WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick for the Justice Department’s No. 3 position has withdrawn her name from consideration after encountering opposition on the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee because of her past membership in a lawyers’ group that has supported abortion rights. Jessie Liu will instead stay on in her current position as the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, the Justice Department said Thursday. A person familiar with the process said Liu’s selection was jeopardized by her involvement more than a decade ago in a legal group, the National Association of Women Lawyers, that filed legal briefs in support of abortion rights and that opposed the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel Alito, a conservative justice. Though Liu was a senior official of the lawyers’ group at the time of Alito’s nomination, her name was not on the letter opposing Alito’s nomination and she signed a separate … [Read more...] about Trump’s pick for Justice Department’s No. 3 job withdraws
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Justice Department Is Examining Tesla After Musk Comment
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Business Day Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Advertisement Supported by ByMatthew Goldstein, Kate Kelly and Emily Flitter Sept. 18, 2018 Tesla said on Tuesday that the Justice Department had requested documents from the company after its chief executive, Elon Musk, abruptly announced that he had lined up funding to convert the publicly traded electric-car maker into a private company. The request for information suggests that the Justice Department has opened a preliminary investigation into Mr. Musk’s market-moving Twitter post on Aug. 7 about the potential buyout. The Justice Department inquiry, along with an intensifying Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Tesla’s practices and communications, substantially increases the risks facing the embattled company. Tesla already is under intense financial pressure, with its shares … [Read more...] about Justice Department Is Examining Tesla After Musk Comment
Justice Department needs lawyers to fight expected flood of border wall lawsuits
By Gabrielle Banks Updated 1:10 pm CDT, Tuesday, July 17, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-17', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 17', … [Read more...] about Justice Department needs lawyers to fight expected flood of border wall lawsuits
Justice Department won’t defend health mandate
Mark Sherman The Associated Press Updated 2:37 p.m. UTC Jun 8, 2018 Washington – The Trump administration said in a court filing late Thursday that it will no longer defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including the requirement that people have health insurance and provisions that guarantee access to health insurance regardless of any medical conditions. The decision, announced in a filing in a federal court in Texas, is a rare departure from the Justice Department’s practice of defending federal laws in court. Texas and other Republican-led states are suing to strike down the entire law because Congress recently repealed a provision that people without health insurance must pay a fine. The repeal takes effect next year. Texas says that without the fine in place the requirement to have health insurance is unconstitutional and that the entire law should be struck down as a result. The administration said it agrees with Texas that the so-called individual … [Read more...] about Justice Department won’t defend health mandate
Trump ‘hereby demands’ the Justice Department investigate his conspiracy theories. That’s not how it works
If the Justice Department judges some information to be too sensitive to release, it shouldn't change its opinion simply because the president applies pressure. It's also troubling that the only two congressmen, both Republicans, will attend the meeting: Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) and Troy Gowdy (R-S.C.). Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has led the effort to obtain the records. … [Read more...] about Trump ‘hereby demands’ the Justice Department investigate his conspiracy theories. That’s not how it works