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President-elect set to shape 'Trump judiciary' for next generation
1 month ago

President-elect set to shape 'Trump judiciary' for next generation

NPR  

President-elect set to shape 'Trump judiciary' for next generation toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images During Donald Trump's first term in office, appointing federal judges became one of his biggest accomplishments. Russell Wheeler, a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, said if senators go about confirming judges with the same "ferocity" they exhibited during the first Trump administration, Trump will …

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Trump demands the Senate stop doing its job confirming judges before he takes office
1 month ago

Trump demands the Senate stop doing its job confirming judges before he takes office

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The White House slammed Senate Republicans and its incoming leader, Senator John Thune of …

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Trump taps his ex-SEC chair Jay Clayton as US Attorney for Manhattan
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump taps his ex-SEC chair Jay Clayton as US Attorney for Manhattan

Hindustan Times  

President-elect Donald Trump is tapping former regulator Jay Clayton to be US Attorney for Manhattan and two of his own criminal defense attorneys for powerful positions in the Justice Department, fleshing out his top picks to reshape American law enforcement. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Trump’s plans for the Justice Department have been for months a lightning rod and his choice of …

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Hochul pushes ahead with Manhattan toll plan before Trump takes office
1 month, 1 week ago

Hochul pushes ahead with Manhattan toll plan before Trump takes office

Politico  

POLITICO first reported last week that Hochul was moving to revive the program. “It will be virtually impossible for New York City to come back as long as the congestion tax is in effect.” President-elect Donald Trump called the congestion program a "tax" on working people as Republicans urge him to rescind federal approval. Mass transit advocates have long pressed …

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San Diego Unified left students ‘vulnerable’ to sex abuse, federal officials say, but that ends now
4 months, 2 weeks ago

San Diego Unified left students ‘vulnerable’ to sex abuse, federal officials say, but that ends now

LA Times  

Over a year-three span, 253 allegations of sexual harassment or assault were levied by students of the San Diego Unified School District, with almost 40% of reports coming from the elementary school level. San Diego Unified School District officials mishandled multiple student complaints about sexual harassment and sexual assault, in violation of their obligations under federal law, the U.S. Department …

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Dianne Feinstein made history. Now she could get honored with a post office?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Dianne Feinstein made history. Now she could get honored with a post office?

LA Times  

After a barrier-breaking career over more than a half-century that took her from being the first woman mayor of San Francisco to the longest-serving female Senator in U.S. history, California’s late Sen. Dianne Feinstein may be honored with a post office named for her. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, who, along with California’s junior senator, this week proposed naming a San …

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Supreme Court Says Donald Trump Can Appear On 2024 Ballot
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Says Donald Trump Can Appear On 2024 Ballot

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a Colorado court’s decision barring Donald Trump from appearing on the 2024 presidential ballot in an unsigned and unanimous decision on Monday. “But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.” The court’s decision ensures that Trump will remain on the …

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The insurrection clause has waited 150 years for the Trump test
1 year ago

The insurrection clause has waited 150 years for the Trump test

Salon  

Lawyers who represent the government in federal court face a never-ending supply of 1st and 14th Amendment cases from creative plaintiffs. In over 150 years following the 14th Amendment’s adoption, there was never a set of similar facts that could have triggered the insurrectionist clause. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states plainly that, “No person shall … hold office… …

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Why Donald Trump should absolutely fear the 14th Amendment
1 year ago

Why Donald Trump should absolutely fear the 14th Amendment

Raw Story  

Lawyers who represent the U.S. government in federal court face a never-ending supply of 1st and 14th Amendment cases filed by creative plaintiffs’ counsel. Lack of precedent is irrelevant Argue as some might, a lack of prior similar cases doesn’t render Section 3 of the 14th Amendment any less potent, or its historical imperative any less compelling. Section 3 of …

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Sentencing delayed in L.A. city attorney’s office scandal as State Bar probe proceeds
1 year, 2 months ago

Sentencing delayed in L.A. city attorney’s office scandal as State Bar probe proceeds

LA Times  

Paul Paradis, who has pleaded guilty to bribery in the federal investigation of city attorneys’ handling of a lawsuit over faulty DWP bills, enters federal court in June. His order came one day after he held a hearing in Paradis’ case in downtown L.A. Paradis, a former attorney who worked for the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, has pleaded guilty …

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Right-wing group recruiting for Trump's plan to tear down the federal government
1 year, 3 months ago

Right-wing group recruiting for Trump's plan to tear down the federal government

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump has been broadly reported to have a far-reaching plan to dismantle the merit-based organization of the federal government and replace it with an army of loyalists who will reshape everything in his image, should he win in 2024. "The coalition led by the Heritage Foundation think tank has already signed up hundreds of people as part …

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Connecticut troopers under federal investigation for allegedly submitting false traffic stop data
1 year, 4 months ago

Connecticut troopers under federal investigation for allegedly submitting false traffic stop data

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Department of Justice has taken over an investigation into allegations that hundreds of Connecticut state troopers may have submitted false information on thousands of traffic infractions to a racial profiling board, data that made it appear police were pulling over more white drivers than they were, the state’s top prosecutor said. In an audit released …

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Civil rights groups sue Florida over its new immigration law that supports DeSantis’ migrant flights
1 year, 5 months ago

Civil rights groups sue Florida over its new immigration law that supports DeSantis’ migrant flights

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Several civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging Florida’s new immigration law. The Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice and the American Immigration Council filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court against Florida Gov. DeSantis has sent Florida National Guard soldiers to Texas for border security …

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Joe Biden Criticized For Inaction On Death Penalty
1 year, 5 months ago

Joe Biden Criticized For Inaction On Death Penalty

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden made history in 2021 when he became the first president to publicly oppose the death penalty. Death penalty abolitionists told HuffPost during the early days of Biden’s presidency they hoped he would use his clemency power to commute the sentences of everyone on federal death row as a failsafe against Congressional inaction. In July …

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Biden suits get mixed results for Missouri Senate candidate
2 years, 1 month ago

Biden suits get mixed results for Missouri Senate candidate

Associated Press  

— In just 20 months, Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed 25 lawsuits against Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration, challenging policies on COVID-19 vaccinations, climate change, immigration and education, among other things. “Since Joe Biden has taken over the White House, Eric has been one of the leading state attorneys general to hold the Biden administration accountable,” Schmitt’s …

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New Mexico banishes Trump ally from office for insurrection
2 years, 3 months ago

New Mexico banishes Trump ally from office for insurrection

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico state district court judge on Tuesday disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “There was nothing else that could be described as an insurrection against the Constitution until Jan. 6.” At trial, Griffin invoked …

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Timeline of events leading up to FBI search of Trump’s home
2 years, 4 months ago

Timeline of events leading up to FBI search of Trump’s home

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate sent reverberations across the country, even before court papers were unsealed Friday showing agents recovered documents labeled “top secret” as they investigated potential violations of three laws, including one that governs defense information under the Espionage Act. Trump, for his part, says the National Archives were given the …

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Congressional panel can look at Trump’s tax records, court rules
2 years, 4 months ago

Congressional panel can look at Trump’s tax records, court rules

Al Jazeera  

The ruling adds to the former president’s growing list of legal challenges as he hints at a 2024 presidential campaign. A United States federal appeals court has ruled that a congressional committee has the right to see former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The Ways and Means Committee sued to force the disclosure of Trump’s tax returns in 2019, but …

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Germany finds hundreds of Nazi-linked staff in security agencies
2 years, 7 months ago

Germany finds hundreds of Nazi-linked staff in security agencies

Al Jazeera  

Over a three-year period, 327 employees of Germany’s federal and state security authorities have been found to have links to right-wing extremism. The figures are from the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s second situation report on right-wing extremism in the security agencies, due to be published on Friday and seen by the DPA news agency. The office said there were …

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A new Office of Environmental Justice is announced
2 years, 7 months ago

A new Office of Environmental Justice is announced

Salon  

People whose neighborhoods have been plagued by pollution for decades heard welcome news yesterday: the Biden administration announced a new government office just for them. The Department of Justice, or DOJ, is launching its first-ever Office of Environmental Justice, which will coordinate with other federal agencies to bring cases against polluters, prioritizing the communities most affected by environmental harms. Attorney …

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Reconstruction-Era Law Could Keep Trump Off Presidential Ballot In 6 Southern States
2 years, 11 months ago

Reconstruction-Era Law Could Keep Trump Off Presidential Ballot In 6 Southern States

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Should former President Donald Trump run for the White House again, an obscure Reconstruction-era law could keep him off the ballot in six southern states, including North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, because of his incitement of the Jan. 6 insurrection. “We fully intend to pursue this type of challenge if Mr. Trump chooses to run.” - Ron …

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Poway synagogue shooter, 22, pleads guilty to murder and attempted murder
3 years, 5 months ago

Poway synagogue shooter, 22, pleads guilty to murder and attempted murder

LA Times  

A sheriff’s deputy patrols in front of the Altman Family Chabad Community Center in Poway, Calif., soon after the April 2019 shooting. In addition to the case the district attorney’s office brought in state court, Earnest was indicted in federal court, where he is facing hate crime charges and more. The proposed plea deal in the federal case prompted prosecutors …

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Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial will end one of these four ways
3 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial will end one of these four ways

ABC  

The second Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump has begun. Donald Trump is acquitted After all the arguments have been presented, the 100 US senators who act as the jury in the trial will be asked to vote on the single article of impeachment on the table — incitement of insurrection. In fact, the 1868 Senate impeachment trial of former …

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On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus
3 years, 11 months ago

On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden’s order also extended the federal eviction freeze to aid those struggling from the pandemic economic fallout, created a …

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