Tag: Law

During the Obama era, the NLRB morphed into a crusading mini-legislature seeking to slow the natural demise of labor unions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Make the NLRB less great again

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2017 4:01 am

Judge Merrick Garland, former President Barack Obama's choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, was denied hearings and a vote by Republicans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama staff thought Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination was political: Emails

Ryan Lovelace · July 3, 2017 4:01 am

Case in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals could end the ability of public-sector unions to force workers like her to support its political activities (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Teachers union dues case vies for Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2017 4:01 am

The pushback by Cook County comes as the Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday blasted sanctuary policies for endangering Chicago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Illinois’ Cook County tells Justice Department it’s not a ‘sanctuary’ jurisdiction

Kelly Cohen · July 1, 2017 4:01 am

Murray's lawyers claim to Judge Jeffrey Cramer that Oliver incited his audience to "vigilantism." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Energy and Environment

Murray Energy seeks gag order against John Oliver

Josh Siegel · June 30, 2017 11:26 pm

Vote is written on a row of voting machines with people casting votes on their ballots in the photo.

At least 27 states object to Trump voter fraud commission’s request for voter roll data

Melissa Quinn · June 30, 2017 7:30 pm

Kate's Law is named after 32-year-old woman Kate Steinle who murdered in San Francisco by an illegal immigrant with several previous deportations and felony convictions. (Facebook Photo)

Beltway Confidential

ABC and CBS evening news completely ignored vote on Kate’s Law

Emily Jashinsky · June 30, 2017 3:43 pm

A handful of House Democrats voted in support of Kate's Law, a bill that increases the penalties for deported felons who return to the United States illegally. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, right, a suspect at the center of a national immigration debate, accidentally fired the shot that killed Kate Steinle on San Francisco's Pier 14. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Beltway Confidential

24 House Democrats side with GOP, vote for Kate’s Law

Emily Jashinsky · June 30, 2017 2:15 pm

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that lawsuits cannot force the EPA to conduct such studies. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s EPA ignores court ruling on coal jobs

John Siciliano · June 30, 2017 2:05 pm

President Trump joked that it would be "fun" to sue CNN, a favorite media target of his that he frequently derides as "fake news." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump: It would ‘be fun’ to sue CNN

Eddie Scarry · June 30, 2017 1:08 pm

As the Supreme Court term ends, speculation is swirling as to whether Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire soon. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

DC tries to read the tea leaves on whether Kennedy will retire from Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · June 30, 2017 4:01 am

Ad campaign is to help confirm Joan Larsen as Trump's nominee for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. (Screengrab)

Judicial Crisis Network launches six-figure ad campaign for Trump nominee to appeals court

Ryan Lovelace · June 30, 2017 4:01 am