Tag: Law

If you're a conservative and you believe in personal property rights and the virtue of limited government, there's no defending a policy wherein law enforcement officials can work around local and state ordinances to seize an individual's property based entirely on suspicion. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Judge throws out conviction for Code Pink activist arrested after laughing during Jeff Sessions’ confirmation

Josh Siegel · July 15, 2017 12:22 am

Lawyers for Montes said he was the first recipient of former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program to be removed from the country. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Witnesses dispute government’s account of first ‘Dreamer’ deported by Trump

Josh Siegel · July 14, 2017 11:47 pm

By filing a motion with the Supreme Court, the Justice Department is asking the court to clarify its June 26 motion allowing the executive order to go into effect. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Justice Department ready to defend travel ban after Hawaii judge ruled against it

Kelly Cohen · July 14, 2017 9:37 pm

Authorities are hoping to form a Washington Metrorail Safety Commission to act as an oversight authority for the train service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House set to vote on authorization for Metro safety commission

Pete Kasperowicz · July 14, 2017 9:17 pm

After Donald Trump Jr. turned over the entire email chain he had on the affair, the press has had a field day finding people to make ever-more ludicrous claims about his possible legal exposure. (Twitter via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Donald Trump Jr.’s emails are not treason

Ford O'Connell · July 14, 2017 8:14 pm

Attorney General Jeff Session, center, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, speaks during a news conference about opioid addiction, Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jeff Sessions to appeal latest Hawaii travel ban decision to Supreme Court

Kelly Cohen · July 14, 2017 6:29 pm

The Ferguson Effect continues to result in more homicides. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

538: ‘Ferguson Effect’ still operative

Michael Barone · July 14, 2017 5:47 pm

Hawaii had argued the Trump administration's interpretation of "bona fide relationship" was too narrow. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Hawaii judge rules Trump’s travel ban too strict, cannot ban grandparents and other family members

Josh Siegel · July 14, 2017 4:31 am

The blue slip is riddled with ideological gamesmanship conducted in relative secrecy. (iStock by Getty Images)

What is the ‘blue slip,’ and should it be reformed?

Ryan Owens · July 14, 2017 4:01 am

Federal law enforcement officers began investigating the distribution and publication of the private content on July 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Two former congressional staffers indicted for distributing private nude images, videos of House member and spouse

Melissa Quinn · July 13, 2017 10:13 pm

The Trump administration has 14 days to decide if it wants to appeal a court decision approving Obama-era methane rules. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Energy and Environment

Court allows EPA to delay methane rules as it considers appeal

John Siciliano · July 13, 2017 9:43 pm

Without Trump's action, the Afghan girls' team might never have made it. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Beltway Confidential

Trump gives Afghan girls the chance of a lifetime

Tom Rogan · July 13, 2017 9:07 pm