Tag: Law

President Trump wants the Supreme Court to review the petition immediately. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump roasted at Federalist Society’s annual Supreme Court review

Ryan Lovelace · July 13, 2017 8:56 pm

The Susan B. Anthony List is encouraging its anti-abortion activists through social media to write Stabenow and Peters and urge them to confirm Larsen. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Susan B. Anthony List mobilizing anti-abortionists for Trump nominee to 6th Circuit Court of Appeals

Ryan Lovelace · July 13, 2017 7:07 pm

Tucson Border Patrol agents rescued 80 people in the west desert who had attempted to illegally enter the country in June alone.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Tucson Border Sector prosecuted 565 first-time illegal trespassers in June

Anna Giaritelli · July 13, 2017 6:50 pm

Two of President Trump's nominees to the federal courts of appeals survived Senate Judiciary Committee votes. John K. Bush's nomination to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals narrowly passed with an 11-9 vote, while 11th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Kevin Newsom sailed through the committee by an 18-2 vote.

Two Trump federal appeals court nominees survive judiciary committee votes

Ryan Lovelace · July 13, 2017 2:49 pm

Justice Department announces ‘largest heathcare fraud takedown in American history’

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2017 10:23 am

"As Americans we should be ashamed of ourselves that we have done almost nothing to get our arms around drug demand." (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

John Kelly tells Democrats that DACA program to protect ‘Dreamers’ is in jeopardy

Josh Siegel · July 12, 2017 9:54 pm

When a clearly aggravated Ayala ask the officers to explain why she was pulled over, they offer good reason. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

Beltway Confidential

The police officers who stopped Aramis Ayala are not racists

Tom Rogan · July 12, 2017 9:07 pm

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to answer questions about his "abrupt" 2017 settlement of a fraud case involving Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Democrats demand answers from Jeff Sessions on settlement with Russian lawyer

Kelly Cohen · July 12, 2017 8:20 pm

Critics of the rules say they forced school cafeterias to serve unpalatable meals that children have refused to eat. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

House panel bucks Obama, approves bill allowing higher-fat flavored milk in schools

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2017 7:00 pm

Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday that he doesn't see how Donald Trump Jr. committed any crime, after revealing he met in 2016 with a Russian lawyer who said she had incriminating information about Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Alan Dershowitz: ‘I don’t see any crime’ that Donald Trump Jr. committed

Pete Kasperowicz · July 12, 2017 6:34 pm

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the travel ban litigation at the end of the most recent term and allowed a limited version of President Trump's travel ban to begin. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Right-leaning legal experts predict Trump Supreme Court win on travel ban, if it doesn’t become moot

Ryan Lovelace · July 12, 2017 6:18 pm

National Security

Trump’s lawyer: Donald Jr. meeting with Russian attorney was ‘not illegal’

Anna Giaritelli · July 12, 2017 9:04 am