Author: Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner

Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected a request by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to recuse from an upcoming Supreme Court tax case after the conservative justice sat down for a pair of interviews with an attorney involved in the case. Durbin and other Democrats had said Alito should not participate in the upcoming case U.S.…

Academia. The news media. The entertainment industry. Conservatives have long lamented the left-wing dominance of these societal behemoths. Now there’s a new liberal bias concern: Big Law. The nation’s largest and most profitable law firms — the Am Law 100 per Law.com Compass and the American Lawyer — routinely take the liberal side in litigation…

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is demanding records from special counsel Jack Smith‘s office after a lawyer representing a defendant in former President Donald Trump‘s classified documents case said he was improperly pressured. Lawyer Stanley Woodward is representing Walt Nauta, an aide to the former president who is charged alongside Trump with scheming…

A federal jury found former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro guilty of charges that he ignored calls from the House Jan. 6 committee to produce documents and testimony. After nearly four hours of deliberation, the jury found Navarro guilty on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. WHAT CELESTE MALOY’S WIN IN UTAH’S SPECIAL…

Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he is “hopeful” the Supreme Court may soon act on its own to address “perceived ethics issues” as some Democratic lawmakers are pushing their own legislation to rein in the court. Kavanaugh made his comments on Thursday during a conference of judges and lawyers after he was asked by Judge Stephanie…

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday told the judge overseeing the Fulton County, Georgia, election subversion case that he “may” try to move his state case to federal court. Attorneys for Trump had previously indicated an interest in trying to remove the case from state to federal court, which could help him fight the 13…

A top law firm that was sued over its DEI scholarship after the Supreme Court slashed affirmative action policies for colleges has quietly altered the language on its website to accept all applicants. Morrison Foerster has changed the language of eligibility criteria for its diversity, equity, and inclusion fellowship just days after a lawsuit targeted…

The details of former President Donald Trump‘s Fulton County, Georgia, racketeering trial began to unfold on Wednesday in the first televised hearing in the case since the indictment was handed up last month. Special prosecutor Nathan Wade spoke on behalf of the district attorney’s office and said he expects a four-month-long trial with more than…

Former President Donald Trump was rejected by a New York state judge on Wednesday over his bid to delay a trial that could mean costly ramifications for his family business, the Trump Organization. Trump’s lawyers made a late request Tuesday evening that Justice Arthur F. Engoron delay the start of Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia…

A codefendant in the sweeping Fulton County, Georgia, 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump was denied his bid to sever his case from Sidney Powell. Codefendant Kenneth Chesebro, who like Powell filed a demand for a speedy trial, was denied a bid to have his case tried separately from Powell by Superior…