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December 10, 2019

Federal judge blocks Trump plan to spend millions in military funds on border wall construction

A federal judge in Texas has blocked the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion earmarked for the military to fund border wall construction.

December 3, 2019

Appeals court rules banks must comply with subpoena for Trump financial records

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a decision allowing congressional committees to subpoena financial records pertaining to President Trump, his children, the Trump Organization and other entities.

December 3, 2019

Texas judge warned over refusal to perform same-sex marriages

A Texas judge received a public warning Monday from the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct for refusing to perform same-sex marriages.

December 2, 2019

Trump administration asks Supreme Court for green light to resume federal executions

A federal appeals court in Washington has upheld a ruling blocking the Trump administration’s plan to resume federal executions after a 16-year hiatus.

November 28, 2019

Federal appeals court to hear arguments in former WH counsel McGahn's subpoena case

A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. granted the Justice Department’s request to temporarily stay a lower court ruling compelling former White House Counsel Don McGahn to comply with a House Judiciary Committee subpoena.

November 27, 2019

Judge hits pause on order for McGahn to comply with House Judiciary subpoena

A federal district court judge in Washington on Wednesday issued a temporary stay on her order earlier this week for former White House counsel Don McGahn to obey a subpoena to appear before the House Judiciary Committee.

November 26, 2019

House Dems sue Barr, Ross for noncompliance with subpoenas

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced Tuesday that it is suing Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over their refusal to comply with an investigation about the Trump administration's since-abandoned effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. 

November 25, 2019

DOJ vows appeal after judge orders ex-White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress

Former White House counsel Don McGahn must appear before Congress pursuant to a subpoena issued earlier this year, a Washington, D.C. federal judge ruled late Monday, in a major setback to President Trump's effort to keep aides from testifying before House impeachment investigators.

November 25, 2019

Alito pens fiery dissent after court declines to hear dispute between climate professor, National Review

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a fiery defense of free speech Monday morning as the high court announced it would not hear an appeal from the conservative magazine National Review in a defamation case against it by liberal climate science professor Michael Mann. 

November 25, 2019

James Gottry: Trump judicial nominee faces serious opposition and meritless criticism from the ABA

As Sen. Mike Lee has observed, the ABA has become a partisan organization, not a neutral arbitrator.