When it comes to the Trump family and legal troubles, much of the focus of late has been on Donald Trump, his criminal indictments, and his ongoing criminal investigations. But the civil cases matter, too.The former president is, for example, facing several lawsuits filed by police officers who were injured during the Jan. 6 attack;
I can’t be the only person who rolled his eyes when Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has helped push the lie that autism is something new and something human beings have caused, said during his presidential campaign announcement this spring that he’s “been around at the spear tip of people with intellectual disabilities” his
Donald Trump; Department of JusticePhoto illustration by Salon/Getty ImagesThe Florida grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump for his handling of classified documents is still investigating aspects of the case and issued subpoenas to multiple people in recent days, according to The New York Times and CNN.The grand jury issued subpoenas to a “handful”
In 2016, vice presidential candidate Mike Pence told voters that “Donald Trump will appoint men and women who will strictly construe the Constitution and not legislate from the bench.” The phrase “legislate from the bench” has long been trotted out by Republicans. George W. Bush used it, for example, when first nominating John Roberts to
Given recent events, it’s tempting to think Donald Trump would want nothing to do with E. Jean Carroll and would make every effort to steer clear of the writer. As NBC News reported, however, that’s apparently not the course the former president and his lawyers have in mind.Former President Donald Trump countersued writer E. Jean
A sketchy new report released Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government tries to paint an ominous picture of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Some quick background: In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security officially designated election infrastructure as falling within CISA’s purview. The agency has since been
A historic heat wave in Texas is turning up the temperature on Gov. Greg Abbott after his recent signing of a controversial law known by critics as the “Death Star bill.”Last week, I wrote a post about the Republican governor’s signing of the legislation, which has been nicknamed after the central space station used by
President Joe Biden’s policy intended to allow eligible Americans to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debts, benefiting tens of millions of people. As my MSNBC colleague Jordan Rubin explained, Republican-appointed justices on the U.S. Supreme Court had a different idea.The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan that would have canceled billions of dollars of debt for millions of Americans.Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 6-3 decision, claiming the federal government lacked authority for the plan. But as Justice Elena Kagan pointed out in her dissent, it was
Whether through song, license plate stickers or flags, police officers have been engaged in an ongoing propaganda campaign to convince the public that they are the “thin blue line” — that is, the only thing standing between good people and deadly chaos. But as we learned during two of the country’s deadliest school shootings —
