Tag: Law

Lahren currently hosts "Tomi" for The Blaze. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

Tomi Lahren settles suit against Glenn Beck

Sean Langille · May 1, 2017 9:29 pm

A federal appeals court ruled against a drug dealer who argued that distributing heroin was "an exercise" of his "sincerely held religious belief."

Appeals court tells man he can’t exercise his religion by distributing heroin

Ryan Lovelace · May 1, 2017 7:29 pm

In this March 24, 2009 file photo, a sign lies on the ground in front of a foreclosed home in Homestead, Fla. In Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, the city complained that banks during the subprime crisis intentionally lent to minority ethnicity borrowers using riskier loans that led to foreclosures and vacancies. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Supreme Court rules cities can go after big banks under Fair Housing Act

Ryan Lovelace · May 1, 2017 4:01 pm

Thankfully, the scientific community isn't taking the FDA's non-scientific approach to kratom lying down. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

How the feds harassed and abused a small-business owner, but he won in court

William Perry Pendley · May 1, 2017 12:00 pm

Disentangling the western circuit would take years and might not change the outcomes of any case, legal experts say. (AP)

Breaking up the 9th Circuit would not necessarily benefit Trump, experts say

Ryan Lovelace · April 30, 2017 11:55 am

"The filibuster concept is not a good concept to start off with," Trump told Fox News. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump open to eliminating ‘archaic’ legislative filibuster

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2017 6:36 pm

Sessions is stuck however for right now until June 30, when he will receive letters of compliance from eight specific cities. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Jeff Sessions stuck in sanctuary city quandary

Kelly Cohen · April 29, 2017 5:56 pm

There is precisely zero evidence for any gateway effect of e-cigarettes on drugs or crime. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Small town builds big case against FDA e-cigarette regulation

Kathy Hoekstra · April 29, 2017 5:46 pm

Phan-Gillis was arrested in 2015 on charges of having spied for the United States in 1996. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

National Security

Trump’s 100th day: China returns US citizen

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2017 3:50 pm

Still, the prospect of uneven justice because of the legal status of the alleged offender has rankled some critics. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Maryland memo: Prosecutors to go easy on some illegal immigrants

Jeremy Lott · April 29, 2017 4:14 am

As host of Infowars, Alex Jones has perpetuated such conspiracy theories as "Pizzagate." (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Alex Jones slams ‘grossly inaccurate’ reporting on custody battle

Daniel Chaitin · April 28, 2017 11:12 pm

He effectively faces a life sentence if no deal is struck. Menendez denies any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Doctor tied to New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez convicted of Medicare fraud

Associated Press · April 28, 2017 8:41 pm