A top attorney for the Oath Keepers was arrested Thursday in Texas on allegations she planned and attended the Jan. 6, 2021 siege on the U.S. Capitol, and withheld and destroyed evidence relevant to the ongoing criminal investigation into the riot.
Disinformation created by Russian operatives and spread by an unsuspecting public threatens not just election integrity, but also trust in the court system, experts warned Thursday, during a National Judicial College symposium on the courts' role in preserving democracy.
Lawmakers who participated in the 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol may be ineligible for reelection under the Fourteenth Amendment's bar on rebels holding office, the Fourth Circuit said Tuesday in the latest blow to controversial North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who recently lost his primary to a challenger.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's leaked draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade may signal the end of abortion as a constitutional right, but the fight won't be over for abortion rights advocates or opponents, who expect litigation over state constitutions, interstate travel, mailed abortion pills and even contraception.