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There is no justification for such impeachment efforts.

That's the powerful argument that Mayor Adams's lawyers are making, citing (among other grounds) the leaking of a resignation letter containing "the wildly inflammatory and false accusation that Mayor Adams and his counsel had, in essence, offered a quid to the Department of Justice in exchange for the quo of…

How many reporters asked Martha Ann Alito about her flags?

The key issue in such cases is the motivation of the official who adopted by the policy, not who voted for him.

Special counsel has "more than enough incriminating evidence" to move forward if he cuts official acts from charges

It's a weird case, but Robinson's death before the case was heard is old news.

I found myself disagreeing with some of the points made in co-blogger Josh Blackman's post this morning entitled "I could carve a judge with more backbone out of a banana." Instead of a point-by-point rebuttal, here is a set of more general observations: Law is not like the game of…

One constant refrain I have seen in the media since Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre is that Israel is seeking "revenge" in Gaza, or "retaliating" for Oct. 7. Israel, by contrast, asserts two primary motivations--return of its hostages, and the defeat of Hamas to restore Israeli security. Having just returned from…

It was not the Fifth Circuit.