Court To Quickly Hear Motion In MD Case To Remove Whitaker As Acting AG

A federal district court in Maryland is moving quickly in a high-profile Affordable Care Act case that challenges the legitimacy of President Donald Trump's decision to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Sessions' unconfirmed chief of staff Matthew Whitaker, and has set oral arguments for Dec. 19 . Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh on Tuesday (Nov. 13) asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction preventing acting AG Whitaker from steering the Justice Department’s response to Maryland’s case defending...