Tag: Law

"I think, for the most part, we are within those poles but much closer to the Scalia pole: That we are a generally, fairly textualist court, which will generally think when the statute is clear you go with the statute," Kagan said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Elena Kagan: The Supreme Court is a ‘textualist court’ that reasons more like Scalia than Breyer

Ryan Lovelace · October 16, 2017 11:04 pm

President Trump during his Cabinet meeting thanked Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his actions on immigration. He said the Justice Department is doing a great job on border security and immigration, "Thank you very much, Jeff." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump warms to Attorney General Sessions: ‘Thank you very much, Jeff’

Kelly Cohen · October 16, 2017 7:33 pm

Groups like the Chamber of Commerce have lobbied consistently against the practice of sue and settle, and Republicans on Capitol Hill have introduced legislation to confront the issue in recent years without much success. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais,file)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s EPA sets precedent by becoming first agency to end ‘sue and settle’ practice

John Siciliano · October 16, 2017 6:00 pm

The Democratic senator is facing 18 criminal counts. The case is now in the hands of the jury. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Federal judge in Bob Menendez bribery case strikes down request for acquittal

Katie Leach · October 16, 2017 5:24 pm

The New Yorker reported Monday that President Trump joked about Vice President Mike Pence's views on gay rights. "Don't ask this guy -- he wants to hang them all!" Trump joked during a conversation on gay rights. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Trump joked Mike Pence wants to ‘hang’ all gay people: Report

Caitlin Yilek · October 16, 2017 4:52 pm

A pregnant 17-year-old was caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and was transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Beltway Confidential

Undocumented pregnant teen seeking an abortion in Texas could set new legal precedents

Penny Nance · October 16, 2017 4:41 pm

The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee have spent more than $2.4 million on legal bills since January amid investigations from special counsel Robert Mueller and numerous congressional committees. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump campaign racks up $1.1 million in third quarter legal fees

Melissa Quinn · October 16, 2017 3:23 pm

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he endangered comrades by walking away from a remote post in Afghanistan in 2009. (Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP, File)

Bowe Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion, misbehavior

Associated Press · October 16, 2017 2:34 pm

Supreme Court to hear case on whether feds can seize information stored overseas

Ryan Lovelace · October 16, 2017 2:23 pm

The Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump thinks he’ll appoint 4 Supreme Court justices in his first term

Kyle Feldscher · October 15, 2017 11:50 pm

A few weeks before the 2016 election, former "The Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos alleged that Trump had tried to kiss and touch her inappropriately without her consent at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

Trump served a subpoena by ‘The Apprentice’ contestant who alleged sexual assault

Josh Siegel · October 15, 2017 8:45 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been criticized by civil rights advocates for rolling back protections for transgender people. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Jeff Sessions sends Justice Department lawyer to Iowa to prosecute murder of transgender teen

Josh Siegel · October 15, 2017 8:23 pm