Sam Levine

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sam Levine

As Donald Trump wages a blunt attack on major law firms and the justice department, some lawyers are starting their own law firms and challenging the administration’s effort to cut funding and punish civil servants. The decision to start the firms come as the judiciary has emerged as a major bulwark against the Trump administration. More than 200 lawsuits have been filed challenging various Trump administration policies.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sam Levine

Justice department officials have asked civil rights division attorneys to reconsider their decision to leave the department in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign that the agency may have been caught off-guard by the wave of personnel leaving. Officials have also asked attorneys, including career managers, who were involuntarily detailed to low-level offices last month, if they would consider returning to their sections to handle civil rights work, the people said.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sam Levine

A disputed North Carolina state supreme court race that took nearly six months to resolve revealed a playbook for future candidates who lose elections to retroactively challenge votes, observers warn, but its ultimate resolution sent a signal that federal courts are unlikely to support an effort to overturn the results of an election. Democrat Allison Riggs defeated Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes last November out of around 5.5m cast.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sam Levine

The Trump administration is considering suspending the writ of habeas corpus, the legal right to challenge one’s detention, Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said on Friday. “The constitution is clear, and that of course is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus could be suspended in time of invasion. So that’s an option we’re actively looking at.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Tom Ambrose |Lucy Campbell |Marina Dunbar |Sam Levine |Mark Oliver |Tom Perkins | +3 more

'We care about Europe being self-sufficient', says VanceTrump would like to see 5% spending on defense in Nato, Vance says. European countries have “some catching up to do” as it hasn’t kept up with that, Vance says. We really want and we really care about Europe being self-sufficient.