The Biden administration will “begin the transition process” to remove all Senate-approved US attorneys appointed during the Trump administration, with two exceptions, a senior Justice Department official said. The process could start as early as Tuesday. You are asked to resign. US attorney John Durham, the prosecutor who led the investigation into the origins of … Read more
President Joe Biden. This morning USA Today released my new position paper on the Biden administration’s impressively expansive immigration agenda. Here is an excerpt: The new administration of Biden has the largest immigration agenda of any president in decades. After Donald Trump – the president against immigrants in modern times – it was inevitable that … Read more
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images By LIBBY CATHEY, JACK ARNHOLZ, LAUREN KING, MICHELLE STODDART, CATHERINE THORBECKE AND TIA HUMPHRIES, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — This is Day 12 of the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Here is how events are unfolding. All times Eastern. Jan 31, 7:14 am Sunday on ‘This Week’: Sen. … Read more
President Donald Trump is splitting from the attorney who was supposed to anchor his impeachment process – starting in just over a week, sources told ABC News. The former president will no longer work with South Carolina attorney Butch Bowers and his staff, including Deborah Barbier. A source close to the former president described the … Read more
SCOTUS focus By Kalvis Golde and James Romoser on January 28, 2021 at 4:32 pm Elizabeth Prelogar, who will lead the Attorney General’s office under the administration of Biden, has fought in court during her previous role in the office (Art Lien). “We haven’t changed positions in a single case. Not one. “ Such was … Read more
The Supreme Court. When the trial issue became a major controversy during the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden tried to get around it by proposing a non-partisan judiciary reform commission. At the time, I suggested that the commission’s idea was an indication that Biden would prefer not to advance the trial. In contrast, co-blogger Josh Blackman … Read more
The bill provides for an eight-year citizenship path for immigrants. PENNSYLVANIA, USA – PENNSYLVANIA – After being sworn in, President Biden went to work sending out one of his first legislative proposals – the US Citizenship Act of 2021. The immigration law provides for an eight-year citizenship path for immigrants. “What it would do is … Read more
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s decision to temporarily head the Department of Justice, acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson, signed the decision to remove a prosecutor from his position in 2017 after the prosecutor’s superiors complained that he was the separated parents of their children Migrants not adequately followed up on documents reviewed by NBC News. … Read more
In my previous post, I praised Biden’s action on the first day that Trump’s travel bans were lifted. I’m much less enthusiastic, to say the least, with his plan to revive the Trump administration’s statewide eviction moratorium, which the White House is expected to issue today. The Trump directive, issued by the Center for Disease … Read more
Welcome to Critical mass, Law.comweekly briefing for class action and mass killings attorneys. Two advisors to the Biden administration on the Coronavirus pandemic have backgrounds in mass tests. The shameful plaintiff’s lawyer Tom Girardi and his company should a List of creditors in bankruptcy court today. The US Supreme Court heard arguments about the “competence … Read more