Federal judge blocks Trump from dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge has agreed to block the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. U.S.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Says Judges Must Be ‘Fearlessly Independent’
The justice made remarks at once cautious and forceful at Georgetown University Law Center, which has called attacks by the ...
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Warns Against 'Shaking' Judiciary
Speaking to a group of law school students, Sotomayor expressed concern about "standards that are being changed." ...
Trump turns to Supreme Court as judges push back on the administration's view of presidential power
The week did end with a win for the administration. The D.C. appeals court temporarily paused two lower court rulings that had reinstated Cathy Harris to the Merit Systems Protection Board and Gwynne ...
DC Circuit Decides Supreme Court Already Overturned Its Own Precedent And Just Didn’t Tell Anyone
To hear DC Circuit Court Judge Justin Walker tell it, the Supreme Court basically already axed the last vestige of ...
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Seven Clerks for Seven Justices
Securing a clerkship at the US Supreme Court is one of the most prestigious opportunities available to a recent law school ...
Gas leaks from manhole near US Capitol building but later deemed non-hazardous
Reports of gas coming from a manhole in Southeast, D.C. briefly prompted lane closures on a portion of roads near the U.S.