House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Ex-WH Counsel McGahn
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler subpoenaed former White House counsel Donald McGahn on Monday.
Law & the Courts
Donald Trump Will Need to Hand over His Tax Returns
The lawsuit he just filed in an effort to avoid doing so is frivolous.
Supreme Court to Consider LGBT Job-Discrimination Cases
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up cases involving LGBT individuals who claim they were fired from their jobs because of sexual orientation.
If Democrats Try to Impeach Trump, They Can’t Say They Weren’t Warned
An intent to obstruct with no actual obstruction is a thin reed for the first removal of a sitting president of the United States.
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—April 21
1969—In his majority opinion in Shapiro v. Thompson, Justice Brennan rules that state and D.C. laws that deny welfare assistance to residents of less than a year violate a constitutional right ...
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—April 20
2006—In Harper v. Poway Unified School District, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit rules that the First Amendment permits schools to impose viewpoint-discriminatory restrictions on student speech. The case ...
The Mueller Report Vindicates Bill Barr
Barr has provided Congress with the full, at times gory details drawn from Mueller’s aggressive investigation.
The Mueller Report’s Release Was a Model of Transparency
Barr released the report and made an almost-entirely-unredacted copy available to congressional leaders. It wasn’t enough to satisfy Democrats.
Does the Obstruction Statute Apply?
That is a very important technical legal question.
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—April 19
1972—Dissenting from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sierra Club v. Morton that the Sierra Club lacks standing to challenge federal actions regarding a ski development, Justice William O. Douglas proposes ...