Updated: Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane reported to jail Thursday to begin serving a sentence of up to 23 months for perjury and obstruction of the law. Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy of Montgomery County revoked Kane’s bail on Tuesday, citing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Kane’s appeal on…
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or Matthew Whitaker is the rightful acting attorney general.
The Kansas attorney general’s office is defending Kris Kobach, the outgoing Kansas secretary of state, by saying there is no right to privacy when it comes to state voter data, according to recent federal court filings.
A group of conservative and libertarian lawyers who hope to encourage debate about Trump administration policies have joined a new group called Checks and Balances. The lawyer who organized the group is George T. Conway III, the husband of Kellyanne Conway, who’s an adviser to President Donald Trump, according to…
The appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general complied with federal law and the Constitution’s appointments clause, according to a memo written by the chief of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel.
The wrong person has been named to temporarily take the place of ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions, according to a motion filed in federal court by the state of Maryland on Tuesday. Maryland claims President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general was illegal and unconstitutional, and…
Some in the legal community—both liberal and conservative—are questioning whether President Donald Trump acted within his constitutional authority by appointing Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general after asking Jeff Sessions to resign.
Before his ouster on Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions approved guidelines that limit the Department of Justice’s use of consent decrees to overhaul police departments and other state and local government entities. Consent decrees “should be employed carefully and only after review and approval of senior leadership of the department,”…
Updated: The Trump administration plans to deny asylum to certain immigrants who cross the border illegally under an interim rule change set to be published in the Federal Register on Friday.
A federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed a nationwide injunction that bars the Trump administration from phasing out a program protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors.
Updated: After Jeff Sessions' Wednesday resignation, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Matthew G. Whitaker would be stepping in to replace him as U.S. attorney general in an acting capacity.
When Aimee Stephens was fired from a Michigan funeral home, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took up her case, arguing that her employer could not legally fire her for transitioning from living publicly as a man to living as a woman.
Litigation over President Donald Trump's order restricting federal grants to sanctuary cities continues, despite several rulings favoring the cities and other jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
