In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Missourian

Barely two decades since the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the people of the United States again are confronting the possibility that their president, now Donald Trump, could be impeached, meaning charged by the House of Representatives with offenses that, if proved in a Senate trial, would remove him from office.

Bloomberg Law

Religious protections bolstered under a new Trump administration rule create a pathway to deny health care treatment to LGBT individuals, restrict abortion rights, and avoid providing vaccinations, prompting concern that employers in the health care industry are now in an untenable and risky position.

Salon

One legal scholar says that whether to impeach — or not — should not be viewed as a political question

Dover Daily News

Casino mogul Steve Wynn’s former company was fined a record $20 million by Nevada gambling regulators on Tuesday for failing to investigate claims of sexual misconduct made against him before he resigned a year ago.

Conversation

Barely two decades since the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the people of the United States again are confronting the possibility that their president, now Donald Trump, could be impeached, meaning charged by the House of Representatives with offenses that, if proved in a Senate trial, would remove him from office.

Bloomberg

Morehouse College’s graduating class got quite the surprise over the weekend, when their commencement speaker promised to pay off their outstanding student loans. But students aren’t totally out of the woods yet—they could still be liable for potentially thousands of dollars in taxes on their newly canceled debts.

Bloomberg

New York is on the cusp of enacting a law that could help congressional Democrats gain access to President Donald Trump’s state tax returns, potentially opening the door for Congress to obtain tax records for any New York resident or business they want to investigate.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Wynn Resorts Ltd. and MGM Resorts International have had talks about Wynn selling its yet-to-open $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor to MGM.

CBS News

Sen. Cory Booker is reintroducing legislation Tuesday to block controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement partnerships with local law enforcement, making the New Jersey Democrat the latest presidential candidate to stake out a position on the issue this year.

Newsmax

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., will reintroduce a bill aimed at preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from forming partnerships with local law enforcement, CBS News reports.

WBEZ Chicago

Today, if you’re under 18 and charged with a crime, your case will likely be decided, and punishment meted out, through a legal system designed for minors. But until the beginning of the 20th century, kids under the age of 18 were tried — and jailed or imprisoned — alongside adults. That is, until the world’s first juvenile court was established right here in Chicago in 1899.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Wynn Resorts Ltd. has proposed that its co-founder, Steve Wynn, be banned from the buildings that bear his name.