House Investigators Charge Rangel With 13 Counts

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) violated congressional ethics rules and federal law in the handling of his personal finances and his fundraising for a university institute, a subcommittee of Rangel's colleagues charged today. Two members of the House ethics subcommittee, for...

Catholic University Names New Head of Communications Law Institute

Donna Coleman Gregg has been named director of the Institute for Communications Law Studies at Catholic University of America?s Columbus School of Law. Gregg, a former senior policy adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and...

Durbin's Judiciary Counsel Headed for DOJ

A longtime lawyer for Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is taking a job vetting judicial nominees at the U.S. Department of Justice. Michael Zubrensky has been on Durbin's staff for seven and a half years, serving most recently as the senator's...

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The latest edition of our new newsletter Supreme Court Insider has been emailed to those who have signed up to receive it. (You can register for free here.) Some of the features in this issue include: -- A look at...

Obama Nominates Raffinan to D.C. Superior Court

Maria Elizabeth ?Maribeth? Raffinan has become President Barack Obama?s latest nomination to a seat on the D.C. Superior Court. Raffinan is currently a supervising attorney in the D.C. Public Defender Service?s Trial Division. Raffinan joined PDS in 1999. In 2007,...