Landmark US Supreme Court Decision Guarantees Right to Counsel
2d 799; 5951 U.S. LEXIS 1942; 23 Ohio Op. 2d 258; 93 A.L.R.2d 733; Defendant convicted, Bay County, Florida Circuit Court ; habeas petition denied w/o opinion, sub.
Category Archives: Law
Sessions sacks Andrew McCabe
This evening, Attorney Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe . Until recently, McCabe was the deputy director of the FBI.
Following stormy House session, DeLeo defends non-disclosure pacts
A day after two state representatives blasted the Massachusetts House's use of nondisclosure and non-disparagement agreements with some departing employees, Speaker Robert DeLeo on Friday defended the practice as a "part of doing business." During debate Thursday on a legislative rules package intended to better equip the House to respond to workplace harassment complaints, Rep. Diana DiZoglio broke a nondisclosure agreement she had signed as part of a severance agreement when she was a House aide, speaking from the House floor about harassment she experienced and condemning NDAs as silencing tactics.
Appeals Court Voids DOL Fiduciary Rule
In a 2-1 split decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the rule late Thursday afternoon, InvestmentNews reports . This overturns a Dallas district court's decision.
Two men plead guilty to federal drug conspiracy
Two men pled guilty Wednesday for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
Two plead guilty to federal drug conspiracy
Two men pled guilty Wednesday for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
Appeals court lifts halt to Louisiana pipeline construction
A company may resume construction of a crude oil pipeline in a Louisiana swamp, a project that has been on hold for nearly three weeks, an appeals court ruled Thursday.
Judge blocks Ohio ban on abortions due to Down syndrome
A state law that prohibits doctors from performing abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome was placed on hold by a federal judge on Wednesday. Judge Timothy Black said the law's opponents are "highly likely" to succeed in arguing the law is unconstitutional because "federal law is crystal clear" that a state can't limit a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy before viability.
Ed Rogers: Sanctuary cities are bad policy, and it’ll cost Dems
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump administration are going about the sanctuary city issue in the right way.
Republicans consider lawsuit as Democrats claim Pennsylvania election win
Republicans are eyeing a recount and a lawsuit over perceived irregularities in a closely watched US election where the Democratic candidate is claiming victory in a Trump stronghold. With the last batch of absentee ballots counted, Mr Lamb, a 33-year-old former prosecutor and first-time candidate, saw his edge over Republican Rick Saccone shrink slightly, to 627 votes out of more than 224,000 cast, according to unofficial results.
GOP considers recount, lawsuit in special House race in Pa.
Republicans eyed a recount and a lawsuit over perceived irregularities in a closely watched U.S. House race in Pennsylvania where Democrat Conor Lamb clung to a slender lead in the longtime GOP stronghold friendly to President Donald Trump. With the last batch of absentee ballots counted, Lamb, a 33-year-old former prosecutor and first-time candidate, saw his edge over Republican Rick Saccone shrink slightly, to 627 votes out of more than 224,000 cast, according to unofficial results.
Court Ruling On Texas Anti-Sanctuary City Law Sets The Stage For More Legal Battles
As Texas prepares to implement a law banning "sanctuary city" policies in that state, immigrant advocates say they will be documenting how the law is enforced as they continue their legal fight against it. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the law known as SB4 can take effect over the objections of a lower court , which issued an injunction in August 2017 that kept the law on hold.
Students are right on gun control, and Republicans are dangerously wrong: Dianne Feinstein
Republican talking points on guns are misleading and absurd, especially the argument that Democrats have no constructive ideas to counter this violence. Students are right on gun control, and Republicans are dangerously wrong: Dianne Feinstein Republican talking points on guns are misleading and absurd, especially the argument that Democrats have no constructive ideas to counter this violence.
Pennsylvania’s special election should have been a cakewalk for the GOP
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Federal appeals court upholds most of Texas law banning sanctuary cities
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that most of Texas' law targeting so-called "sanctuary cities" can remain in effect, a win for Republicans in the state as well as for the Trump administration as it battles measures viewed as protecting undocumented immigrants. Senate Bill 4, which lets local law enforcement officials ask the people they detain about their immigration status, according to The Associated Press .
3 rural Illinois men charged with Minnesota mosque bombing
Federal authorities on Tuesday charged three men from rural central Illinois with the bombing of a Minnesota mosque last year and said one of the suspects told an investigator the goal of the attack was to "scare" Muslims out of the United States. A statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Springfield, Illinois, says the men also are suspected in the attempted bombing of an abortion clinic in November.
House Votes Down a Right to Trya Drug Bill
The House voted against the controversial "Right to Try" bill Tuesday evening, which would let patients access drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill, which needed two thirds of the vote to pass under suspension of the rules, failed 259-140.
Fifth Circuit, in Bankruptcy Ruling, Lets Convicted Businessman Pay…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a Texas businessman who was sentenced to two years in prison for bankruptcy fraud may use the sale of the proceeds of his house to pay his criminal defense attorneys, rejecting a U.S. bankruptcy trustee's attempts to claim the home sale proceeds as part of his estate. Curtis Harold DeBerry, the former owner of a failed produce company in Boerne, Texas, was eventually sentenced to two years in prison last year for hiding assets from creditors in bankruptcy.
House vote nears on GOP bill easing use of unproven drugs
The House is nearing a vote on a Republican bill easing how experimental drugs are provided to people with terminal illnesses.
Rapper Juelz Santana will stay jailed until hearing in airport gun case
Rapper Juelz Santana will remain in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing on charges he attempted to carry a handgun aboard a plane leaving from Newark Liberty International Airport, a magistrate judge ruled Monday. Santana, a Totowa resident whose legal name is Laron James, appeared in court wearing a black long-sleeve T-shirt and sweatpants Monday afternoon, just hours after he was taken into custody by Port Authority police detectives.