A sweeping climate change lawsuit filed against the Obama Administration will move forward, a judged ruled on Thursday, setting up an extraordinary legal battle between environmentalists and President-elect Donald Trump. The lawsuit claims the rights of 21 young Americans have been unconstitutionally violated because the federal government has allowed greenhouse gas pollution to be pumped into …
President-elect Trump due to appear in court at trial starting later this month The Republican nominee will have to juggle his legal headaches as he prepares for the White House. Before Donald Trump raises his right hand …
Congress dealt President Obama a humiliating foreign-policy blow Wednesday — voting to overturn his veto of a bill that would let families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia for that country’s alleged role in the terror attacks. The Senate voted 97-1 to override the veto, and hours later the House did the same by 348-77. The …
Saudi Arabia and its allies are warning that U.S. legislation allowing the kingdom to be sued for the 9/11 attacks will have negative repercussions. The kingdom maintains an arsenal of tools to retaliate with, including curtailing official contacts, pulling billions of dollars from the U.S. economy, and persuading its close allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council to scale back counterterrorism …
President Obama is threatening to veto legislation that would make it easier for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. Supporters of the bill vow that they will push for a congressional override. The measure is an outgrowth of a long-running lawsuit against the government of Saudi Arabia by 9/11 victims and their families, who claim that the Saudis funded Islamist …
Heading into the weekend that will mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). The bill passed by unanimous voice vote, as it did in the Senate back in May.
Former Ohio State marching band director Jon Waters’ argument of reverse gender discrimination was dismissed by Federal Judge James Graham on Friday. Waters filed a lawsuit in September 2014 in the U.S. District Court against OSU, University President Michael Drake and then-Provost and …
President Obama decided to reject TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, ending seven years of debate over an infrastructure project that swelled into one of the most contentious environmental issues of his presidency. (Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) While President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Peña Nieto, the three “amigos” of North America, …
Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas announced Wednesday that they have joined nine other states in a federal lawsuit to challenge President Obama’s mandate requiring all public K-12 schools to open up boys’ and girls’ locker rooms and restrooms to students of the opposite sex, based on student perceptions of their “gender identity.” …
An Army captain sued President Obama on Wednesday, alleging that he doesn’t have the proper congressional authority to wage war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Capt. Nathan Michael Smith filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Washington as the president is deploying more special operations forces to the region – and a day after a Navy SEAL was killed in …