U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on Jan. 12, 2023, at the Justice Department to announce the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents held by President Joe Biden at an office and his home. The investigation did not result in any charges against Biden. (Photo […]
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on Jan. 12, 2023, at the Justice Department to announce the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents held by President Joe Biden at an office and his home. The investigation did not result in any charges against Biden. (Photo […]
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on Jan. 12, 2023, at the Justice Department to announce the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents held by President Joe Biden at an office and his home. The investigation did not result in any charges against Biden. Photo […]
WASHINGTON — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the hush money case against former President Donald Trump, will testify before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in July, along with prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, a source familiar with the plans confirmed Tuesday to NBC News. “The Manhattan D.A.’s Office is proud to play a crucial role […]
Apr. 21—Donna Mowrer began her law career later in life after she held a variety of jobs, including newspaper reporter, police dispatcher and probation officer. “I wanted to be an attorney since civics government class in seventh grade,” she said. The yen never went away, but it was a slow burn. “My husband asked me […]
Conservatives spent a generation stacking the bench with anti-abortion judges. Donald Trump is now paying the price. The former president is reckoning with high court rulings in Alabama, Florida and, most recently, Arizona, which have kept abortion and reproductive health care in the spotlight when he and much of the GOP would rather be talking […]
Apr. 6—Scammers posing as police officers, sheriffs and judiciary employees are calling people claiming arrest warrants have been issued for missing jury duty, according to the Hawaii State Judiciary. “This is a scam,” wrote judiciary officials, in a news release. “If you get a phone call regarding a warrant for failure to appear for jury […]
By Sarah N. Lynch and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A conservative ally of Donald Trump filed a complaint on Tuesday against a U.S. federal judge who in a rare television interview criticized the former president’s verbal attacks on the New York judge overseeing Trump’s upcoming criminal trial. Mike Davis, founder of conservative legal advocacy group […]
Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig on Friday blasted former President Donald Trump for his repeated attacks on the nation’s judicial system, calling on leaders in both the state and federal courts — alongside all Americans — to do more about it. “Never in American history has any person, let alone a President of the […]
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. federal judiciary on Friday made clear that trial courts had discretion to decide how to implement a policy it adopted earlier in the week to curtail the practice of “judge shopping” cases that challenge government policies. Judicial policymakers issued the guidance following a backlash from some conservative judges […]
Mar. 1—MORGANTOWN — House Judiciary Committee members appeared to have about as much fun as allowed by law on Friday approving yet another resolution demanding Congress call a convention of states for constitutional amendments. The debate was sprinkled with rock and pop song quotes and frequent chuckles. But there was also a new twist, and […]
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday, calling for Becerra to provide case files for unaccompanied child migrants who have been charged with crimes in the U.S. after being released by HHS. In the letter informing Becerra of the subpoena, Jordan details previous […]