Tag: Law

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that police around the country have been unfairly blamed for violence around the country. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Jeff Sessions: Cops ‘unfairly blamed’ for violence

Kelly Cohen · March 31, 2017 5:34 pm

US judge approves settlement for Trump to pay $25 million over Trump University lawsuits, ending years of litigation. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Judge approves settlement for Trump to pay $25 million over Trump University lawsuits

Associated Press · March 31, 2017 4:37 pm

Dylann Roof, who shot nine black worshippers in a Charleston, S.C., church in 2015 will plead guilty to state charges in order to avoid another death sentence. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof will avoid second death sentence with guilty plea

Kyle Feldscher · March 31, 2017 4:00 pm

Former N.H. senator said she is "very disappointed" in Chuck Schumer's attempted obstruction of Gorsuch's bid. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kelly Ayotte predicts Gorsuch ‘will be confirmed one way or the other’

Ryan Lovelace · March 31, 2017 3:51 pm

Judicial Crisis Network spends $1 million on ad campaign boosting Gorsuch in final days before vote

Ryan Lovelace · March 31, 2017 2:09 pm

Anquan Boldin (right), Malcolm Jenkins, Johnson Bademosi and Donte Stallworth spoke to a forum on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

NFL players tell Congress to act on criminal justice reform, community policing

Kelly Cohen · March 30, 2017 9:46 pm

Supreme Court nominee gives panel Democrats "ample time" to review the answers, strategist says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Gorsuch submits more than 70 pages of responses to Judiciary Committee questions

Ryan Lovelace · March 30, 2017 9:41 pm

Heitkamp is the second Democrat to say she will support Neil Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Heidi Heitkamp to support Gorsuch nomination

Al Weaver · March 30, 2017 8:59 pm

Cooper acknowledges that it's not a perfect deal and stops short of many things the state needs to do. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signs measure rolling back ‘bathroom bill’ despite criticism from LGBT groups

Associated Press · March 30, 2017 8:31 pm

"After considering his record, watching his testimony in front of the Judiciary Committee and meeting with him twice, I will vote to confirm him to be the ninth justice on the Supreme Court," Manchin said of Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Manchin: ‘I will vote to confirm’ Gorsuch

Susan Ferrechio · March 30, 2017 8:27 pm

"Gorsuch was one of the better ones" on President Trump's lists of Supreme Court picks, Missouri senator says. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCaskill tells Dem donors that blocking Gorsuch could have disastrous results

Ryan Lovelace · March 30, 2017 7:02 pm

"If Judge Gorsuch fails to garner 60 votes, the answer isn't to irrevocably change the rules of the Senate," Schumer said. "The answer is to change the nominee." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer: It’s not Gorsuch ‘or bust’

Susan Crabtree · March 30, 2017 5:34 pm