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An Angry Judge and a Maybe-Lawyer in the Briefing Room

A roundup of legal news from the past week.

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The New York Times· Oct 15, 10:24 PMAn Angry Judge and a Maybe-Lawyer in the Briefing Room

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White House 'money laundering operation' exposed by ex-DOJ pardon attorney: 'Shady'After records revealed the donors behind President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer called the project “basically a money laundering operation.” Oyer made the charge Thursday in a YouTube video reacting to a Washington Post investigation published that morning. The Post obtained an internal…

Raw Story2h agoWhole story →

Trump invokes executive privilege in Kennedy Center court fightA White House lawyer said Trump has invoked executive privilege in the court fight over his management of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

NBC News2h agoWhole story →

VA says union contract ‘no longer applies’ after appeals court rulingThe American Federation of Government Employees is pushing back, arguing that the ruling does not give VA permission to re-terminate the agreement.

Federal News Network2h agoWhole story →

California sues ICE to halt arrests at courthousesCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta claims immigration enforcement agents have stopped witnesses and victims of crime from coming to court.

Courthouse News Service2h agoWhole story →

Trump DOJ Sues After California Refuses to Disqualify Voters Based on Faulty Citizenship DatabaseIn what one former election official called a significant "escalation" of President Donald Trump's interference in the midterm elections, his Department of Justice sued California on Thursday for not disqualifying over 20,000 mail ballots from voters it claims could be noncitizens. The suit comes two days after acting Deputy US Attorney General Trent…

Common Dreams2h agoWhole story →

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Musk bankrolls PAC spending big on Paxton in TexasTech mogul Elon Musk poured $158 million into a key super PAC backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) Senate run as part of his push to keep Republican majorities in Congress. Musk was the single donor to Texas PAC — a political action committee backing Paxton's run — in the third quarter, according to...

The Hill1h agoWhole story →

Trump loses challenge to NYC sanctuary city lawsNo federal law requires states to participate in federal immigration enforcement or compels states to comply with those efforts, the judge said.

Courthouse News Service1h agoWhole story →

Norton Simon countersues in rekindled fight over looted paintingsThe museum claims a previous federal court judgment in its favor should block the Jewish Federation from contesting its ownership of the Renaissance paintings.

Courthouse News Service58m agoWhole story →

Fourth Circuit revives Virginia schools’ challenge to federal funding freeze over bathroom policiesThe appellate court allowed the Virginia school districts to argue its transgender bathroom policies comply with Title IX in federal court rather than the Court of Federal Claims.

Courthouse News Service55m agoWhole story →

Trump 'squandered' GOP’s decades-long master plan as key voters exit: Dan RatherVeteran newsman Dan Rather believes President Donald Trump has blown up something Republicans spent generations building, and the bill is coming due right before the midterms . In a Thursday post on his Substack newsletter, Steady, Rather wrote with his team that Trump has wasted the extraordinary advantages his party held when he returned to power and…

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