Tag: Law

Sen. Mazie Hirono earned a law degree from Georgetown University and has experience working in the Hawaii attorney general's office. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Hirono to join Senate Judiciary Committee

Ryan Lovelace · December 20, 2016 3:38 pm

The Senate passed 29 percent of bills sent from the House, down from 36 percent in 2013-2015, study shows. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate passes lowest share of House bills in 25 years

Alex Pappas · December 20, 2016 11:00 am

States also passed pro-contraception legislation, including measures allowing pharmacists to dispense 12 months of birth control at a time. Eight states passed laws expanding access to contraception, according to the report. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Abortion rights supporters cite big victory, some defeats in 2016

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 19, 2016 9:18 pm

Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, is scheduled to return to the bench next month. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Obama’s Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland returns to DC Circuit Court

Ryan Lovelace · December 19, 2016 8:26 pm

Schools required to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with gender identity.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Beltway Confidential

A ceasefire in North Carolina’s bathroom wars?

David Freddoso · December 19, 2016 7:23 pm

The brief rushes to the defense of The Slants, an Asian-American rock band locked in a legal dispute with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that denied the band a trademark for its name after deeming the name offensive. (Press photo)

‘Basket of deplorables’ file Supreme Court brief defending offensive speech

Ryan Lovelace · December 19, 2016 5:22 pm

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas cautioned like-minded Americans against becoming despondent given the state of politics in 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Cruz calls on Smithsonian to fix Clarence Thomas ‘mistake’

Ryan Lovelace · December 19, 2016 4:48 pm

"Full repeal will help to bring jobs, sports and entertainment events back and will provide the opportunity for strong LGBT protections in our state," said Gov.-elect Roy Cooper. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)

NC legislators meet Tuesday to repeal LGBT bathroom law

Kelly Cohen · December 19, 2016 4:30 pm

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on CNN Monday that he'll treat Trump as many Republican state attorney generals treated President Obama.

Energy and Environment

New York attorney general promises to fight Trump in court if he weakens EPA

Kyle Feldscher · December 19, 2016 3:52 pm

Sen. Jeff Sessions' attitude worries reform advocates like Robert Everett Johnson, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, which has defended numerous people trying to get their seized property back. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Why does Sessions think the police should be able to legally rob you?

Johnny Kampis · December 19, 2016 1:00 pm

National Security

An impending victory for due process and property rights

Washington Examiner · December 17, 2016 5:04 am

Under Florida law, justices must step down either at age 70 or at the end of their current six-year term. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, File)

Beltway Confidential

Florida’s Supreme Court is about to get 50 percent more conservative

David Freddoso · December 16, 2016 7:08 pm