Tag: Law

President Trump's team of lawyers is weighing how to navigate several ethical questions related to a legal fund for West Wing staffers, including the question of whether aides would be less forthright while testifying if Trump were to cover their legal expenses. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump offers to cover legal fees for staff questioned in Russia probe

Gabby Morrongiello · November 17, 2017 7:45 pm

In a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington Friday afternoon, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said guidance documents, which former President Barack Obama's Justice Department leaned on, should be a way to "explain existing law -- not to change it." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Jeff Sessions ends Obama-era practice of changing policy through ‘guidance memos’

Kelly Cohen · November 17, 2017 7:15 pm

In an order Wednesday, the court stayed part of a district court decision "with respect to refugees covered by a formal assurance." (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Supreme Court schedules January oral arguments for Ohio voter registration case

Ryan Lovelace · November 17, 2017 5:55 pm

The latest slate of nominations comes weeks after Trump faced criticism for nominating a disproportionate number of male U.S. Attorneys (41) versus women (one). (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump nominates four new US attorneys

Gabby Morrongiello · November 17, 2017 4:07 pm

Predicting the Failure of ISIS

Thomas Joscelyn · November 17, 2017 8:00 am

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington Thursday night. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Neil Gorsuch: Scalia’s views on the Constitution aren’t ‘going anywhere on my watch’

Ryan Lovelace · November 17, 2017 4:53 am

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has scheduled hearings on 8th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee David Stras and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Kyle Duncan, despite the lack of senators returning positive blue slips on their nominations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Grassley schedules hearings for appeals court nominees slowed by ‘blue slip’ tradition

Ryan Lovelace · November 16, 2017 11:29 pm

Last year in 2016, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C. This year, the Society is holding another convention, with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., welcoming the group of attorneys, press, judges, and other attendees, kicking off a three-day conference that will include debate panels, book signings, and multiple receptions. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

You’re about to hear a lot about “FedSoc” — here’s what it is

Nicole Russell · November 16, 2017 10:41 pm

During his remarks to reporters, Menendez thanked supporters and appeared to suggest the trial was motivated by his ethnicity. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sen. Bob Menendez warns opponents after mistrial: ‘I won’t forget’

Steven Nelson · November 16, 2017 8:40 pm

"I expect to cut back on the number of long-term consent decrees we have in place and to return to the preferred focus on structural relief to remedy mergers that violate the law and harm consumers," Makan Delrahim, the head of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, said Thursday to the American Bar Association's fall conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Antitrust chief signals more ‘structural remedies’ in merger deals

Kelly Cohen · November 16, 2017 7:36 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez shrugs as reporters ask him questions while leaving Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Courthouse after stopping by for his federal corruption trial, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Judge declares mistrial in Sen. Bob Menendez corruption case

Steven Nelson · November 16, 2017 6:18 pm

The Federalist Society Convention: Inside Washington’s REAL Nerd Prom

Adam J. White · November 16, 2017 4:52 pm