Election and Political Law

  • National Law Journal

    Trump Wouldn't Be the First President Asked to Testify in Congress

    By Marcia Coyle | May 31, 2017

    If the congressional committees investigating alleged Russian meddling of the 2016 presidential campaign eventually want to hear from President Donald Trump himself, don't count on a subpoena working its magic.

  • New York Law Journal

    Brooklyn Lawyer Cleared of Illegal Voting to Run for Judge

    By Andrew Denney | May 26, 2017

    Brooklyn attorney John O'Hara, the first person charged with illegal voting since Susan B. Anthony, has over the past several years been reinstated to the bar and had his name cleared. Now he is setting his sights on a new challenge: He wants to lead a slate of insurgent candidates to run this year in the Democratic primary for open seats on the bench in Brooklyn Civil Court.

  • Delaware Law Weekly

    Illegal Effort to Pump Up Turnout Doesn't Torpedo School District Election

    By Tom McParland | May 24, 2017

    The Delaware Court of Chancery on Wednesday ruled that the Red Clay Consolidated School District violated election laws in a special election that raised property taxes tied to school funding but declined to invalidate the results, citing "dysfunction" in Delaware's system for funding public schools.

  • National Law Journal

    Former US House Lawyers Tee Up Likely Legal Issues on Mueller's Long Road

    By Marcia Coyle | May 19, 2017

    Kerry Kircher and William Pittard, longtime former U.S. House lawyers , have seen their share of investigations. The two attorneys concede they have never seen anything quite like the Trump-Russia-Comey affair unfolding in the nation's capital. We reached out to Kircher and Pittard this week to get their thoughts on possible legal fights that could unfold in a process that history shows will take months, if not years, to resolve.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Judicial Primary Results Mixed for Party-Endorsed, Bar-Recommended Candidates

    By Max Mitchell | May 18, 2017

    On Tuesday, Philadelphians effectively chose the nine judicial candidates who will be taking seats on the Common Pleas and Municipal Court benches next year.

  • New York Law Journal

    Specter of 'McDonnell' Haunts Skelos' Appeal of Bribery Conviction

    By Andrew Denney | May 18, 2017

    At oral arguments Thursday for former New York state Sen. Dean Skelos' appeal against his 2015 bribery conviction, a prosecutor admitted that the government "went too far" by stating at trial that arranging a meeting between a state department and a company who hired his son constituted an "official act" worthy of a conviction.

  • National Law Journal

    Clinton Impeachment Lawyers Say Trump's Safe … For Now

    By Cogan Schneier | May 17, 2017

    Attorneys involved in the last impeachment this country saw, that of Bill Clinton nearly 20 years ago, cautioned that any talk of removing Trump is premature.

  • National Law Journal

    Here's Some Advice for Trump From the White-Collar Bar

    By Marcia Coyle | May 17, 2017

    The daily Trump-Comey-Flynn imbroglio and its potential legal ramifications for President Donald Trump suggest it may be time—or past time—for the embattled president to "lawyer up" with outside counsel, veteran white-collar defense lawyers say.

  • National Law Journal

    ABA Counters Trump's Transgender Directive in Appeals Court

    By Marcia Coyle | May 16, 2017

    The consequences of discrimination follow transgender students and their classmates into the legal profession, warned the American Bar Association in an amicus brief that urged a federal appellate court to find that such unfairness violates federal civil rights.

  • Supreme Court Brief

    David Stras: Trump Judicial Nominee and SCOTUS Reformer

    By Tony Mauro | May 15, 2017

    David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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