“This bill is political grandstanding at its worst,” said one lawmaker. With the U.S. Senate poised to vote on the Laken Riley Act on Friday, immigrant rights advocates are warning that—despite claims from proponents that the bill is aimed at protecting American communities from violent crime—supporters of the legislation are actually advancing a dangerous “Trojan horse” and […]
“Americans: We just want higher wages and lower costs. Republicans: We are going to take away your healthcare.” Some Democratic lawmakers and other critics of congressional Republicans on Friday pointed to a document obtained by Politico as just the latest evidence that the looming GOP trifecta at the federal level poses a threat to working families nationwide. “Americans: We […]
“Donald Trump will have no penalty for criminal wrongdoing, which is an affront to accountability and to a system where no one is above the law, though the judge had little alternative,” said one ethics expert. After being convicted of 34 felonies in New York last year, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday received an unconditional discharge during a sentencing hearing […]
“Alito claims it was to help a former clerk get a job,” wrote one legal commentator. “Doesn’t matter. Federal law requires Alito now be DISQUALIFIED from the Trump stay petition.” Following the revelation that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had a private phone call with Trump the day before Trump’s legal team petitioned the Supreme […]