The Judiciary Committee postponed votes to issue subpoenas for benefactors of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito after Republicans threatened a politically charged fight.
El Departamento de Justicia ha invocado una ley de 200 años de antigüedad para detener a miles de migrantes indocumentados a fin de que declaren en casos contra traficantes de personas. Algunos han estado privados de la libertad seis meses o más.
The Justice Department has invoked a 200-year-old law to detain thousands of undocumented immigrants as witnesses in smuggling cases. Judges have locked up some for six months or more.