An attorney-turned-toy maker, an attorney general seeks re-election, a judge loses her seat and Ben Crump takes up a saint's case.
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Read More »December 14, 2021 Comments Off on ‘Tis the season for an attorney to become a toy maker
An attorney-turned-toy maker, an attorney general seeks re-election, a judge loses her seat and Ben Crump takes up a saint's case.
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Read More »November 21, 2018 Comments Off on Roberts raps Trump for “Obama judge” comment
Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump for his description of a judge who ruled against Trump's migrant asylum policy as an "Obama judge."
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Read More »October 8, 2018 Comments Off on Kavanaugh fallout? T’aint necessarily so
Damage from Kavanaugh's confirmation fight leads news items including ethnic profiling, judicial insensitivity and new DNA in a decades-old Texas killing.
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Read More »September 13, 2018 Comments Off on Kavanaugh: I didn’t recognize Parkland dad seeking handshake
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he would have shaken the hand of a school shooting victim's father during a break in last week's Senate hearing had he recognized him before being whisked away by security detail.
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Read More »August 31, 2018 Comments Off on Kavanaugh’s civil rights views studied ahead of confirmation
Brett Kavanaugh emailed his White House colleagues in June 2003 with an alert: The U.S. Supreme Court was about to release opinions on the University of Michigan's use of race as a factor to admit students.
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Read More »November 9, 2016 Comments Off on Rosenstein plans to remain U.S. attorney
Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein has told associates he has no plans to leave his job when President-elect Donald J. Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20.
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Read More »May 28, 2013 Comments Off on Son of ex-Bush aide charged with murder waives right to bond hearing
WASHINGTON — The son of a disgraced former aide to President George W. Bush told police in Maryland that he killed a man with a hatchet in a dispute over drug sales, according to documents charging him with first-degree murder. ...
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Read More »May 6, 2013 Comments Off on Hug, prolific Maryland fundraiser, dies at 78
Richard E. Hug, 78, a businessman and prolific fundraiser who raised money for and advised Republican political candidates ranging from former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehlrich Jr. to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, died Saturday.
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Read More »February 18, 2013 Comments Off on Obama attempting to change face of the judiciary
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to change the face of a federal judiciary that has a long tradition of white men passing judgment on parties from all walks of life — if he can get his nominees past ...
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Read More »July 6, 2012 Comments Off on More states freed from No Child Left Behind law
SEATTLE — The Obama administration said Friday that two more states, Washington and Wisconsin, will be exempted from many requirements of the federal “No Child Left Behind” education law. The decision brings to 26 the number of states granted waivers ...
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