Executive Branch

Georgia appeals court cancels arguments on removal of DA Fani Willis from Trump case

The Georgia Court of Appeals on Monday abruptly canceled oral arguments on Donald Trump’s appeal of a state court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) to continue prosecuting the 2020 election interference case against the president-elect and several of his allies.

Nov 19, 2024 3:25 PM CST

NY prosecutors appear open to yearslong delay in Trump hush money case

Manhattan prosecutors Tuesday said they will oppose a request by Donald Trump’s lawyers to dismiss his 34-count felony conviction but suggested they were open to postponing proceedings in the case until after the president-elect’s second term in the White House.

Nov 19, 2024 3:20 PM CST

Where have all the lawyers gone? 25% are in these 2 states with higher pay than $176K average

Twenty-five percent of all lawyers live in California and New York, states that include five of the top 10 metropolitan areas for attorney pay.

Nov 19, 2024 11:01 AM CST

Can Trump constitutionally install Gaetz, other nominees with recess appointments? Would Scalia be ‘aghast’?

Can President-elect Donald Trump use recess appointments to install his Cabinet nominees, including former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, his nominee for U.S. attorney general?

Nov 18, 2024 11:58 AM CST

Trump picks his personal lawyers for powerful DOJ posts

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that he planned to appoint three of the lawyers from his criminal trials to top Justice Department jobs, putting them in position to oversee the federal prosecutors and agents who brought two of the cases and to argue on behalf of his administration before the Supreme Court.

Nov 15, 2024 7:15 AM CST

Gaetz’s AG nomination could face ‘steep’ climb, senators warn

Republican senators signaled Thursday that they plan to closely scrutinize allegations of wrongdoing dogging Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, former congressman Matt Gaetz, setting up a potential showdown between the president-elect and the GOP-controlled Senate.

Nov 14, 2024 4:21 PM CST

Biden faces shrinking window for judicial nominations

Senate Democrats are staring down a shrinking timeline to confirm more than two dozen of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees, with President-elect Donald Trump warning Republicans to do all they can to block the effort.

Nov 13, 2024 3:25 PM CST

RNC election lawyer, a ‘very genial guy,’ will be new White House counsel

The White House counsel in the new Trump administration is a former BigLaw lawyer who worked as the Republican National Committee’s outside counsel for election integrity in the 2024 presidential campaign.

Nov 13, 2024 11:24 AM CST

Federal judge suspends deadlines in Trump criminal case

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election-interference case in D.C. federal court suspended all remaining deadlines Friday—the latest sign that the federal prosecutions of the president-elect are winding down.

Nov 8, 2024 1:00 PM CST

Which law firms are expected to win influence in Trump administration?

Boutique and smaller law firms that have advised President-elect Donald Trump and his allies may be among the legal counsel who benefit when he takes office in January.

Nov 7, 2024 9:22 AM CST

‘Watchdogs’ author has no regrets about choosing civil service over the NBA

Glenn Fine’s career-long crusade against corruption might have its roots in his college days as a point guard for the Harvard basketball team. He played his personal best against Boston College—in a game that he later discovered had been fixed by the mob.

Nov 6, 2024 8:11 AM CST

What we know about Trump, Harris, and judicial nominations

The numbers will fluctuate before the inauguration in January, but the next president could have the fewest openings to fill at the start of a presidential term since 1989, according to figures compiled by the Brookings Institution. Any openings on the Supreme Court would depend in part on who wins the White House.

Oct 31, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Georgia appeals court cancels arguments on removal of DA Fani Willis from Trump case

NY prosecutors appear open to yearslong delay in Trump hush money case

Where have all the lawyers gone? 25% are in these 2 states with higher pay than $176K average

Can Trump constitutionally install Gaetz, other nominees with recess appointments? Would Scalia be ‘aghast’?

Trump picks his personal lawyers for powerful DOJ posts

Gaetz’s AG nomination could face ‘steep’ climb, senators warn

Biden faces shrinking window for judicial nominations

RNC election lawyer, a ‘very genial guy,’ will be new White House counsel

Federal judge suspends deadlines in Trump criminal case

Which law firms are expected to win influence in Trump administration?

‘Watchdogs’ author has no regrets about choosing civil service over the NBA

What we know about Trump, Harris, and judicial nominations

Trump says he’d fire special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again

Appendix of source materials unsealed in Trump Jan. 6 prosecution

Conservative faction pushes judge nominees who are ‘even more bold and more conservative’

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