Tag: Law

A Greek court decided Wednesday to allow a Russian man accused of masterminding a multi-billion fraud involving bitcoin to be extradited to the U.S. Alexander Vinnik, the suspected money launderer, is wanted by the U.S. and Russia for various cyber crimes involving BTC-e, a digital currency exchange that used bitcoin. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greek court allows Russian suspected of masterminding $4 billion bitcoin fraud to be extradited to US

Ryan Lovelace · October 4, 2017 7:23 pm

President Trump nominated Justice Neil Gorsuch to the bench earlier this year. Now, as the court convenes to hear several blockbuster cases, Gorsuch will be thoroughly tested for the first time -- and along with him, many conservatives' case for Trump. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Was Trump worth it for the judges? We’re about to find out

Nicole Russell · October 4, 2017 5:27 pm

A salesperson checks rifles in a display in a gun shop in Sydney. Former Australian foreign minister said, "We can share our experience but at the end of the day it is going to be up to United States legislators and lawmakers, the United States public, to change the laws to ensure that this type of incident does not happen again." (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia offers gun control advice to US

Kara Zupkus · October 4, 2017 3:41 pm

For 75 years, the Bayview cross has stood silently in a quiet corner of the park. (Photo used for representation purposes only)

In Pensacola, we’re fighting to keep our memorial cross

Ashton Hayward · October 4, 2017 4:01 am

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein met with representatives from top news organizations on Monday at the Department of Justice to discuss the agency's review of its internal guidelines for issuing subpoenas and search warrants to journalists. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Justice Department, members of the media meet over subpoena policy

Kelly Cohen · October 3, 2017 9:59 pm

The Office of Special Counsel said U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley violated the Hatch Act when she shared a tweet from President Trump endorsing a South Carolina congressional candidate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Office of Special Counsel: Nikki Haley violated Hatch Act by retweeting Trump endorsement

Melissa Quinn · October 3, 2017 7:25 pm

The court has never thrown out a politically gerrymandered district, as the Constitution does not explicitly say how districts should be drawn. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy cast doubt on Supreme Court’s ability to resolve gerrymandering dispute

Ryan Lovelace · October 3, 2017 5:14 pm

The court has never thrown out a gerrymandered district, as the Constitution does not explicitly say how districts should be drawn. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Arnold Schwarzenegger calls on Supreme Court to ‘terminate’ gerrymandering

Sean Higgins · October 3, 2017 4:01 pm

More than a dozen current and former administration officials have lawyered up to protect themselves while the Russia investigation remains underway, including but not limited to White House senior advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and chief of staff Reince Priebus. Others, like former national security adviser Mike Flynn, have struggled to pay for the mounting legal fees they are facing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House expected to launch legal defense fund this week: Report

Gabby Morrongiello · October 3, 2017 2:53 pm

President Trump said he could be open to talking about federal gun policy in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas at a later date. "The police department has done such an incredible job and we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by," Trump said as he departed for Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘We’ll talk’ about gun laws ‘as time goes by’

Anna Giaritelli · October 3, 2017 12:47 pm

I don't have a law degree, and I make a living doing consulting -- some of it political. These are among the many objections senators and critics would rightly raise were I to be nominated to the Supreme Court. And now, courtesy of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the New York Times, we have yet another objection that would be raised: I'm a practicing Catholic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The New York Times takes up Dianne Feinstein’s ill-considered crusade on Catholics

Patrick Hynes · October 3, 2017 4:01 am

The closely watched employment case involves whether workers can be required as a condition of employment to waive their rights to engage in class-action lawsuits in favor of arbitration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court questions use of arbitration in employment contracts

Sean Higgins · October 2, 2017 10:46 pm