On his first day as attorney general, Merrick Garland pledged a return to what he called the “norms” of the Justice Department and said he would work to eliminate the perception of political interference. But in the two years since he took office, the former federal judge has found himself in the middle of a political firestorm of historic proportions.

The case against Donald Trump — the first former president to face federal criminal charges — brought a crush of protesters to the Miami courthouse last week, as well as a torrent of social media broadsides from Trump and an

The Issue: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could have concentrated on a recreational life of material prosperity (“Fresh Proof Bragg’s Case Is Bogus,” Editorial, Apr. 7).

Instead, he has chosen to fight for a higher ideal — the preservation of our traditional American values.

My father will be 100 years old on Memorial Day weekend. He is one of the “greatest generation” who put himself in harm’s way, including the Battle of the Bulge.

He weeps today when he sees what is happening to the country that he fought for and risked

A US district judge will hear arguments Wednesday that could put the student loan forgiveness program on hold.

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A suit filed by six states’ attorneys general asks the court to suspend the program because it claims the Biden administration did not have the legal authority to cancel student loan debts.

The six states — Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Iowa — filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Missouri in September. District Judge Henry Autrey will be hearing the case.

According to court filings, the Biden administration claims the authority to forgive the

An attorney for the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students at an off-campus home last year said in a recent court filing that “there is no connection” between his client and the victims.

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Authorities arrested Bryan Kohberger on burglary and first-degree murder charges after officials found Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20; stabbed to death on Nov. 13, 2022. Kohberger stood silent in May when he was asked to enter his plea for the charges, and a judge entered not-guilty please on his behalf.

Kohberger’s lawyer,

Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily.

The deal announced in June doesn’t give individual water suppliers enough time to determine how much money they would get and whether it would cover their costs of removing the compounds known collectively as PFAS, said the officials with 19 states, Washington, D.C., and two territories. In some cases the agreement could shift liability from the company to providers, they said.

“While I appreciate

This post was authored by Gabriella Mickel, Elisabeth S. Haub School of Law of Pace University, JD, LLM candidate 2024

The Rice family sought to have their property, eighty-plus acres of vacant land in Monroe Township, Ohio, annexed into the Village of Johnstown, Ohio and rezoned for a residential development. When they were unsuccessful, they sued the Village, claiming a violation of due process rights due to an unlawful delegation of legislative authority to the Johnstown Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission, which rejected their rezoning application. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Village, and the Rice

This post was authored by Gabriella Mickel, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (JD and LLM Candidate 2004)

Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church and Sunrise Senior Living, LLC, filed a joint application to the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment for permission to construct a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) on the church’s current site. To remain in its location, the church entered into a contract with Sunrise to construct a new building that would house both an assisted living facility operated by Sunrise and a smaller chapel and ancillary facilities for the church to use. The D.C. Board of

Questions are being raised by legal experts as to whether Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, should face an investigation over her alleged support of a fake electoral plot in the wake of the 2020 election.

Ginni Thomas has long been scrutinized for messages she sent to lawmakers calling for a new slate of electors to falsely claim Donald Trump had beaten Joe Biden in states in which the Republicans had lost.

Newsweek previously reported that Thomas is alleged to have sent emails to dozens of Arizona election officials and lawmakers claiming it was their “constitutional