President Trump ‘s pick for solicitor general – the government’s chief lawyer to the Supreme Court – has been there before. Noel J. Francisco won a 9-0 spanking of President Obama over his illegal recess appointments, fought the administration to a draw on the Obamacare contraceptive mandate and won the release of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell after convincing the justices that the corruption charges were bogus.
Category: District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Wyoming’s wolves could soon be shot on sight
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stripped wolves of their federal protections. The ruling allows the state to reintroduce its 2011 wolf management plan, which treats wolves as vermin.
Meet the U.S. attorney who will oversee the Russia probe now that Sessions is recused
U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein, center, speaks at a news conference in Baltimore on March 1, 2017, to announce that seven Baltimore police officers who worked on a firearms crime task force are charged with stealing money, property and narcotics. U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein, center, speaks at a news conference in Baltimore on March 1, 2017, to announce that seven Baltimore police officers who worked on a firearms crime task force are charged with stealing money, property and narcotics.
The World Bank’s View Through the Looking Glass
A few days ago, I had the rare opportunity to watch an arm of the World Bank answer in court for the harm one of its projects allegedly caused. The International Finance Corporation , the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank, responded to allegations that a power plant it financed harmed fisher folk in Gujarat, India.
Trump to order review of Dodd-Frank, potentially impacting CFPB, Cordray
President Donald Trump will order a sweeping review of the Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis, a White House official said, signing an executive action Friday designed to significantly scale back the regulatory system put in place in 2010. The move could have major implications for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was established under the Dodd-Frank Act.
17 state attorneys general ask to defend CFPB; cite Trump
Attorneys general from 17 states are seeking to defend the U.S. consumer watchdog agency in court amid speculation that President Donald Trump may fire its director, Richard Cordray. The attorneys general, all Democrats, said in a court filing Monday they have “a vital interest in defending an independent and effective” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and are seeking to intervene in a case over whether its structure is constitutional.
Supreme Court nominee returns to bench as judge, not justice
In this Dec. 14, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is seen in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Garland has put on his judge’s robes again.
U.S. appeals court revives Clinton email suit
In a new legal development on the controversy over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails, an appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling and said two U.S. government agencies should have done more to recover the emails. The ruling from Judge Stephen Williams, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, revives one of a number of legal challenges involving Clinton’s handling of government emails when she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.