Results for “Against Gravity”

60 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS of open legal judgments filed against him, including an $85,000 lien by the IRS. After resigning from his law firm in 2005, he moved to Rio de Janeiro and began a new career as a blogger for the Internet maga- zine Salon. He wrote fierce, and o...

…6, to this Court, Judge Robertson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the claims against Prince Sultan relating to acts performed in his offi- cial capacity for lack of subject matter juris- diction. Burnett v. Al Baraka Inv. & Dev. Corp. 29...

(I should note that the U.S. Attorney’s manual cautions against naming persons as unindicted co-conspirators “[i}]n the absence of some significant justification.” Here, of course, the “significant justification” would exist if a sitting president is the only individual in the co...

…r preying on underage girls. It's a story with plenty to gape at, from horrific and excruciatingly detailed allegations against Epstein to the frequent presence of a former president who was, after all, nearly chased from office for a (consensual) affair with an intern. But somet...

… also to agents of a foreign state acting in their official capacities [since] ‘i]t is generally recognized that a suit against an individual acting in his official capacity is the prac- tical equivalent of a suit against the sover- eign directly’”™ Bryks v. Canadian Broad. Corp....

… of civilians. The model clarifies that Obama’s posi- tion was not as inconsistent as his critics had charged: The norm against chemical weapons may be worth enforcing since it is sustainable, whereas norms against civilian casualties are harder to sustain and hence might not be...

… guilty to minor charges in state court. At the time of the plea deal, federal prosecutors had gathered enough evidence against Epstein to write a 53-page federal indictment, court records show. Play Video DurationA 12:20 The story behind a Palm Beach sex offender's remarkable de...

…nd that the federal investigation is over. They seek to have his plea agreement unsealed, but federal prosecutors argue against releasing the agreement, commencing a yearlong court battle to learn the terms of Epstein's plea bargain. October: Epstein begins work release from the...

…aw after 28 U.S.C. 8 1407 transfer from a district court in the Fifth Circuit). 3. NCB moves to dismiss the complaints against it in Ashton and Burnett. 4. Prince Mohamed moves to dismiss the com- plaints against him in Ashton and Federal Insurance. 5. The estate of Mohammad A...

… far from clear what criminal prosecution steps are (or should be) precluded—and that there is no “longstanding policy” against indictment of the president. Consider the 1973 OLC memo stating that a sitting president should not be indicted. Far from being authoritative, it was es...

… in prison. Now, lawyers for four of Epstein's alleged victims are fighting to get a federal non-prosecution agreement against Epstein thrown out so he can potentially face criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing the women, one of whom says she was only 13 at the time o...

It was initiated in defiance of a longstanding Justice Department presumption against investigating campaigns in an election year. And while impartiality 1s always required, a 2012 memo by then- Attorney General Eric Holder emphasizes that impartiality 1s “particularly important...

…cted to finish for months. But the current report reveals that FBI officials displayed not merely an appearance of bias against Donald Trump, but animus bordering on hatred. Peter Strzok, who led both the Clinton and Trump investigations, confidently assuaged a colleague's fear t...

…n's background was largely as a federal election lawyer. Mostly he was on the more-money, less-transparency side—he was against, rather than for, aggressive enforcement of election laws. He served as the counsel to the Trump campaign, arguably among the most careless about electi...

…and Harvard might merge on that fateful night, he dispatched an assistant to court in an effort to secure an injunction against the scheduled showing. If there is anything more obnoxious to a civil libertarian than the punishment of speech after it has taken place, it is the iss...