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After Court Rules, Obama Wants To 'Move Forward' But GOP Digs In

From ABC's Jake Tapper at the White House: President Obama was just outside the Oval Office Thursday ... found a sitting U.S. attorney general in contempt of Congress. http://abcn.ws/ MVY9pp COUNTER-P... read more

The DOMA Decision

Obama ... House Newt Gingrich. He said that the Obama administration “didn’t understand the implication that having a president personally suspend a law is clearly unconstitutional” and urged Congress ... read more

The Obama Administration and the Press

In the Obama administration’s Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. Those suspected of discussing with reporters anything that the government has classified as ... read more

Leviathan’s Lawyers

In cases that have come before the Supreme Court, the Obama White House, like previous ... In March, for example, Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal argued that the Supreme Court should dismiss a la... read more

Ex-CFPB Director Cordray Wins Ohio Democratic Governor Primary

Richard Cordray, formerly the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Tuesday night clinched the Democratic ... served as an Attorney General, Treasurer, and Solicitor General for ... read more

This is the man who will supervise Mueller if Trump fires Rosenstein

As Solicitor General, Francisco helped transform his office from its traditional role as ... an unstable and increasingly angry president occupies the White House. Trump reportedly views Deputy Attorn... read more

Justices Kagan, Thomas pressed to stay out of health care fight

Conservatives want Elena Kagan, the newest jurist on the court, off the case because of her ties to the Obama ... as solicitor general. That’s a contrast with Thomas, who seems less concerned, he argu... read more

GOP Law Enforcement Chiefs Invited Donors To Help Set Policy Via Secret Bulletin Board

A letter from attorneys general challenging the Obama Justice Department’s policy on transgender students’ use of restrooms and locker rooms. Shortly before a RLDF policy call in July 2017, Louisiana ... read more

Ted Cruz on how to ‘reign in a despotic executive’

(Say, isn’t there just such a nominee standing by for Attorney General ... House is claiming the historic defeat of Democrats was actually an endorsement of the Democrat agenda, because no matter how ... read more

Special Counsels and “Who Knew What When”

Next in line was Deputy Attorney General Bill Ruckelshaus. He too declined and stepped aside. Nixon then asked Solicitor ... the Obama White House isn't taking Smith's request for a special counsel ve... read more

Potential Names For Obama IP Team Swirl; WTO IP Chief “Imminent”

As US President Barack Obama began his first weeks in office ... the attorney general on criminal justice and intellectual property issues. He formerly worked on IP issues as counsel on the Senate Jud... read more

Obama Administration Unlikely to Seek Emergency Stay on Immigration Ruling

“I think the law is on our side and history is on our side,” President Obama told reporters in the Oval Office today. The ruling came just a day before applications for DACA, which expand upon the ... ... read more