Tag: Supreme Court

Garland wrote the opinion of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a labor dispute in which the American Baptist Homes of the West, under the name Piedmont Gardens, was the subject of an unfair labor practice proceeding. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Merrick Garland writes first opinion since end of Supreme Court nomination

Ryan Lovelace · June 7, 2017 4:54 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington Secrets

TrumpLaw: Activist judges making up law to ‘hobble Trump’

Paul Bedard · June 7, 2017 1:27 pm

The "youts" will now face both charges before the district court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Justices will decide whether to take a critical case to public-sector unions’ future

David Freddoso · June 6, 2017 8:48 pm

A federal judge granted the NHL's motion to dismiss a wrongful death suit brought by the family of Derek Boogaard, a defenseman who played for the Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers before dying of an overdose in 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Judge dismisses wrongful death suit against NHL by player’s parents

Ryan Lovelace · June 6, 2017 4:03 pm

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Groups ask Supreme Court to revisit public employee union dues

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2017 3:08 pm

Trump has received criticism, most notably from the husband of top aide Kellyanne Conway, for the way he has talked about his immigration and travel executive order on social media. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump renews call for ‘travel ban’ to protect against ‘dangerous countries’

Sean Langille · June 6, 2017 1:32 am

The benefits of Trump deleting or suspending his account far, far, far outweigh the cost of him keeping it. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Beltway Confidential

Why is anyone defending Trump’s obviously counterproductive use of Twitter?

Becket Adams · June 5, 2017 7:39 pm

The president used Twitter on Monday morning to argue that the Justice Department ought to have stuck with his first executive order seeking to implement the travel ban, and said the second version was "watered down." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s tweets could hurt his Supreme Court case on immigration: Experts

Ryan Lovelace · June 5, 2017 6:22 pm

The case is the latest challenge involving privacy, technology and governmental surveillance to arrive at the high court. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Supreme Court grants cellphone privacy case

Ryan Lovelace · June 5, 2017 2:30 pm

The conservative Gorsuch noted that 95 percent of all federal cases are resolved at lower courts and few reaching the appeals courts or the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Neil Gorsuch not too cynical about government, rule of law

Robert King · June 3, 2017 1:19 pm

If the justices decide to hear the case, the issue might become moot because of the 90-day duration of the ban. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Will the Supreme Court take up Trump’s travel ban?

Ryan Lovelace · June 3, 2017 4:01 am

Should government employees be allowed to opt out of belonging to or paying a labor union? (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Why the public employee unions tremble

David Freddoso · June 2, 2017 8:47 pm