Last night, Judge Amy Berman Jackson held that President Trump’s removal of Hampton Dellinger as the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel was unlawful. [Note, this involves a specific office in the federal government, and not “special counsels” like Robert Mueller appointed to investigate alleged executive branch wrongdoing.] in Dellinger v. Bessent, Judge Jackson rejected the Trump Administration’s argument that the statutory provision barring the removal of the  Special Counsel without cause unconstitutionally constrains the President’s […]

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Apple announced on February 24 that it will spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. President Donald Trump took to social media to credit his administration for the announcement. Without his policies, the president said, Apple “wouldn’t be investing ten cents.” However, Trump’s antitrust and trade policies could be the very thing that prevents other large firms from making similar announcements. Apple’s plans include a 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility in […]

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O ministro João Otávio de Noronha, do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), autorizou a devolução de bens apreendidos pela Polícia Federal (PF) na Operação Dezoito Minutos, que investiga corrupção no Tribunal de Justiça do Maranhão. As informações são do jornal Estadão. A partir da deliberação, foram devolvidos celulares, computadores, veículos e joias. A decisão foi tomada depois da conclusão do inquérito sobre a suposta corrupção no tribunal. Ao todo, três desembargadores e dois juízes foram indiciados por supostas […]

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