Politics & Government

Flynn plea deal increases exposure of senior Trump transition team members

Mike Pence, Jared Kushner, Reince Priebus, Jeff Sessions and Trump at riskAnalysis: Flynn pleads guilty but signs are Mueller has bigger fish to fryBy agreeing to cooperate with federal prosecutors in a deal announced on Friday, former national security adviser Michael Flynn won for himself...

Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases

In Brooks v. Walsh, (9th Cir., Nov. 22, 2017), the 9th Circuit upheld a qualified immunity defense in an inmate's suit because

President Trump’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Today is officially Thanksgiving.  The Thanksgiving Day 2017 Proclamation issued last week by President Trump sets the date.  It also recounts the history of the holiday and then goes on, in part, to say:Today, we continue to celebrate Thanksgiving with a grateful and charitable spirit.  When we...