Tag: Law

In this courtroom drawing, Ross Ulbricht, right, appears in federal court in New York for sentencing, Friday, May 29, 2015. Ulbricht, 31, who created the underground drug-selling website Silk Road was sentenced Friday to life in prison by a judge who cited six deaths from drugs bought on his site and five people he tried to have killed. Three rows behind Ulbricht, at left rear in the brown jacket is his father, Kirk Ulbricht, and next to him, mother, Lyn Ulbricht. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Court rejects Silk Road founder’s appeal for full rehearing of conviction and life sentence

Ryan Lovelace · August 31, 2017 3:18 pm

Wells Fargo reveals fake accounts scandal was two-thirds bigger than thought: 3.5 million accounts

Joseph Lawler · August 31, 2017 1:47 pm

President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday. Trump said that he specifically timed his controversial pardon of the former Arizona sheriff to capitalize on all the viewers tuned into storm coverage. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Most oppose Trump’s decision to pardon Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Melissa Quinn · August 31, 2017 12:34 pm

The Left shares the determination of its revolutionary forefathers: purespeak and newspeak must be the only languages allowed in the republic. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Beltway Confidential

Free speech, social justice, and the leftist heirs to Pol Pot

Tom Rogan · August 30, 2017 7:51 pm

The letter said the pardon was a "gross injustice" because Arpaio ignored a court order to stop arresting people based on suspicion of their immigration status. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrats demand House Judiciary Committee investigate Joe Arpaio pardon

Kelly Cohen · August 30, 2017 5:57 pm

Lower courts have thus far ruled against Carlos Moore, the Mississippi attorney who filed suit over the flag in 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Supreme Court asks Mississippi governor for defense of Confederate symbol on state flag

Ryan Lovelace · August 30, 2017 3:19 pm

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals handed former third-party presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein yet another loss this week. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Jill Stein, Gary Johnson lose in court challenge of exclusion from presidential debates

Ryan Lovelace · August 30, 2017 3:10 pm

Denver will also now ignore Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests, and prevent ICE agents from conducting interviews in jails without a warrant. (Bryan Cox/ICE via AP)

Denver restricts police cooperation with ICE agents

Kelly Cohen · August 30, 2017 1:03 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)

Supreme Court asked to take up fight over mandatory union fees

Sean Higgins · August 29, 2017 10:37 pm

Palin, Judge Jed Rakoff said, failed to show the New York Times' editorial board intentionally acted maliciously. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Federal judge dismisses Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times

Melissa Quinn · August 29, 2017 7:46 pm

Last month, President Trump tweeted that he did not think transgenders should be allowed in the military. A month later, he formalized that idea and in response, the ACLU has sued Trump on behalf of several transgender military people, saying his ban violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitution. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Legally, the ACLU might be right about Trump’s transgender ban — practically, they’re still wrong

Nicole Russell · August 29, 2017 7:14 pm

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals' judgment also prevented Minnesota police officers from shielding themselves from lawsuits charging violations of constitutional rights.

Appeals court backs First Amendment right to criticize police

Ryan Lovelace · August 29, 2017 5:08 pm