The Trump administration is gearing up for an intense legal battle over its plans to fire federal workers, even after a victory in the Supreme Court last week cleared the way for President Donald Trump to resume his attempts to slash government.
Former Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby’s conviction for mortgage fraud has been overturned by a federal appeals court, which ruled that jurors had not properly considered whether the crime occurred in Maryland.
The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will take up a pair of cases next term dealing with the contentious issue of transgender athletes competing in school sports.
A federal court jury in the Sean “Diddy” Combs case rejected the government’s theory that he ran a criminal enterprise that helped him carry out serious crimes including sex trafficking and drug distribution. “Even reading the indictment, it did seem like a stretch to charge Combs with the RICO statute,” said Anna Cominsky, who heads New York Law School’s Criminal Defense Clinic.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to provide free preventive care such as cancer screenings.
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Planned Parenthood, saying Medicaid patients do not have a clear right to sue to obtain non-abortion health care from the organization’s medical providers.
Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official nominated by President Donald Trump to the federal bench, defended himself at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday after whistleblower allegations that he suggested that subordinates may need to defy a court order.
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport immigrants to countries where they are not citizens, temporarily blocking a decision by a lower court judge who said migrants must have a “meaningful opportunity” to contest their removal.
President Donald Trump can keep the California National Guard in Los Angeles for now, a federal appeals court has ruled, delivering a win for the president as he aims to use the military to police protests against his deportation efforts.
