Tag: Law

Jay Clayton will face tough opposition as Trump's pick as SEC head, partly because he's so similar to Obama's. (Screenshot)

Liberals don’t want another regulator who’s worked for Wall Street

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said on Thursday that he would accept a potential nomination if President-elect Trump named him to the land's highest court. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mike Lee ‘would not say no’ if Trump nominated him for Supreme Court

Anna Giaritelli · January 6, 2017 1:30 am

New technologies raise questions about our legal rights in the digital age. (Photo by Casey Rodgers/Invision for Microsoft/AP Images)

Criminals in 2017 may have to commit crime like it’s 1999

Arthur Rizer, Zach Graves · January 6, 2017 12:00 am

"I think they should see who they nominate and vote on them." (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Biden to Senate Dems: Give Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a vote

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2017 11:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

I think we just found the worst media analysis of the Chicago kidnapping

Becket Adams · January 5, 2017 9:11 pm

Dylann Roof, 22, was convicted of all 33 federal counts against him in federal court. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)

Dylann Roof’s state trial indefinitely delayed

Kelly Cohen · January 5, 2017 8:39 pm

GOP to Dems: Assault on Sessions will carry a price

Susan Crabtree · January 5, 2017 7:23 pm

Celebrity chef Jose Andres was slapped with a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit after he backed out of opening a restaurant in Donald Trump's luxury D.C. hotel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, FILE)

Trump completes deposition in $10 million lawsuit against chef

Gabby Morrongiello · January 5, 2017 7:03 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts participated in oral arguments before realizing he had a conflict of interest. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Chief Justice Roberts recuses himself from patent case

Ryan Lovelace · January 5, 2017 6:39 pm

Corzine has to pay the fine out of his own pocket to resolve the long-running probe. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

Regulators fine former NJ governor Corzine $5 million in bankruptcy case

Joseph Lawler · January 5, 2017 6:39 pm

McAuliffe, a Democrat and a top Clinton ally, was asked about his four chickens by the Atlantic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Terry McAuliffe opposes banning late-term abortion as bad for business

Timothy P. Carney · January 5, 2017 5:37 pm

Chicago cops file hate crime charges in kidnapping, attack

Kelly Cohen · January 5, 2017 5:04 pm