Tag: Law

Don Willett and Jim Ho are tremendously experienced and qualified lawyers and public servants whose intellect and legal skills are matched only by their integrity and commitment to the rule of law. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

On judicial nominees, Trump just keeps on #winning

Ilya Shapiro · September 28, 2017 7:32 pm

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deals with cases from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Most of the judges currently serving on the appeals court were nominated by Republican presidents. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to nominate four to 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals

Melissa Quinn · September 28, 2017 7:11 pm

"It's no exaggeration to say, I think, that to preserve our civil liberties, we have to constantly work on being civil with one another." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Neil Gorsuch preaches civility in speech at Trump Hotel

Ryan Lovelace · September 28, 2017 6:27 pm

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over districts in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. (@UNDLawSchool/Twitter)

Senate confirms Trump’s 8th Circuit appeals court nominee

Kelly Cohen · September 28, 2017 4:52 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)

Union leaders criticize Supreme Court for taking dues case

Sean Higgins · September 28, 2017 4:23 pm

More than a dozen activists from NARAL Pro-Choice America protested Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's planned Thursday speech at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Pro-abortion activists protest Neil Gorsuch speech at Trump Hotel

Ryan Lovelace · September 28, 2017 4:17 pm

President Trump's Justice Department nominee Brian Benczkowski, a Republican lawyer who once served as a staff director of the judicial committee for former Sen. Jeff Sessions, was advanced in an 11-9 party-line vote and will soon head to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

National Security

Justice Department nominee with ties to Russian bank voted out of committee

Kelly Cohen · September 28, 2017 3:05 pm

The Supreme Court will look to determine the constitutionality of a 1977 high court ruling--Abood v. Detroit Board of Education--that said public-sector employees who do not belong to a union can still be forced to pay a fee that covers the union's costs in negotiating the contract that applies to all employees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court will hear challenge to public-sector union fees that could rewrite union law

Ryan Lovelace, Sean Higgins · September 28, 2017 2:43 pm

Fans cheer in U.S. Bank Stadium during the second half of an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Sports betting laws represent the worst of the nanny state

Gerard Scimeca · September 28, 2017 4:01 am

BuzzFeed originally requested information about the dossier in June but did not seek court intervention. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Buzzfeed presses FBI, DOJ, Comey, and Clapper for answers about Trump dossier

Diana Stancy Correll · September 28, 2017 12:58 am

CNN ran 36 stories during the first three weeks of Stevens' trial in 2008 former Republican Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial in 2008, according to a study. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

CNN covered Republican Ted Stevens’ corruption trial 6 times more than Democrat Robert Menendez: Study

Eddie Scarry · September 27, 2017 3:06 pm

Anti-abortion demonstrators gather at San Francisco City Hall for the 13th annual Walk for Life West Coast march, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker)

Beltway Confidential

The abortion lobby’s indefensible opposition to the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Frank Pavone · September 27, 2017 2:44 pm