Tag: Law

President-elect Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday evening his Supreme Court search is in its final stages and he will be making a decision soon. (AP Photo)

Trump narrows Supreme Court choices to ‘probably 3 or 4’ people

Ryan Lovelace · December 2, 2016 6:02 pm

That letter called for a "thorough review" of its screening processes. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Dem bill requires TSA to develop transgender screening plan

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2016 5:58 pm

Stein is seeking a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, all states that Trump won. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Michigan attorney general files lawsuit to stop recount

Sarah Bedford · December 2, 2016 3:33 pm

Confirming Mattis would require changing the law, since officers must be out of uniform for seven years. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump spokesman disputes report that Mattis named defense secretary

David Brown, Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · December 1, 2016 9:25 pm

The Supreme Court struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Abortion clinic calls Texas regs ‘unconstitutional’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 1, 2016 8:16 pm

Originalism is a judicial philosophy popularized by Scalia and beloved by his followers. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Which of Trump’s Supreme Court picks are most ‘Scalia-like’?

Ryan Lovelace · December 1, 2016 7:00 pm

This image made from video provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Sept. 24 shows Keith Scott on the ground as police approach him in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 20, 2016. Charlotte-Mecklenburg District Attorney Andrew Murray announced Wednesday that the shooting by officer Brentley Vinson was justified. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department via AP)

Charlotte: No charges against cop who shot armed black man

Kelly Cohen · November 30, 2016 4:39 pm

In Moore, the Supreme Court will determine whether the execution of an inmate after a prolonged period of incarceration violates the 8th Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court hears contentious death penalty case

Ryan Lovelace · November 29, 2016 7:28 pm

The existing sanctions are even more critical, McConnell argued. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Senate to vote on Iran sanctions bill

Susan Crabtree · November 29, 2016 7:06 pm

Change in the Legal Climate

Mark Hemingway · November 29, 2016 6:01 pm

Hillary Clinton, then a senator from New York, reportedly opposed a constitutional amendment that would criminalize the desecration of the flag, but introduced legislation in 2005 and backed a second bill in 2006 that would criminalize flag burning. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Flashback: Clinton introduced bill to criminalize flag burning

Sarah Bedford · November 29, 2016 3:15 pm

The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning the American flag is a protected form of free speech. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)

Trump suggests jail time or ‘loss of citizenship’ for burning flag

Kyle Feldscher · November 29, 2016 12:50 pm