A Federal Court has ruled that North Carolina can use its current Congressional District map for this year’s midterms notwithstanding a ruling that it is an impermissible gerrymander.
The second day of questioning for Judge Brett Kavanaugh was a bit rockier than the first, but nothing happened that seriously threatens his eventual confirmation.
Donald Trump is a bad, inept, and potentially dangerous President. That doesn’t mean that a ‘soft coup’ inside the White House is the answer to the problem he presents to our democratic republic.
British authorities have charged two members of Russian military intelligence in connection with a poisoning attack on British attack.
Day One of questions for Judge Brett Kavanaugh went about as you’d expect.
Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.
The first day of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings was much ado about pretty much nothing, but then that can be used to describe a process whose outcome is pretty much foreordained.
Chicago won’t have Rahm Emanuel to kick around anymore.
An Oregon state agency is suggesting that Walmart’s decision to restrict arms sales to bar people under 21, but over 18, from being able to purchase firearms violates state law.
The confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh begin today, but the outcome seems foreordained.
The military regime in Myanmar has sentenced two reporters to prison for reporting on the repression of the Rohingya Muslims.
Author Sam Anderson puts forward a rather strange hypothesis in Politico.
A Federal Judge in Texas has declined to grant a request to bring the DACA program to an end, but its days appear to be numbered unless Congress acts.
Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.
California is taking a major step in Criminal Justice reform by eliminating cash bail.
The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate who lost the GOP primary for Senate cannot run as the nominee of another party due to the state’s “sore loser” law.
For the second time this year, a three-judge panel of Federal Judges has struck down North Carolina’s Congressional District map. The immediate question is what impact, if any, this will have on November’s election.
President Trump’s much-hyped replacement for NAFTA doesn’t really amount to much and won’t amount to anything unless he can get Canada, and the U.S. Congress, on board.
A top Vatican official is alleging that Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI were both aware of previously unknown allegations of sexual abuse and chose to allow them to be covered up rather than bringing them to light.
Recently indicted Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. is blaming his apparently estranged wife and the so-called “Deep State” for the fact that he’s charged with embezzling a quarter million dollars from his campaign.
No matter how long Donald Trump remains in office, August 21, 2018 will be the day that everything changed.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh reportedly told Senator Susan Collins that he considers Roe v. Wade
“settled law.” This will likely be enough to get her support and that of another holdout Republican Senator.
California Republican Duncan Hunter Jr, who was an early backer of President Trump’s campaign, has been indicted on charges he used massive amounts of campaign funds to pay for personal expenses.
It’s not obvious that two more felons in the Trump inner circle will have any immediate impact.
Robert Mueller and his legal team get their first victories in court.
The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” is pleading guilty to a number of charges, including apparent campaign finance law violations related to the Stormy Daniels payment.
The latest reports about the circumstances surrounding the payoff to Stormy Daniels could pose big problems for Michael Cohen and his client.
Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.
The Virginia case against Paul Manafort went to the jury on Thursday, and now everyone waits for their verdict.
Another step forward in the seemingly unstoppable movement toward nationwide legalization.
In what appears to be a move based purely on vindictiveness, President Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.
A Pennsylvania Grand Jury report reveals decades of abuse by some 300 Catholic Priests impacting more than 1,000 children and 26 of the state’s Roman Catholic Diocese.
A group of lawsuits filed across the country are seeking to challenge the predominant method for allocation of Electoral College votes. These lawsuits appear to have little merit.
A Florida man who shot and killed an African-American male amid a parking lot confrontation will face manslaughter charges after all.
White supremacists held a rally in Washington on Sunday, and almost no one but their opponents and the police showed up.
Just days after being indicted on insider trading charges, New York Congressman Chris Collins is suspending his campaign for re-election.
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination appears to be on track for confirmation before the new Supreme Court term begins in October.
Another Federal Judge has ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking the right to use the gender that conforms to the gender they identify with.
Andy Bitter has taken a new job but his former employer thinks it owns his social media account.
Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.
The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.
Next week, some of the same groups that rallied in Charlottesville last year will be gathering in Washington, D.C. and the D.C. Metro is considering a transportation plan that is causing controversy.
A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.
In what amounts to a significant, albeit not surprising, change in Catholic doctrine, Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances.
President Trump says he wants to talk to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but his own lawyers clearly don’t trust him enough to allow that to go forward.
A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.
A Federal Judge in Oregon has rejected an efforts by a parent’s group to block a school district policy that allows transgender students to use the restroom facilities that conform to their gender identity.
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