Deadline: Legal Blog

The Thanksgiving tradition highlights differences between the two presidents’ potential use of their vast executive power to affect the justice system.

This week’s Deadline: Legal Newsletter looks at Trump’s announced pick for the Justice Department, plus other legal news.

“Deadline: White House” legal reporter and former prosecutor Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump’s cases and other legal issues.

The president-elect wants to dismiss outright the hush money case in which he was found guilty. Manhattan DA Bragg signaled his opposition to that effort.

The former presidential candidate and current pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services wanted to stop officials in Washington state from investigating doctors over misinformation.

Illinois' Supreme Court said it faced "a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants." Due process was violated, the court said.

The federal judge’s remark about the president-elect’s pledge to grant clemency to Jan. 6 defendants shows the impact of Trump’s electoral victory on criminal cases beyond his own.

A renowned lawyer argues that the cases against the president-elect should be “abandoned.” Whatever one thinks about that conclusion, its reasoning is flawed.

Judge Juan Merchan needs to decide how the case will proceed as Trump is set to return to the White House in January.

A Georgia appeals court hearing was set for Dec. 5 in the state election interference case, but the court canceled it without explanation until further notice.

This week’s Deadline: Legal Newsletter looks at Trump's announced picks for the Justice Department, plus other legal news.