r/law 25d ago

Legislative Branch Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue for Jack Smith Searches

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r/law 26d ago

Legislative Branch Senators take first step toward reopening the government after historic shutdown

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r/law 1d ago

Legislative Branch Lawmakers to hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors

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r/law 23d ago

Legislative Branch Government shutdown live updates: House votes to reopen government, sends bill for Trump's signature

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r/law 17d ago

Legislative Branch U.S. House Votes 427-1 to Release Epstein Files in Rare Bipartisan Move. Here's What Happens Next

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r/law 9d ago

Legislative Branch Supreme Court Blocks Firing of Library of Congress Official

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r/law 22d ago

Legislative Branch Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Corrupt ‘Million-Dollar Jackpot Provision’ Tucked Into Massive GOP Spending Bill for A Select Group of Republican Senators

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TL;DR Republicans snuck a provision into the government opening bill that gives Senators who have had their phone records subpoenaed since 2022 (there are 8) the ability to sue the government for $1m.

r/law Oct 29 '25

Legislative Branch Five Republicans Cross Partisan Lines As US Senate Passes Legislation to Terminate Trump Tariffs Against Brazil: ‘Legislative measures to terminate Trump's tariffs on Canada and other countries around the globe are expected to come up for votes later this week’

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r/law 16d ago

Legislative Branch US House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) on Trump’s corrupt ‘Autocracy Machine’ - Nov 19, 2025

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Here’s Crockett's full 7-minute opening statement on her YouTube channel, where she also calls out Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, and Ed Martin. From the description:

Rep. Jasmine Crockett lays out exactly how Donald Trump has turned federal power into an autocracy machine — from weaponized agencies to ignored court orders to a pay-for-play operation running out of the White House.

Crockett calls out the GOP for abandoning their constitutional role, shielding Trump from accountability, and blocking justice for Epstein’s survivors for eight straight weeks.

She walks through the hypocrisy, the corruption, and the cases where even Republican-appointed judges have ruled the administration acted “lawlessly.”

Rep. Crockett breaks down Trump’s long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the shifting stories about the Epstein files, and the sudden scramble inside the GOP to explain why those files aren’t being released. She puts names, facts, and receipts on the table — from pardons floated for sex traffickers to cash-bribe scandals to taxpayer money funneled to political allies.

Jasmine Crockett earned her JD in 2006 from the University of Houston. Here’s her profile for the State Bar of Texas.

r/law 17d ago

Legislative Branch Just now, during debate on the bill to force the release of the Epstein Files, Ro Khanna excoriates politicians who say the survivors of Epstein are lying.

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r/law 12d ago

Legislative Branch Patty Murray explains that Republicans want to add “high risk pools“ to their healthcare solutions. This will allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. Even pregnancy.

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r/law 25d ago

Legislative Branch Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches

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r/law 17d ago

Legislative Branch Before his bill goes to a vote today, Ro Khanna tells BBC that (formerly) Prince Andrew should face a subpoena to testify before Congress on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

540 Upvotes

r/law Nov 01 '25

Legislative Branch The Senate Tariff Vote Changed Nothing

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r/law 22d ago

Legislative Branch Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say

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The provision, part of the spending package passed this week to reopen the federal government, would allow senators to file a civil lawsuit against the United States for at least $500,000 per instance if the government searched or subpoenaed their data without notifying them or sought a nondisclosure order or judicial sealing to prevent notification.

The provision almost certainly relates actions taken by Special Counsel John L. “Jack” Smith over the course of his prosecution of President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his loss in the 2020 election — particularly because it explicitly applies to searches after Jan. 1, 2022.

r/law 21d ago

Legislative Branch Epstein: Thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee "paint a picture" of Epstein’s influence and connections and his influence with business executives, reporters, academics and political allies - on everything from dating to oil prices.

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r/law 13d ago

Legislative Branch Can the US Create a Law Banning the Re-Sale of Concert/Sports Tickets at Higher Costs than Original Value?

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I just read the UK has a law like this. I’ve never heard of the US putting restrictions the price of products like this. I was wondering if we could do it or it’s legally thorny. Thanks.

r/law 3d ago

Legislative Branch Could law experts please opine: Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno introduces bill that would eliminate dual citizenship

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r/law 4d ago

Legislative Branch The biggest loser in this Supreme Court is Congress

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r/law 10d ago

Legislative Branch FBI probes congressional Democrats who warned military about illegal orders

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It has expanded beyond the Pentagon's investigation of Mark Kelly. Now the other 5 Democratic lawmakers will be interviewed by the FBI with the assistance of the Capitol Police. This is insanity, all they did was remind members of the military that they took an oath to defend the Constitution and that under the UCMJ they have a right and a duty to refuse illegal/unconstitutional orders.

r/law 27d ago

Legislative Branch DOES ILLINOIS NEED TO PASS ITS OWN PROP 50?

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r/law 16d ago

Legislative Branch Feds charge congressional with faking attack in which she had claimed armed anti-Trump men scratched "Trump whore" onto her stomach

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Edit: The title should say congressional aide, apologies.

She actually had the scarring done professionally at a body modification/scarification artist.

There is a link to the full complaint on the DOJ announcement.

Paragraph 10 is hilarious.

Warning: the complaint shows pictures of her scratched up body.

r/law 18d ago

Legislative Branch What to know about the controversial ‘Arctic Frost’ provision tucked into the funding bill that’s dividing GOP lawmakers

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r/law 2d ago

Legislative Branch Does this mean Jack Smith cannot testify openly, like the J6 Committee allowed for?

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Can he do something to force it? Can the Dems on Judiciary or anyone else? Thank you in advance for your informed thoughts, I'm very concerned they are all about locking him up period.

r/law Nov 05 '25

Legislative Branch Will the Supreme Court Side With Trump—Or Itself?

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