Tag: Law

Republican Gov. Scott Walker applauded the ruling and defended the purpose of the law. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Appeals court upholds Wisconsin right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · September 19, 2017 10:07 pm

Here are Attorney General Jeff Sessions full remarks announcing that the Trump administration is rescinding the Obama-era DACA program shielding illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jeff Sessions: Sanctuary policies ‘a trafficker, smuggler, or gang member’s best friend’

Kelly Cohen · September 19, 2017 9:49 pm

The Constitution's Framers gave redistricting authority to state legislatures, which are partisan, Paul Clement argued about the Wisconsin gerrymandering case coming to the Supreme Court next month. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Former solicitor general: We tolerate partisan lawmakers, so why not partisan gerrymandering?

Ryan Lovelace · September 19, 2017 9:17 pm

The legal documents respond to a suit brought by Fox News contributor and former Washington, D.C., homicide detective Rod Wheeler, whose freelance investigation into Rich's murder was crucial to the May 16 article. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Fox News seeks dismissal or arbitration for Seth Rich case brought by network contributor Rod Wheeler

Naomi Lim · September 19, 2017 7:01 pm

As solicitor general, Francisco would have the role of conducting and supervising the government's litigation at the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senate confirms Trump solicitor general nominee Noel Francisco

Ryan Lovelace · September 19, 2017 5:25 pm

Officials from previous Democratic and Republican administrations, including Madeleine Albright and Chuck Hagel, ask the Supreme Court to reject the ban. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former national security officials tell Supreme Court: Trump travel ban ‘does not appear to reflect sound national security judgment at all’

Ryan Lovelace · September 19, 2017 5:20 pm

In a friend of the court brief for the case Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the White House argued that the practice violated individual union members' First Amendment rights and should be abolished. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Google, Facebook, Amazon, other tech giants file Supreme Court brief against Trump travel ban

Ryan Lovelace · September 19, 2017 5:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Tom Cotton: DACA could lead to ‘largest amnesty in the history of the United States’

Emily Jashinsky · September 19, 2017 4:55 pm

Reports from the scene indicated Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Gutierrez, D-Ill., were among multiple lawmakers who joined a crowd sitting in the street outside the building. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic congressmen Raul Grijalva and Luis Gutierrez arrested at Trump Tower protest

Kyle Feldscher · September 19, 2017 4:53 pm

"Just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of English," the billboards read. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Melania Trump asks English-language school to take down billboards using photo of first lady

Caitlin Yilek · September 19, 2017 4:29 pm

The CFPB on Tuesday announced a final rule that would lower most credit card late fees to $8. (Flickr)

CFPB’s Richard Cordray wants to replace arbitration with a broken class-action system

Lisa Rickard · September 19, 2017 4:01 am

He continued, "President Trump honors that principle by nominating judges who 'administer justice without respect to persons,' and by appointing Department of Justice officials who support the rule of law." (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein: President Trump ‘honors’ the rule of law with Justice and judicial appointments

Ryan Lovelace · September 18, 2017 11:25 pm