On Washington: As G.O.P. Moves to Fill Courts, McConnell Takes Aim at an Enduring Hurdle

by | Sep 13, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Courts and the Judiciary, Economics, Finance, Grassley, Charles E, McConnell, Mitch, Non-Bank Loans, Republican Party, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United States Politics and Government, Working Capital

Senator Mitch McConnell said that individual senators should no longer be able to block federal appeals court nominees by withholding so-called blue slips, a major break with Senate practice.

Appeals Court Appears Inclined to Exempt Relatives From Travel Ban

by | Aug 28, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Courts and the Judiciary, Economics, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Finance, Immigration and Emigration, Non-Bank Loans, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Working Capital

As the Supreme Court prepared to hear the case, an appeals court considered who may be barred from entering in the meantime. The judges were more circumspect about refugees.

Rebuked Twice by Supreme Court, North Carolina Republicans Are Unabashed

by | May 27, 2017 | Appointments and Executive Changes, Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Cooper, Roy A, Courts and the Judiciary, Democratic Party, Economics, Finance, Law and Legislation, Non-Bank Loans, Politics and Government, Republican Party, State Legislatures, Working Capital

By MICHAEL WINES May 27, 2017 RALEIGH, N.C. — In Washington, efforts by this state’s Republicans to cement their political dominance have taken a drubbing this month. On May 15, the Supreme Court struck down a North Carolina elections law that a...

Black Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself in Shooting by White Officer

by | May 19, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Conflicts of Interest, Courts and the Judiciary, Economics, Finance, Griffin, Greg, Montgomery (Ala), Non-Bank Loans, Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings, Race and Ethnicity, Smith, Aaron, Working Capital

Judge Greg Griffin of Alabama had complained on Facebook of being racially profiled by the police, prompting lawyers defending a white police officer to suggest he step away.