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By Jacqueline Thomsen | July 2, 2020
Sen. Cory Booker said that under former President Barack Obama, there was a significantly higher percentage of judicial nominees of color and female jurists than under Trump.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | June 12, 2020
A new fight over the protests themselves is starting to play out in federal court, with complaints that target President Donald Trump himself or implicitly reference his calls for more police action tied to the protests.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | May 29, 2020
A legal fight over the House's proxy voting rules will feature a rematch of sorts between Doug Letter and Chuck Cooper.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | May 22, 2020
As the administration stymies oversight on the COVID-19 pandemic response, Freedom of Information Act lawsuits are once again landing in federal court.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | May 15, 2020
It's not clear how the justices will rule, although it was clear they were a bit concerned about how expansive the House's investigative and subpoena powers are.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | May 8, 2020
It didn't take long for Judge Thomas Griffith's retirement to generate controversy after the president nominated his successor. Taxonomy: Trump Watch, Judges, Government
By Jacqueline Thomsen | May 1, 2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to take up the nomination of Judge Justin Walker, who the president has selected for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | April 24, 2020
Abortion clinics and reproductive rights groups have repeatedly gone to court seeking orders that would allow procedures to continue in the targeted states during the health crisis. Trump's appointees have handled several of those cases.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | April 17, 2020
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Roger Stone couldn't take negative comments about President Donald Trump and make them about him in trying to get a new trial.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | April 10, 2020
Courts have, so far, denied requests to delay in-person elections.
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