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March 12, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: Judge who attacked Chief Justice Roberts is a biased liberal flamethrower

A federal judge in Wisconsin is making headlines by trashing Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts and the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. This is likely what he wanted.

March 10, 2020

Janus, whose case ended mandatory union fees, wants Supreme Court's help getting money back

The plaintiff whose 2018 case led to a Supreme Court ruling that mandatory public union agency fees for nonmembers were unconstitutional is now asking the high court to force the union that represented him to return a portion of the money it collected before that decision. 

March 9, 2020

Conservative leaders sign letter calling for Schumer censure over alleged threats to Kavanaugh, Gorsuch

Dozens of well-known conservative leaders signed a letter released Monday that calls for the censure of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after the New York Democrat allegedly threatened Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch last week.

March 6, 2020

House Dems file for rehearing after losing effort to force McGahn subpoena

The committee asks the entire court, not just a three-judge panel, to hear its case asking the judiciary to force the former Trump aide to testify.

March 6, 2020

Bernie Madoff billion-dollar ponzi scheme and what he wants now: Everything you should know

Bernard Madoff has made headlines for four decades. He's been locked up at a medium security prison in North Carolina for more than 11 years but recently his lawyer petitioned the court for a compassionate release.

March 6, 2020

Schumer last month condemned Trump for attacking a federal judge

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. – who has been widely condemned for his alleged threats against Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – just last month asked Chief Justice John Roberts to issue a statement condemning President Trump for "attacking a federal judge."

March 6, 2020

George Conway admonishes Schumer over Supreme Court comments, says apology 'isn't enough'

George Conway, the anti-Trump husband of Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, admonished Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for issuing a weak apology after allegedly threatening two Supreme Court justices.

March 5, 2020

Bernie Madoff should die in prison, not be granted compassionate release: federal prosecutors

Bernard Madoff, the disgraced New York billionaire behind one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, should die in prison despite pleas from the octogenarian's lawyers that he should be allowed to spend his remaining days at home, federal prosecutors said in a Wednesday-night filing. 

March 5, 2020

Lawyers for alleged Golden State Killer say he will plead guilty if death penalty is taken off table

Attorneys for Joseph DeAngelo Jr., the alleged Golden State Killer accused of terrorizing men, women and children across California in the 1970s and 1980s, said he would be willing to plead guilty if prosecutors did not seek the death penalty against him. 

March 4, 2020

Court to halt Trump administration's ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy in Arizona, California

After temporarily blocking and unblocking the Remain-in-Mexico policy, a federal appeals court said it will in its own jurisdiction halt the immigration policy next week to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for their court hearings in the U.S.