Tom Ramstack
Tom Ramstack is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist and attorney. Prior to writing for The Well News, he covered transportation and legal affairs for The Washington Times and founded The Legal Forum, a news service for Washington’s legal community that also offers legal services for nonprofit organizations. His work has been featured in Reuters and other publications.
Ramstack notes that as a licensed Washington, D.C., lawyer, he occasionally works on short-term document review projects on a pay-per-project basis for established law firms. He also receives no payment from subscribers or advertisers from The Legal Forum.
You can reach him on LinkedIn and through his website.
Recent Work
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is closing down its environmental justice and civil rights office this week as part... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is closing down its environmental justice and civil rights office this week as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency. The EPA also canceled $20 billion in climate grants, announced plans to eliminate dozens of anti-pollution regulations and is... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing an executive... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order the president signed last week targeting the Perkins Coie law firm. The firm, one of the nation's most prestigious, sued the federal government on Tuesday... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House approved legislation Tuesday to keep the federal government operating through Sept 30. The resolution now goes... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House approved legislation Tuesday to keep the federal government operating through Sept 30. The resolution now goes to the Senate where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority. The budget resolution is a short-term measure implemented because Congress has been unable to agree on an... Read More
WASHINGTON — The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is in a face-off with the dean of Georgetown... Read More
WASHINGTON — The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is in a face-off with the dean of Georgetown University’s law school over the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion program. Ed Martin told the dean he no longer would hire graduates of the school if... Read More
WASHINGTON — Cryptocurrency industry leaders gathered at the White House Friday for a first-ever meeting with President Donald Trump and... Read More
WASHINGTON — Cryptocurrency industry leaders gathered at the White House Friday for a first-ever meeting with President Donald Trump and Treasury Department officials on how to leverage bitcoin and other blockchain investments as national assets. They are asking for new laws that would unchain them from... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is sending clear indications he plans to sign an executive order within days to dismantle... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is sending clear indications he plans to sign an executive order within days to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. A preliminary order drafted by the Trump administration directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared doubtful Tuesday of arguments by the Mexican government that American gunmakers should be... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared doubtful Tuesday of arguments by the Mexican government that American gunmakers should be liable for drug cartel violence. They suggested the link between gun manufacturing and the few people who use guns to shoot other people was too remote... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s leniency toward Jan. 6, 2021, rioters at the Capitol appears to be encouraging moves in... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s leniency toward Jan. 6, 2021, rioters at the Capitol appears to be encouraging moves in recent days in Washington, D.C., to drop a lawsuit against them and to punish federal prosecutors. The District of Columbia’s attorney general announced last week he... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., late Saturday blocked the firing of the head of a federal watchdog... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., late Saturday blocked the firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency, saying President Donald Trump exceeded his presidential authority by trying to get rid of him. Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a permanent injunction that allows... Read More
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is getting pulled in different directions on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation pushes some automakers... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is getting pulled in different directions on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation pushes some automakers downward, while encouraging data on the economy helps support the market. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading... Read More
A measles outbreak in Kansas doubled in less than a week to 23 cases and has "a possible link” to... Read More
A measles outbreak in Kansas doubled in less than a week to 23 cases and has "a possible link” to outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico that have sickened more than 370, the state health department said Wednesday. And health officials... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is imposing a 25% tariff on all cars made internationally that... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is imposing a 25% tariff on all cars made internationally that are then shipped for sale into the United States. The new tariff regime will go into effect Wednesday, April 2,... Read More
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced the department is slashing as many... Read More
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced the department is slashing as many as 10,000 jobs as part of an ongoing reorganization effort. “Over time, bureaucracies like HHS become wasteful and inefficient even... Read More
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland... Read More
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home in Somerville on Tuesday night... Read More
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has renewed a public health emergency declaration aimed at... Read More
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has renewed a public health emergency declaration aimed at curbing the nation’s stubborn opioid abuse crisis. The emergency, first declared by President Donald Trump during his first term, was... Read More
