In order to deny President Johnson any opportunity to appoint a single Supreme Court justice, Congress reduced the size of the Court from 10 justices to seven. ..…

Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether and how far to get in front of Congress in determining whether civil rights law covers discrimination on orientation and gender identity.. ..…

Supreme Court confronts civil rights issue Tuesday over how broadly the justices should read the word sex in law — and aspect is Congress current push to clarify that the law covers LGBT individuals.. ..…

FEC opened official case on March 7 to examine complaints against Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress, two campaign committees started by Ocasio-Cortez's former chief of staff Shaikat Chakrabarti, according to FEC letter disclosed to Washington Examiner. ..…

Justice John Paul Stevens gives the speech at Wickersham Awards at Library of Congress. ..…

Los Angeles Sued the DOJ . Congress created the COPS program in 1994 to help state and local law enforcement increase the number of “cops on the beat” and to improve police officers’ interactions with their communities. ..…

People wait in line to enter Circuit Court of Appeals to sit overflow rooms to hear arguments New Orleans, on July 9, 2019.. ..…

NEW ORLEANS — appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Congress invalidated former President Barack Obama's signature health care law when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those. ..…

Lost in Thursday at Supreme Court, was another ruling that could, have wide ramifications for how American government functions.. ..…

The idea that United States needs to account for the harms of slavery is gaining traction nationally, and Congress will hold hearing on the issue - appropriately on Juneteenth, day honoring the abolition of in United States... ..…

Washington House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said Monday that he has struck deal with Justice Department to begin providing Congress with some documents from Mueller report related to obstruction of justice, own between House Democrats and Justice over the report... ..…

Knock Down House and Democratic Party politics of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Genevieve Leigh. ..…

Our democracy was attacked by a foreign power, and there is evidence that the president obstructed justice. Congress must hold him accountable. I believe the time has come to consider an impeachment inquiry.' . 50. ..…

“Correct,” Consovoy informed the judge. . Congress can’t verify the accuracy of the president’s financial statements? ..…

Nixon resigned and left White House.. ly committed in White House... ..…

Nixon took position like Trump did on May 2, when he barred former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress about obstruction of justice by the president.. ..…

Republicans and Trump administration have for two years given in to every single demand by Democrats. ..…

Washington's political class has waited months for the moment the delivery of the. ..…

Senate Democrats launched the spiral with their unprecedented attacks on Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas in the 1980s and 1990s. ..…

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation of Russian meddling in Presidential and Attorney General William Barr has sent letter to Congress informing them that the report has been received.. ..…

In decision, the majority, led by Justice Samuel Alito, argued Congress granted sweeping authority to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen when it passed Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.. ..…

Democratic candidates Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, and Pete Buttigieg have also expressed interest. A new Democratic group, Pack Courts, has become brain trust for the idea. . ..…

number of Democratic presidential candidates entertaining push to add seats to Supreme Court, as Republican success at filling the courts with judicial conservatives has infuriated progressive voters.. ..…

House Votes to Demand Public Release of Mueller Report ). ..…

Nirpreet Kaur, reacts after Delhi High Court convicted Congress Sajjan Kumar and sentenced him to life imprisonment on December 17. ..…

Other times they were characterized by restraint, permitting the political branches to act contrary to statute or the Constitution Gonzales, and Sebelius cases. ..…

No person prior to Whitaker has ever served as Acting Attorney General without prior Senate confirmation to some position in the Department of Justice.  Congress has provided by statute separate from the Vacancy Act that if the Office of the Attorney General is vacant, “the Deputy..…

The National Human Rights Commission launched investigation into the rape and murder of Nirmala Panta barely week and it has yet to come up with report. ..…

I'm having trouble thinking of another in which this court has ever allowed the prosecutor of United States to write law for those he's going to prosecute, this morning.. ..…

Judge: Congress Can Sue Trump over Foreign Payments . . . TEHRAN (FNA)- A US federal judge in Washington said a group of nearly 200 Democratic lawmakers in Congress have legal standing to sue President Donald Trump to prove he violated the US Constitution’s provision banning the acceptance..…

Senate rejected yesterday proposal to include this right in the bill establishing the rules for the new military tribunal system the overall bill was then approved, 65-34.. ..…

Term limits for members of Congress are so clearly inconsistent with the stated goals of the drafters of U.S. ..…

By curbing multiple federal appeals by inmates, WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court held rare yesterday to consider Congress effort to speed up the nation's death penalty machinery, and the justices seemed to bog down in the details of what Congress did.. ..…

Ct 1916, 2018 WL 3013807, wide elections and the number of legislators it was able to elect.. ..…

Florida State University celebrates Women's History during the month of March The Florida State University Women's Student Union and the community are celebrating Women's History Month during the month of March with activities centered around the theme of. ..…

©Reuters 2014 The US Senate's committee should release Human Rights Watch said today. ..…

cascade of decisions on Capitol Hill and in the courts is sure to follow U.S. ..…

This provision, part of overall spending bill, mandates withholding antiterrorism funds and other aid from countries that refuse to grant immunity for U.S citizens before International Criminal Court. . ..…

By 6-3 vote, Congress had usurped the power to define protection of religion and intruded on the business of the states.. ..…

WASHINGTON — Congress exceeded its authority Supreme Court ruled Wednesday as it declared the law unconstitutional.. ..…

WASHINGTON - — Seminole Indian leaders and their attorneys spilled out of Supreme Court building on Wednesday with renewed confidence that they would be able to bring casino gambling to South Florida.. ..…

The release by Library of Congress of the personal papers of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall has created firestorm protects and also hides the inner workings of the high court.. ..…

Senate Thursday voted, 55-41, number of their race being condemned to die... ..…

Abortion foes consider this war, said Jennifer Pizer, director of National Abortion Rights Action League Washington.. ..…