Tag: Law

The officer who shot the elder Serna is on administrative leave pending investigation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Police kill elderly man in county with highest per capita rate of police shootings

Kelly Cohen · December 13, 2016 7:40 pm

Oklahoma's state Supreme Court unanimously struck down a law requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Court strikes down Oklahoma abortion law

Robert King · December 13, 2016 7:36 pm

Intellectual property is one of the founding principles that our Founders included in the Constitution, "To promote the progress of science and useful arts." (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

To boost innovation, the U.S. has to protect patent rights

Charles Sauer · December 13, 2016 4:24 pm

"The Constitution and federal law specifically protect the freedom of religious communities to establish houses of worship," Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Justice Dept. sues Virginia county for blocking mosque construction

Kelly Cohen · December 13, 2016 2:56 pm

The judge's decision came amid reports that President-elect Trump is considering making Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson his secretary of state. (AP Photo/Mike Stone)

Energy and Environment

Judge cancels hearing in Exxon Mobil climate case

John Siciliano · December 13, 2016 12:04 am

The lawsuit is on behalf of several Texas abortion providers, including Whole Women's Health, a clinic that last summer won a Supreme Court case knocking down requirements for abortion doctors to get hospital admitting privileges and for clinics to meet stricter facility standards. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas abortion clinics sue over fetal burial law

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 12, 2016 4:53 pm

Former Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., will serve 10 years in prison for federal bribery convictions stemming from trying to repay an illegal $1 million loan. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Former Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah sentenced to 10 years in prison

Kyle Feldscher · December 12, 2016 4:37 pm

In his dissent, Breyer argued that, "[T]he time has come for this Court to reconsider the constitutionality of the death penalty." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Breyer: Supreme Court must ‘reconsider the constitutionality of the death penalty’

Ryan Lovelace · December 12, 2016 4:26 pm

The Supreme Court rejected petitioners challenging the NFL's $1 billion settlement of concussion-related lawsuits. The NFL's settlement covers more than 20,000 NFL retirees for the next 65 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Supreme Court rejects challenge to NFL concussion settlement

Ryan Lovelace · December 12, 2016 4:11 pm

A federal judge rejected Green Party candidate Jill Stein's call for a recount of the November presidential election in Pennsylvania. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Federal judge blocks Jill Stein’s recount effort in Pennsylvania

Ryan Lovelace · December 12, 2016 4:11 pm

Beltway Confidential

Did the Duke lacrosse case have reverberations in the 2016 election?

Michael Barone · December 12, 2016 2:27 pm

Andrea Aguilera sits at the Erie Neighborhood House in Chicago on Nov. 17. Aguilera, 20, a student at a suburban Chicago college, said she feels uncertain since the election. She was brought to the country illegally as a child and has been able to get a work permit and avoid deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Trump’s first immigration compromise could be how he treats Dreamers

Gabby Morrongiello · December 12, 2016 5:01 am