Tag: Law

Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Dick Durbin of Illinois forced a litmus test on When Amy Coney Barnett, a law professor from Notre Dame. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Have Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin made 2018 the year of the religious litmus test?

Philip Wegmann · September 12, 2017 2:09 pm

Messer said Monday if Donnelly does not condemn Feinstein and Durbin, "it will serve as more evidence he is out of step with Hoosiers and wedded to the liberal special interests that fund his campaigns. Amy Coney Barrett is highly qualified and she shouldn't be ridiculed for her Catholic beliefs." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP Senate candidate: Joe Donnelly must return Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin donations after ‘anti Catholic’ remarks

Ryan Lovelace · September 12, 2017 1:59 am

Kennedy's administrative stay temporarily halts the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision last week that ruled against the Trump administration's interpretation of the controversial travel ban. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Anthony Kennedy keeps Trump’s travel ban in place with temporary Supreme Court order

Ryan Lovelace · September 12, 2017 1:40 am

The hearing has not been rescheduled yet, but will be determined by the "call of the chair." (Christopher Millette)/Erie Times-News via AP)

Judiciary Committee delays DACA hearing

Diana Stancy Correll · September 11, 2017 10:54 pm

"If I had won, she might have enjoyed a nice retirement. Now I hoped she'd stay on the bench for as long as humanly possible," Clinton writes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

In new book, Hillary Clinton says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might have retired if she had won the 2016 race

Ryan Lovelace · September 11, 2017 9:33 pm

Failed presidential candidate blames the Supreme Court's decision that the Voting Rights Act was no longer necessary for hurting voter turnout. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton blames Chief Justice John Roberts for contributing to her election loss in new book

Ryan Lovelace · September 11, 2017 9:10 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the lawsuit. He said Maine, Maryland and Minnesota will join the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Four more states sue over Trump’s DACA repeal

Kelly Cohen · September 11, 2017 8:43 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly rebuked Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., for saying he was a "disgrace to the uniform" for serving in an administration that will end the DACA program. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

John Kelly rebukes Luis Gutierrez, lawmakers who ‘have almost no responsibility’

Melissa Quinn · September 11, 2017 7:13 pm

"When you have a Supreme Court case or something similar, they're often extremely easy to get around," 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner said. (Wikipedia Commons)

Retired appeals court judge: ‘I pay very little attention to legal rules, statutes, constitutional provisions’

Ryan Lovelace · September 11, 2017 5:00 pm

The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to immediately intervene and block a federal appeals court ruling imposing an injunction against President Trump's modified travel ban. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump asks Supreme Court to strike down injunction against his travel ban

Anna Giaritelli, Ryan Lovelace · September 11, 2017 4:57 pm

Sixteen years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, five of the accused terrorists are still awaiting trial and are still being held in detention at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

Five 9/11 terrorist suspects still awaiting trial 16 years later

Todd Shepherd · September 11, 2017 4:05 pm

Purdue argues that any statements that the painkillers shouldn't be used for noncancer pain would go against FDA labeling and conflict with its obligations under federal law. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)

Opioid maker cites FDA decisions in defense against Ohio lawsuit

Robert King · September 11, 2017 3:36 pm