Tag: Law

People have been waiting an average of 670 days for a hearing, according to the data, which was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and analyzed by the TRAC Immigration Project. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Immigration court backlog hits record high in April

Kelly Cohen · May 15, 2017 8:46 pm

"We're not in favor of psychoanalysis or trying to get into the president's head," Katyal said. "You don't, your honor, need to be Sigmund Freud in order to affirm the district court. You just simply must ask as the Supreme Court has told you, what would an objective observer think with these sorts of statements?" (AP Photo)

Judges don’t need to be Freud to understand Trump’s reason for travel ban, Hawaii argues

Ryan Lovelace · May 15, 2017 7:32 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said there's no reason for a special prosecutor to investigate connections between President Trump's campaign and the Russian government. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Sean Spicer: ‘No need’ for a special prosecutor in Russia probe

Kyle Feldscher · May 15, 2017 6:47 pm

Mandatory-minimum sentences have disproportionately harmed black communities, Paul said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul: Jeff Sessions’ drug sentencing policy will ‘accentuate the injustice’

Kyle Feldscher · May 15, 2017 6:16 pm

Two IRS employees (one current, one former) at the center of the scandal are trying to keep still more information about potential government wrongdoing out of the public sphere. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Beltway Confidential

IRS officials are really good at protecting their own privacy

David Freddoso · May 15, 2017 5:47 pm

As of the report's release, 15 law enforcement officers have been shot and killed so far in 2017. (Daytona Niles/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

2016 was most dangerous year for law enforcement since 2011: Report

Kelly Cohen · May 15, 2017 4:51 pm

"In humble appreciation of our hard-working law enforcement officers, Melania and I will light the White House in blue on May 15," Trump announced in a statement. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump to light White House in blue Monday night to honor fallen police officers

Sarah Bedford · May 15, 2017 4:07 pm

The decision allows a lower court ruling holding that the law was passed with "discriminatory intent" to prevail. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Supreme Court declines to hear North Carolina voter ID case

Ryan Lovelace · May 15, 2017 2:03 pm

The case promises to pack a bigger punch than any of the preceding arguments thus far. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Appeals court to hear case against Trump’s travel ban, with bigger punch

Ryan Lovelace · May 15, 2017 4:01 am

"So apparently [Trump] DID have his 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower. Case closed," Preet Bharara tweeted. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

National Security

Former US attorney Preet Bharara trolls Trump: He did have his ‘wires tapped’

Caitlin Yilek · May 14, 2017 3:51 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has directed the nation's federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for far longer terms. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Former US attorneys hate Jeff Sessions’ memo on tougher sentences

Kelly Cohen · May 14, 2017 4:01 am

According to an affidavit written by FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Gray, John Roos said that given the chance he would "punch Obama in the nose" because Obama "pisses him off." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Man who threatened Obama’s life on social media sentenced to 63 months in federal prison

Kimberly Leonard · May 13, 2017 8:54 pm