Found emails? Clinton aide didn’t delete old messages
We have sent a confirmation email to {* data_emailAddress *}. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account.
Category Archives: Law
The unsatisfying outcome to the Malheur refuge occupation: Editorial
Outside the federal courthouse in Portland on Thursday, Jon Boyette shows to Bundy supporters his disdain for the not guilty verdict with a sign reading: "So long rule of law. It was fun while it lasted."
Why Wall Street’s Top Cop Criticized by Warren Could Stay Awhile
Political friction and vacancies in top posts at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have increased the likelihood that Chair Mary Jo White could remain in the job beyond the end of President Barack Obama's term. White has privately told agency officials that people with ties to both the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns have asked if she would consider staying on to give the next president time to pick a successor, said people familiar with the matter.
Obama commutes sentences of 98 inmates ; 42 had life terms
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 98 inmates Thursday, continuing his efforts to release federal inmates sentenced to harsh prison terms for nonviolent drug offenses. Nearly half the group - 42 people - originally had been sentenced to life imprisonment.
WND Tries to Play the Watergate Card on Hillary
WorldNetDaily is somewhere between desperate and disengaged when it comes to the election -- its tired attacks on Hillary are like so much poo flung at the wall and because nobody believes WND , none of what they're doing is sticking. First came an article by Corsi claiming that "experts" say that "Watergate pales in comparison," citing right-wing activist Thomas Lipscomb saying the undercover video investigation by James O'Keefe and the Wikileaks' publication of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails provide "ample proof of criminal activity that would have made both Donald Segretti and G. Gordon Liddy blush."
Arpaio’s New DC Lawyers Ask Judge Snow to Recuse Himself for, Um, Talking to His Monitor
One day after being formally charged with criminal contempt of federal Judge G. Murray Snow in the civil rights case Melendres v. Arpaio , Sheriff Joe Arpaio's new Washington, DC-lawyers are asking Snow to recuse himself - get this - because Snow regularly communicates with the monitor he appointed to help ensure the sheriff's compliance with his orders.
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio charged with criminal contempt
Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court for the District of Arizona [official website] made the order after determining that Arpaio disobeyed a court order in a racial profiling case. This comes after Judge G Murray Snow requested [JURIST report] that the US Attorney's Office file criminal contempt charges against Arpaio.
Get out and vote, the third debate, death with dignity, and more
Yes, you should vote. So what if you don't like any presidential candidates? Get over it and vote anyway.
Robert J. Samuelson: Election calls for ticket-splitting – Tue, 25 Oct 2016 PST
There was a time when ticket splitting was common. Voters would support one party's candidate for president and the other's for Congress.
Barr, Kemper meet in hard-hitting debate
Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Democratic challenger Nancy Jo Kemper sparred Monday night over issues from health care to Donald Trump 's fitness to lead America's foreign policy in a hard-hitting televised debate, two weeks from Election Day. Kemper, a pastor, went on the offensive at the start of the hour-long debate, accusing the two-term Republican congressman of running a TV ad in Kentucky's 6th District that took her words from a television interview out of context.
Obama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama's health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That's sure to stoke another "Obamacare" controversy days before a presidential election.
Human trafficker gets one year in prison for failure to pay taxes, wages
On Oct. 17, 2016, Isamary Diaz, 56, of Phoenix was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison with one year of supervised release for failure to file accurate tax returns in order to cover up the fact she was employing illegal aliens she helped smuggle into the country to work in her five Phoenix area restaurants.
As Medicaid loses stigma, election may cloud its future
In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Nicholas Novak poses for a photo in Lynwood, Ill. Novak, a part-time worker needed an operation and found out Medicaid would cover his $46,000 bill.
Ex-Pennsylvania Attorney General faces sentencing
Back in August, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane resigned from office in disgrace after being convicted of multiple felonies stemming from a politically-motivated act of retribution. Kane, who will appear in court for sentencing Monday, faces a prison sentence of up to two years for perjury and obstruction, according to a brief obtained by the Legal Intelligencer.
As Medicaid loses stigma, its fate rides on stormy election
The federal-state program for low-income people has been scarcely debated in the turbulent presidential election, but it faces real consequences depending on who wins the White House in the Nov. 8 vote. Under President Barack Obama, Medicaid has expanded to cover more than 70 million people and shed much of the social stigma from its earlier years as a welfare program.
Paying criminal wages
Thousands of prison inmates in several states have been protesting since Sept. 9 against what they claim are barbaric prison conditions, including the obligation to do low paid jobs.
EPA Chief: ‘I’m Not Talking To Climate Deniers’
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said she's done talking to "climate deniers" who don't think human activities are causing global warming. "If they haven't figured out by now, what in God's name could anyone say to them?" McCarthy said in a Facebook Live interview with Mashable Tuesday.
Coal Industry Scores a Major Legal Victory. Can it Hold?
A federal district has ruled that environmental regulators must consider the cost of its decisions on jobs, specifically the coal sector. While regulators are supposed to evaluate the costs and benefits to their rulings, this decision is seen as something of a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency and its pending rules on carbon.
clintontrumpREUTERS
When former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare "crazy," he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it. Bill Clinton said this month that while millions more Americans now have insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law, small businesses and some families are still "getting killed" by surging healthcare costs.
It’s Entirely Reasonable For Police To Swipe a Suspicious Gift Card, Says Court
An anonymous reader quotes Ars Technica: A U.S. federal appeals court has found that law enforcement can, without a warrant, swipe credit cards and gift cards to reveal the information encoded on the magnetic stripe . It's the third such federal appellate court to reach this conclusion.