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18 Sep 2020, 6:26 pm by Amy Howe
Although President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland in March 2016 to take Scalia’s place, Garland’s nomination went nowhere, and Neil Gorsuch, a judge on the U.S. [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Jordan sent subpoenas to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, requesting a laundry list of documents by March 1. [read post]
19 Sep 2018, 11:28 am by msatta
He seems different, in other words, form conservative nominees like Justices Gorsuch, Roberts, Alito, or Scalia, judges about whose nominations I did not bother to publish detailed analyses. [read post]
30 Jun 2019, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  My own mentor, Robert McCloskey, many years ago argued that all major Supreme Court decisions were ultimately evaluated against the quite separate categories first of what Lessig calls legal “fidelity,” i.e., the persuasiveness of the strictly legal arguments that are offered; second, the institutional and political contexts within which the Court is acting and its own recognition that it is ill-advised to be either too innovative or, indeed, static in its legal… [read post]
2 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Chief Justice Robert Brutinel said that did not happen in either the initiative to require disclosure of “dark money” in politics or another to cap medical debt payments. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 1:36 am by Jim Sedor
Two States Still Observe King-Lee Day, Honoring Robert E. [read post]
24 May 2022, 4:08 am by Emma Snell
  A breakthrough in negotiations over an E.U. embargo on Russian oil could come “within days,” according to Germany’s vice-chancellor and energy minister, Robert Habeck. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 2:02 pm by Jared Beck
 As Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his concurring opinion in Citizens United, “Fidelity to precedent — the policy of stare decisis — is vital to the proper exercise of the judicial function. [read post]
1 Feb 2022, 7:30 am by Amy Howe
ShareEven before taking office, President Joe Biden pledged to reshape the federal judiciary. [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 8:31 am by Quinta Jurecic, Andrew Kent
A few examples: Trump repurposed money to build the Mexican border wall even after Congress had denied funding for that project; he publicly dangled presidential pardons or commutations and later delivered them—to Roger Stone, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn—in an attempt to deter their cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation; he hounded the Senate-confirmed attorney general out of office and replaced him with a manifestly unqualified subordinate on… [read post]
9 Aug 2021, 6:43 am by Jack Goldsmith
”  The Supreme Court Order  At this point the plaintiffs asked Chief Justice Roberts to vacate the district court stay. [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 9:16 am by Charlotte Butash, Margaret Taylor
Judge Merrick Garland then asks Mooppan clarifying questions about the scope of the department’s argument in Mnuchin. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Robert Menendez is facing allegations he and his wife accepted “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing criticism from some Democrats that he is not doing enough to quickly expunge Trump-era policies and practices. [read post]
28 Jun 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Robert Winnett Will Not Join Washington Post as Top Editor MSN – Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson (New York Times) | Published: 6/21/2024 Robert Winnett, the editor selected to run The Washington Post, will not take up that position after reports raised questions about his ties to unethical news gathering practices in Britain. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
While Attorney General Merrick Garland has established the federal Election Threats Task Force, almost no one else has faced punishment. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Justice Department Issues Policy Limiting White House Contact MSN – Josh Gerstein (Politico) | Published: 7/21/2021 Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a directive seeking to limit political influence on law enforcement matters by strictly limiting contacts between Justice Department personnel and the White House. [read post]