Tag: Law

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 rules illegal immigrants detained after 9/11 can’t sue FBI agents

Jack O'brien · June 19, 2017 3:40 pm

A line for early voting stretches out the door at the Zeidler Municipal Building in downtown Milwaukee. The Supreme Court will hear a Wisconsin case that could decide if the state's redistricting strategy violates the Constitution because it's too partisan. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)

Supreme Court to hear Wisconsin gerrymandering case

Anna Giaritelli · June 19, 2017 2:57 pm

Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the high court's opinion in Packingham v. North Carolina that decided the North Carolina law "impermissibly restricts lawful speech in violation of the First Amendment." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court rules NC law banning sex offenders from social networking sites unconstitutional

Ryan Lovelace · June 19, 2017 2:54 pm

Washington Redskins football helmets sit on the field during an NFL football team practice, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Supreme Court gives Washington Redskins a boost in trademark law ruling

Ryan Lovelace · June 19, 2017 2:28 pm

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is reportedly considering hiring a new criminal lawyer because his current lawyee has connections to Robert Mueller, the special counsel handing the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Jared Kushner shopping for new criminal attorney: Report

Anna Giaritelli · June 19, 2017 12:08 pm

Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, argued Monday that Trump should not face any criminal penalty just because he fired former FBI Director James Comey.

Alan Dershowitz: Trump ‘should not be subject to criminal prosecution’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 19, 2017 11:30 am

President Trump's tweets about the travel ban may factor into how the Supreme Court would interpret the effort. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals mentioned the tweets in its opinion preserving the blockade of the ban. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court could decide to hear travel ban case by end of week

Ryan Lovelace · June 18, 2017 4:01 am

"We must demand a justice system that values black lives, not one that takes innocent black lives," tweeted Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sanders reacts to Castile verdict: American justice system has failed African Americans

Mandy Mayfield · June 17, 2017 10:08 pm

The Justice Department under President Trump has switched sides in a labor case before the Supreme Court dating back to the Obama administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump DOJ diverges with Obama DOJ in labor case before Supreme Court

Daniel Chaitin · June 17, 2017 9:36 pm

Jurors failed to break a deadlock. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Judge declares mistrial in Bill Cosby sexual assault case

The Associated Press · June 17, 2017 2:37 pm

The AP story is almost entirely about the incoming congressman's assault charge, to which he already plead guilty. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)

Beltway Confidential

A lame AP smear job on Greg Gianforte

Becket Adams · June 16, 2017 11:34 pm

The hiree's history includes representing Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during the Keating Five Scandal.

National Security

Trump hires another lawyer for Russia probe team

Anna Giaritelli · June 16, 2017 11:18 pm