Tag: Law

The justices in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission will look to decide the constitutionality of Colorado's public accommodations law forcing cake baker Jack Phillips to create speech that defies his religious beliefs by making a cake for a same-sex wedding. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Same-sex wedding cake battle hits the Supreme Court Tuesday

Ryan Lovelace · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

The Supreme Court said Monday both judges' blocks of the ban were lifted until the Supreme Court makes its decision on the case. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump campaign celebrates Supreme Court’s decision on travel ban

Diana Stancy Correll · December 5, 2017 1:21 am

"As we move forward, the agency will be able to prioritize, be more responsive to local needs, and move forward on a case-by-case basis." (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists sue EPA for failing to meet ozone rule deadline

John Siciliano · December 5, 2017 12:26 am

Protesters were stopped from marching up State Street in Salt Lake City on Monday during President Trump's announcement to eliminate vast portions of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

Energy and Environment

Tribes to sue Trump over shrinking of Bears Ears monument

Josh Siegel · December 4, 2017 11:22 pm

Some of the justices' remarks and questions appeared to show discomfort with allowing a federal law to tell states it cannot do something. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Sports gambling lobby feeling lucky after Supreme Courts arguments

Ryan Lovelace · December 4, 2017 8:11 pm

In a 2-1 decision a federal court ruled that the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial, built in memory of the 49 men of Prince George's County who died in World War I, was unconstitutional.

Beltway Confidential

Masterpiece Cakeshop is just the icing on the religious freedom legal cake

Nicole Russell · December 4, 2017 6:00 pm

Corrine Brown took hundreds of thousands of dollars from a sham charity, One Door for Education, and used the money for parties, trips, and shopping. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP, File)

Former Florida Rep. Corrine Brown sentenced to five years in federal prison

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2017 5:48 pm

A cottage industry of for-profit and taxpayer-funded lawyers aid in the circumvention of immigration laws and school others in it. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

In sham immigration marriages, the federal government is denying citizens due process

William Perry Pendley · December 4, 2017 5:23 pm

The two conversations that Michael Flynn falsely denied having were not criminal. He may have believed they were criminal but, if he did, he was wrong. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: Why did Michael Flynn lie, and why did Robert Mueller charge him with lying?

Alan Dershowitz · December 4, 2017 4:23 pm

"Just since his leadership in January, border crossings are at a 45-year low. Now that's not a coincidence," Thomas Homan said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Acting ICE chief: Trump ‘has done more for border security and public safety’ than past 6 presidents

Anna Giaritelli · December 4, 2017 2:15 pm

Blake Farenthold will repay Treasury for harassment claim

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2017 1:56 pm

Flynn admitted he lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials before President Trump was sworn into office. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Trump: ‘I feel badly for Gen. Flynn’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 4, 2017 1:54 pm