January 9, 2021 Judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
January 6, 2021 Liberals press Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire with Democrats close to Senate control With results from Georgia's Senate runoff elections appearing to indicate that Democrats will take control of the chamber, liberals are quickly making their wishes known when it comes to the Supreme Court.
January 2, 2021 Federal judge in Texas dismisses Gohmert suit aimed at overturning election A federal judge on Friday dismissed a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that aimed to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week.
January 1, 2021 Order delaying execution of Lisa Montgomery, only female on federal death row, vacated A federal appeals court in Washington has lifted a stay of execution for a female death row prisoner scheduled to be executed later this month.
December 31, 2020 Who is Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on death row in the US? The only woman on federal death row was set to be executed by lethal injection on Jan. 12, but Lisa Montgomery, 52, got a brief reprieve when, on Christmas Eve, a federal court pushed the date back.
December 29, 2020 How presidential pardons really work: an inside look at the factors that go into it While many critics expressed outrage at Presideny Trump's pardoning decisions, the custom – as outlined in the Constitution and unique to the person who commands the highest office in the land – has long drawn staunch condemnation.
December 26, 2020 Judge delays execution of only woman on US death row The judge ruled that a new execution date could not be set while the stay of execution is in place.
December 24, 2020 Ninth Circuit rejects California church’s appeal of Christmas shutdown A California church has lost again in court in its bid to legally welcome congregants for services despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shutdown orders because of spiking coronavirus infections.
December 23, 2020 16 GOP attorneys general back NRA in lawsuit against NY AG Letitia James Sixteen Republican attorneys general are supporting the National Rifle Association in its lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who earlier this year filed a case seeking to dissolve the organization because of alleged self-dealing by the organization’s leadership.
December 21, 2020 Liz Peek: Trump’s four years – productive, contentious, energetic and … fun. Let's review It is hard to imagine that President Trump will soon leave office. His presidency has been so big, so full of energy and purpose, that it seems almost impossible that it will come to an end.
