Category: Courts Budget

In Iowa, ā€˜Chicken Case’ Tests Anti-Lawyer Populism

SaraĀ Warner, Courts Monitor publisher, has posted her take a certain anti-lawyer populist trend that seems to have infected at least one U.S. Senate race. See the story at The Huffington Post here:Ā In Iowa, ā€˜Chicken Case’ Tests Anti-Lawyer Populism

Mercury News Blasts Border Crisis Response

The San Jose Mercury News is blasting the government response to the border crisis of unaccompanied children, saying thatĀ  ā€œā€¦ surely the United States will meet this hemisphere’s crisis in a humane manner befitting its historyā€ and outlining… Read More

US House Drops Border-Crisis Bill

BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. House of representatives has dropped a bill that would have provided some $659 million in funding to address the 60,000 unaccompanied children that have arrived on the southwest border. The Huffington Post noted that… Read More