to prevent Trump administration from shrinking Bears Ears monument

Diana Stancy Correll · December 7, 2017 3:15 am

Senior Circuit Judge Michael Daly Hawkins (pictured above) hears arguments during a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday, he questioned Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan about whether President Trump's travel ban could yield results similar to what happened to Tom Hanks' character in the film "The Terminal." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, Pool)

Appeals court judge questions Trump attorney about travel ban’s similarities to Tom Hanks’ ‘The Terminal’

Ryan Lovelace · December 6, 2017 11:37 pm

A federal court is preparing to hear arguments over President Trump's third iteration of a travel ban, which includes the original Muslim-majority nations, as well as Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Hawaii attorneys argue Trump’s new travel ban takes ‘wrecking ball’ to immigration law

Ryan Lovelace · December 6, 2017 9:45 pm

"When we conduct criminal investigations, just as was true in Maryland, we don't talk about the investigation while it's ongoing," Rosenstein, a former U.S. attorney for the district of Maryland, said. "So what the American people will see is only if and when a case is charged, and there are several cases that have been charged to date." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

National Security

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein satisfied with special counsel Robert Mueller’s work in Russia probe

Melissa Quinn · December 6, 2017 8:33 pm

Kennedy's comments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission appear to side somewhat with the baker's argument on free speech and free exercise. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Liberals are freaking out that Justice Anthony Kennedy might not be their Supreme Court savior after all

Nicole Russell · December 6, 2017 4:36 pm

After President Trump tweeted Saturday about why he fired former national security adviser Michael Flynn, the media began to speculate that perhaps the president wasn't guilty of direct collusion with Russia, but instead obstruction of justice. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Press backpedals on Trump collusion charge, focuses on obstruction

Eddie Scarry · December 6, 2017 5:01 am

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the case of a Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips, accused of engaging in sexual orientation discrimination under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act when he refused to designed a custom cake celebrating the same-sex marriage of Charlie Craig and David Mullins. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A piece of cake for the Supreme Court

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2017 5:01 am

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate's arrest for the murder of Kate Steinle set off a fierce national debate on immigration. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Illegal immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle murder trial faces new indictments

Diana Stancy Correll · December 6, 2017 4:23 am

Today at the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy did not seem to be satisfied with the arguments made by the state of Colorado in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Transcript: Supreme Court hears same-sex wedding cake case

Washington Examiner Staff · December 5, 2017 8:26 pm

The justices heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop's fight against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Cake maker blasts Colorado law at the Supreme Court: ‘That is not freedom. That is not tolerance.’

Melissa Quinn · December 5, 2017 6:35 pm

Justice Elena Kagan engaged the baker's attorney, Kristen Waggoner, in an extended discussion over which wedding services included protected speech under the First Amendment.

In Supreme Court gay wedding cake case, Kennedy says state has not been tolerant of baker’s religious views

Ryan Lovelace · December 5, 2017 5:22 pm