Tag: Law

Rumors of Supreme Court vacancy spark liberal panic

Ryan Lovelace · May 11, 2017 6:41 pm

In this May 5, 2017 file photo, former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown walks to the federal courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla., where she is expected to retake the stand in her trial on federal fraud and tax charges. Brown was found guilty Thursday, May 11, of fraudulently taking hundreds of thousands from sham charity. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

Former Rep. Corrine Brown found guilty of fraudulently taking hundreds of thousands from sham charity

Associated Press · May 11, 2017 6:27 pm

In this undated photo provided by the Misssouri State Senate, the gavel of the Missouri Senate is displayed resting on the Senate dais in Jefferson City, Missouri. The gavel was last seen on March 18, 2016, and Senate leaders fear that someone may have stolen it.

Oregon to have female majority on its Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · May 11, 2017 3:38 pm

Sessions said the most important tool in fighting the current drug epidemic is prevention, pointing toward old-school programs such as "Just Say No" and DARE. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Sessions: Drug epidemic is to blame for crime spike

Kelly Cohen · May 11, 2017 2:07 pm

Reforming NYPD likely saved over 25,000 lives, disproportionately black lives. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

The trouble with police, and Black Lives Matter

Robert Maranto · May 11, 2017 4:04 am

History will remember him as the man in charge of a probe into Russian electoral meddling. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Beltway Confidential

Meet Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney who helped Trump sack James Comey

Philip Wegmann · May 10, 2017 10:13 pm

No special prosecutor. No outsized egos. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

The FBI needs a good director, not a ‘special prosecutor’

Quin Hillyer · May 10, 2017 9:16 pm

Solicitor general nominee Noel Francisco prepares to take a seat at the witness table to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

America is already great, says Noel Francisco, Trump’s nominee for solicitor general

Ryan Lovelace · May 10, 2017 4:27 pm

Senate hearings on Thapar's nomination prompted many questions from Democrats about the judge's connections to the right-leaning Federalist Society, as a result of Thapar's inclusion on President Trump's shortlists for the Supreme Court vacancy filled by Justice Neil Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Progressives mount opposition to Amul Thapar’s 6th Circuit nomination

Ryan Lovelace · May 10, 2017 3:09 pm

The case will pit U.S. Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall against Neal Katyal, representing the State of Hawaii. Wall argued another case about the litigation over Trump's travel ban earlier this week before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

3 Clinton-appointed judges to hear travel ban case at 9th Circuit

Ryan Lovelace · May 10, 2017 3:00 pm

White House officials suggested Rosenstein's arrival at the Justice Department two weeks earlier played a role in the timing of Comey's termination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

White House suggests deputy attorney general arrival played role in Comey removal

Sarah Bedford · May 10, 2017 12:29 am

John Oliver argues that the Federal Communications Commission should retain former President Barack Obama's Internet regulations to prevent Internet service providers from prioritizing content in exchange for payment by content providers.

Beltway Confidential

John Oliver should be on PBS

Adam Brandon · May 9, 2017 8:13 pm