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Department of Justice Letter to House Judiciary Committee Regarding Durham Review
The Justice Department sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler responding to the committee’s request for further information regarding U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the... -
Supreme Court Denies Cert in Al-Alwi Case
The Supreme Court had denied a writ of certiorari in the case of Al-Alwi v. Trump. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote separately. The denial, and Justice Breyer’s statement, can be read here and below. -
Government Seeks Dismissal in ‘Padilla v. ICE’
On June 3, the government filed a motion to dismiss in the case of Padilla v. ICE, a lawsuit brought by detained asylum seekers regarding the Trump administration’s practice of forcibly separating childr... -
Draft Resolution Streamlining Subpoena Enforcement
On June 11, the House of Representatives will consider a resolution to enable committee chairs to seek judicial enforcement of subpoenas with only the approval of a panel of House leadership, rather than... -
Judge Rules House Doesn't Have Standing in Border Lawsuit
On Monday, Judge Trevor McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the House of Representatives lacked standing to sue executive branch departments to prevent them from s... -
Court Enjoins Border Wall Construction
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has denied in part and granted in part a motion for a preliminary injunction against the government's construction of a border wall using f... -
Presidential Memorandum on Barr Review
President Trump has released a memorandum concerning "Agency Cooperation with Attorney General's Review of Intelligence Activities Relating to the 2016 Presidential Campaigns," available below. The Whi... -
Assange Superseding Indictment
On Thursday, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned a superseding indictment charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17-counts of violating the Espionage Act and one count of co... -
Associate Deputy Attorney General Sujit Raman Remarks at the ABA Rule of Law Initiative Annual Issues Conference
On Tuesday, Associate Deputy Attorney General Sujit Raman delivered the following remarks to the ABA Rule of Law Initiative annual conference in a speech entitled “The Rule of Law in the Age of Great Pow... -
Rep. Collins Releases Transcripts of Interviews with FBI and Justice Department Officials
Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, released transcripts of interviews with former and current Justice Department officials, including former attorney gener... -
Special Counsel Search Warrants Against Michael Cohen Unsealed
On Tuesday, the Chief Judge Beryll Howell of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia issued an order to unseal and for the government to publish warrants for searches against former Trump law... -
House Intelligence Committee Releases Cohen Transcripts
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has released transcripts of two interviews with President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, one from February 2019 and one from March 2019. Both tr...
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