WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump claimed executive privilege Wednesday to refuse to hand over documents to opposition Democratic lawmakers investigating a question about citizenship on next year’s once-a-decade U.S. census. Trump’s action came just ahead of a scheduled vote by the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on whether to hold Attorney General William […]
Amicus makes the case for the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act and Congress’s authority–and trust responsibility–to legislate for the benefit of Indian Tribes Urges the Fifth Circuit to overturn lower court’s unprecedented ruling WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) along with U.S. Representatives Karen Bass (D-Calif.), […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer plans to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a lawsuit filed against him by adult-film star Stormy Daniels. Michael Cohen said in a brief filed Wednesday in a California court that he decided to invoke his constitutional right after the FBI raided his home, office and hotel […]
ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska Monday in an amicus brief urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear John Sturgeon’s case and to ultimately overturn the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision. Mr. Sturgeon filed his petition for certiorari on January 5, and the State is hopeful that the Supreme Court will once again review […]