President Joe Biden’s quest to put Adeel Mangi on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals appears in jeopardy after a key Senate Democrat came out against the “historic” nominee, whose ties to an anti-police group have landed him in hot water. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) said Tuesday she “cannot support” Mangi, citing his
At Georgetown Law School, professors are encouraged to publish their academic work to the school’s “Scholarly Commons,” an online portal that serves as a “repository” for journal articles and other materials. This year’s submissions include lengthy papers on privacy law, tort liability, and First Amendment disputes. In recent months, however, one Georgetown Law professor, Lama
Speaking to a reporter in March 2019, Rep. Susan Wild called herself “a very pro-Israel member of Congress” who recognizes the “importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship.” But days earlier, the Pennsylvania Democrat spoke at the annual banquet for a prominent anti-Israel organization alongside a left-wing pundit whom CNN had just fired for advocating violence against
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden’s administration. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority, and its 3 liberal justices dissented on Tuesday. The administration had asked
Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., on Monday downplayed concerns about the district’s high crime rates. “Don’t be so down on D.C.,” Bowser said when asked about the crime surge at the Axios What’s Next Summit Monday night. Bowser, who is in her third term leading the nation’s capital, has faced growing scrutiny
Center for Democracy and Technology took more than $100,000 from Chinese-owned app in 2022 (Mario Tama/Getty Images) NBC News is warning its readers that a U.S. ban on TikTok could “embolden authoritarian censorship”—and using a think tank that has taken more than $100,000 from the Chinese-owned app to do so. In a Sunday report titled,
Ran Bar-Yoshafat returned to Berkeley this week after initial appearance was shut down Ran Bar-Yoshafat (ILTV Israel News/YouTube) BERKELEY, Calif.—A University of California, Berkeley, spokesman said Monday that the university could not adequately secure Israeli lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat’s campus appearance last month against the violent student protesters who shut down the event because Jewish student