Judge rules against advocates trying to help migrants sent to Guantanamo and to stop more transfers
A federal judge has ruled against immigration and civil rights advocates attempting to help migrants who had been sent to the ...
Judges around the country are disturbed by the Trump administration
Legal Newsletter looks at pushback to the administration's efforts to remake government in its own image, plus other legal ...
Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects DOJ Position: 'Defy Rationality'
Judge Dabney Friedrich rejected the DOJ's view that the pardon broadly covers crimes discovered in Capitol riot investigations.
Judge Pushes Back on Justice Dept.’s Broad View of Jan. 6 Pardons
The judge, Dabney L. Friedrich, chided the department for the way in which it had “abruptly reversed its position” on the ...
Judge in ‘It Ends With Us’ case grants Blake Lively further protections to limit sensitive information from being made public
The judge overseeing Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle granted much of Lively’s request for an expanded ...
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Republicans May Regret Undermining Judicial Independence: Threats to Impeach Federal Judges Who Rule Against the Government Are a Naked Attack on Their Constitutionally Crucial ...
Under the U.S. Constitution, federal judges "hold their Offices during good Behaviour" and receive salaries that "shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office." Like other "civil ...
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‘The money was gambled away’: Local CFO gets 9-year sentence for stealing $6M from injured child fund
This is certainly a case that calls for deterrence. We need to send a message: you cannot steal from agencies of the ...
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‘Jet-setting’ local CFO who stole millions from Virginia Birth Injury Fund to be sentenced today
John Hunter Raines admitted to using the embezzled funds on private jet trips, limo rides and a gambling and booze habit. The ...
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Birth fund executive gets 9 years for stealing money meant for disabled children
Raines is the former CFO for the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program. Last October, Raines ...
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Federal judge rules Trump’s firing of head of special counsel was unlawful, will maintain his job
A D.C.-based federal district judge ruled late Saturday evening that President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel was unlawful, keeping him in his post. The Trump ...
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Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting temporary relief to a coalition of labor ...