Tag: Law

An approved search warrant application dated Nov. 1 and filed in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania mentions Rep. Bob Brady as being suspected of criminal wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rep. Bob Brady suspected of wrongdoing in FBI campaign finance probe

Diana Stancy Correll · November 21, 2017 11:16 pm

In this photo, people protest outside the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., Monday, May 8, 2017. Once again, a version of President Trump's travel ban will be argued over in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals after a Maryland judge in October blocked the new guidance issued by the Trump administration in September. (AP Photo/Steve McMillan)

Travel ban arguments in appeals court will be broadcast live

Ryan Lovelace · November 21, 2017 11:07 pm

At issue in Masterpiece is 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 gay wedding. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Supreme Court grants Trump administration time for argument in Colorado cake baker case

Ryan Lovelace · November 21, 2017 10:51 pm

The proposed ban has triggered ongoing federal lawsuits in D.C., Maryland, California and Washington state. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Second federal judge blocks Trump’s transgender military ban

Travis J. Tritten · November 21, 2017 10:21 pm

Ultimately, when someone frees your flesh and blood, unconditional gratitude is owed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Beltway Confidential

LaVar Ball is free to be ungrateful to Trump this Thanksgiving — in China, he might not be

Sean Roman Strockyj · November 21, 2017 10:15 pm

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., "expressly and vehemently" denied the sexual harassment allegations against him, but acknowledged the settlement he made in one case. But he said that settlement does not mean he is guilty of sexual harassment. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

John Conyers ‘expressly and vehemently’ denies sexual misconduct allegations

Melissa Quinn · November 21, 2017 6:27 pm

The Trump campaign will create a legal defense fund in the coming weeks to help cover legal fees for Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign staffers who are part of the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Trump campaign no longer paying Donald Trump Jr.’s legal bills: Report

Melissa Quinn · November 21, 2017 6:24 pm

The pacifist and the bellicose should agree, if the state is going to kill someone, the government should have the decency to kill quickly. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Firing squad or lethal injection? Convicts and experts agree with Trump judicial nominee: ‘Just shoot them’

Philip Wegmann · November 21, 2017 6:16 pm

Justice Department lawyers said the agency would appeal to the nation's highest court last Friday, after a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court rejected the Trump administration's request to stop a federal judge from forcing the release of internal emails, memos, and other documents in which administration officials and White House aides weighed whether to terminate the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Justice Department weighing potential deal on DACA documents request

Gabby Morrongiello · November 21, 2017 6:12 pm

California and Pennsylvania are suing to preserve Obamacare's birth control mandate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Little Sisters of the Poor battles states in court over birth control mandate

Robert King · November 21, 2017 3:57 pm

Federal courts in Hawaii and Maryland in October halted implementation of Trump's newest guidance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department goes back to Supreme Court over Hawaii judge’s block of Trump’s travel ban

Ryan Lovelace · November 21, 2017 2:14 am

A wide range of interest groups appear intent on trying to sabotage the work of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

One Democrat on Trump’s electoral integrity commission is misleading the public with complaints about its work

J. Christian Adams, Hans von Spakovsky · November 20, 2017 10:00 pm