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WSJ News Exclusive | Clemency for Rod Blagojevich Came After Long Campaign Tailored to Trump Rod Blagojevich’s release from federal prison last week culminated a nearly two-year campaign to put the once-prominent Democrat’s case on President Trump’s agenda, orchestrated by a volunteer adviser...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was instrumental in persuading President Trump to commute ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s sentence for various political corruption convictions www.wsj.com/articles/cle...

For @washingtonpost.com proprietor Jeff Bezos, perspective from Charles Foster Kane: youtu.be/tzhb3U2cONs?...

Long overdue recognition for John Carpenter's "The Thing."

Kristen Waggoner’s Legal Crusade for Conservative Christian Values Kristen Waggoner’s Legal Crusade for Conservative Christian Values

Kristen Waggoner, conservative Christian legal crusader, aims to anchor Trump-era gains in constitutional bedrock www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/Maggie Severns

Appeals Court Allows Trump’s National Guard Deployment in D.C. The city argued that the president violated home-rule laws by sending the military onto the capital’s streets.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Trump to continue deploying National Guard units on the streets of Washington, D.C., at least temporarily www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

Superb piece, Carol.

The Wall Street Journal published a Page One story on the inmates' treatment Oct. 10: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

The Case That Shaped Brett Kavanaugh’s Thinking on Presidential Power Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has repeatedly cited a 1935 case, in which the court rejected President Roosevelt’s bid to fire an appointee of President Hoover, as a misguided dilution of the p...

In 2018, we flagged Humphrey's Executor as a restraint on presidential power SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh was determined to overrule. He gets his chance today, when the Court hears Trump v. Slaughter www.wsj.com/articles/the...

Judge Rules National Guard Deployment in Washington, D.C., Was Unlawful The order, which was put on hold until Dec. 11, is a setback to the president’s effort to use the guard in the nation’s capital.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard to bolster crime-fighting in Washington violates several laws www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com

Justice Gorsuch to co-author children’s book about the Declaration of Independence Justice Neil Gorsuch said Thursday he will co-author a children’s book next year focused on the Declaration of Independence, a departure from the headier book the conservative jurist authored last yea...

Justice Gorsuch to co-author children’s book about the Declaration of Independence www.kcra.com/article/gors...

Chief Justice Roberts Faces Career-Defining Decision on Trump The Supreme Court’s tariff case comes as the chief justice is under pressure from the president, the public and other judges.

"A very cautious man": Chief Justice Roberts faces a defining challenge from as he enters his third decade leading the Supreme Court www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com

Trump’s Tough Day at Supreme Court Puts Tariffs in Jeopardy The prospect of a loss by the administration raises questions about the president’s alternatives—and what happens to money that has already been collected.

President Trump’s global tariffs ran headlong into a skeptical Supreme Court on Wednesday www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@GavinBade

Trump’s Position Appears to Be on the Ropes President Trump’s case for tariffs looked in trouble after the first hour of argument, after justices across the ideological spectrum expressed skepticism, if not incredulity, of his claim that a 1977...

Tariffs at SCOTUS: Trump’s Position Appears to Be on the Ropes www.wsj.com/livecoverage... via @wsj

The 50-Year-Old Ruling That Could Matter for the Tariffs Case There are no prior court decisions addressing whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or Ieepa, the 1977 law Trump invoked, gives the president unilateral power to impose tariffs. The...

The 50-Year-Old Ruling That Could Matter for the Tariffs Case www.wsj.com/livecoverage... Follow Our Live Team Coverage:

Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to Deploy National Guard in Portland The decision lifts a temporary order that had stopped the dispatch of state Guard members to the Oregon city in response to protests.

A federal appeals court will allow President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Ore., despite objections from state and local officials www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com

Following @princeton.edu, @georgetownuni.bsky.social selects a former law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens as its president. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Biden Commutes Sentences of 37 Death Row Inmates The move prevents President-elect Donald Trump from executing most men on federal death row.

Flashback 2: Biden follows A.G. Garland's advice to leave three men convicted of hate crimes or terrorism on death row, and commute 37 others whose cases resemble most murderers who get life or a term of years: Dec. 23, 2024: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Biden Weighs Commuting Sentences of Death Row Inmates Such a move would frustrate President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to resume the rapid pace of executions that marked his first term.

Flashback: Biden, who campaigned on abolishing capital punishment, weighs whether to commute all 40 inmates on the federal death row, Dec. 2024: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment. Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

“I’ve got no problem with gruel.” Under orders from Trump, officials seek to make the life sentences of 37 convicted killers more like a living hell. The men were spared the death penalty by Biden. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Vol. 38, No. 8: Department of War In the latest Wall Street Journal stylebook bulletin, a note on the revival of an old name for what is still officially the Defense Department.

War Resister: @WSJ Stylebook conscientiously objects to bellicose rebranding of DoD. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s National Guard Deployment The lawsuit, filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, comes as the administration’s confrontation with Democratic-led states escalated nationwide.

Illinois officials sued to stop Trump from deploying National Guard forces to Chicago wsj.com/us-news/illi...
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Manson Family's plot to expand to Northern Calif. may have ended in murder Northern California's fog and forests still carry Manson's shadow.

Mendocino journalist @mattlafever.bsky.social draws on my first book, SQUEAKY, to reconstruct the Manson Family's failed plot to expand to Northern California. www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a... @sfgate.com

Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal? - What’s News - WSJ Podcasts In the past month, the Trump administration has ordered a trio of military attacks against boats suspected to be transporting drugs from South America to the U.S. However, little information has been ...

LISTEN: Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal? I join Vera Bergengruen and host Caitlin McCabe WSJ's What's News podcast to discuss the president's militarization of a criminal law problem. www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...

What to Know About the Criminal Case Against James Comey Prosecutors allege the former FBI director lied to Congress, but legal experts say there are significant hurdles to overcome.

Comey Case Explained: The Trump administration charged the former FBI director with making a false statement and obstruction when he testified in 2020 about testimony he gave in 2017 regarding a @WSJ story published in October 2016. A closer look: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Farewell to a great writer and even better human being whose columns helped so many.

Planners Battle Over Marking U.S. 250th Anniversary The federal effort to commemorate 2026, mired in dissension, faces allegations of impropriety.

The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission @america250.bsky.social has been in disarray for years, as @wsj.com has reported down the line. For instance: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Group Organizing America’s 250th Birthday Fires Executive Director A bipartisan commission terminated Ariel Abergel after an Instagram post related to Charlie Kirk, he said.

Disarray continues at the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission @America250, which fired its exec director, a 25-year-old ex-Fox News producer the White House had recommended, for a slew of alleged improper actions www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

Supreme Court to Reconsider Limits on President’s Power to Fire Top Officials The justices for now have allowed Trump to remove the FTC’s last remaining Democratic commissioner.

Supreme Court to reconsider limits Congress has imposed on the president’s power to fire top officials www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@WheelerLydia

Listen 🎧: President Trump says he’s ready to order more National Guard troops to American cities. Natalie Andrews and I discuss the nation’s mixed reactions and possible legal and political futures on @wsj.com's What's News podcast: on.wsj.com/3o375VH