Todd Ruger
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Garland moves down path to attorney general confirmation hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee could announce as soon as this week Merrick Garland's confirmation hearing to be the nation's top law enforcement official. → Read More
NAACP sues to stop coronavirus spending rule for schools
The lawsuit argues in part that the Education Department does not have the authority to issue a rule that effectively changes a COVID-19 relief law. → Read More
Supreme Court delays arguments for the first outbreak since Spanish flu
That means a delay in a case over President Donald Trump’s personal challenge to congressional subpoenas for his financial and tax records. → Read More
House gets new chance at court challenge of Trump's wall construction, McGahn subpoena
The House gets a new chance to press congressional authority in two lawsuits against Trump's administration: Wall construction, and the McGahn subpoena. → Read More
DOJ: Congress must meet high bar for Trump tax information
The Justice Department on Monday night backed President Donald Trump in the Supreme Court fight over congressional subpoenas for his financial documents. → Read More
What happens if there's a tie vote at the impeachment trial? It's complicated.
A deep dive into the details of Senate rules and impeachment history helps answer this looming question. But, it turns out, the answer is situational. → Read More
Senators engage in 'political ventriloquism' during Trump trial questions
Questions posed at the impeachment trial Wednesday sought more to allow each side five minutes to tee off on an issue, and less to challenge a position. → Read More
Impeachment trial, like much of Trump’s presidency, is unprecedented
The Senate impeachment trial could set standards for presidential behavior and congressional oversight efforts long after President Trump leaves office. → Read More
Crimes required? Trump's impeachment defense could set new standard
The very definition of an impeachable offense at the center of the Senate trial on the impeachment of President Donald Trump set to begin Tuesday. → Read More
Courtroom experience a commodity as Trump impeachment trial begins
President Donald Trump's impending impeachment trial boosts the profile of senators who have specific experience: Spending time in front of a judge. → Read More
Roberts would hold the gavel, but not the power, at Trump impeachment trial
The chief justice will preside over any impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, but don’t expect him to substantively reshape the action. → Read More
House Democrats abandon crimes in Trump impeachment articles
The two articles of impeachment Democrats filed stayed away from detailing where President Donald Trump might have broken the law. → Read More
DOJ watchdog finds problems, not politics in Trump campaign probe
The report appears to fall short of some of the president's sweeping criticisms of the FBI probe into Russian interference in the election. → Read More
Lawmakers weaponize colleagues’ call records
The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump this week gave members of Congress a glimpse at a new and distressing weapon in partisan warfare — the exposure of lawmakers’ call records as part of congressional oversight.The House Intelligence Committee report in its investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine included the call records of the president’s personal attorney Rudy… → Read More
Supreme Court seems hesitant to rule on defunct gun law
Most Supreme Court justices on Monday didn’t appear inclined to jump back into the contentious social debate over gun control laws. → Read More
Democrats seek quick subpoena ruling in Trump tax records case
House Democrats urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to quickly allow enforcement of a congressional subpoena for eight years of President Donald Trump’s financial and tax records from accounting firm Mazars USA.In a court filing, Democrats argue that not only was a lower court ruling correct when it backed House power to get the records, but also that a president doesn’t have a right to stall… → Read More
House Republicans overlook oversight in Trump defense
Some experts view GOP questions at Trump impeachment proceedings as a betrayal of Congress's constitutional role as a check on the executive. → Read More
Trump and Democrats agree that one impeachment lawsuit should be dismissed
The Trump administration and House Democrats agree that former National Security Council official Charles Kupperman’s lawsuit should get dismissed.. → Read More
Trump’s fight against subpoenas reaches Supreme Court
Dual cases have put justices in the middle of a heated legal battle over the limits for investigations into a sitting president. → Read More
Supreme Court grapples with end of ‘Dreamers’ program
The Supreme Court appears reluctant to undo President Donald Trump's decision to end a program giving 'Dreamers' the ability to work and avoid deportation. → Read More