A judge in West Texas has rejected a plea deal in which country singer Willie Nelson would have been fined $500 in exchange for his guilty plea to a misdemeanor…
A traffic magistrate with no history of attorney discipline in Florida has been arrested and charged with obstruction with violence after allegedly following a man into a courthouse restroom last…
The number of judges leaving the bench because of a growing pay gap is increasing nationwide, but especially in New York, where nearly 1 in 10 judges are leaving each…
The New York Times is criticizing the behavior of some Supreme Court justices and offering a solution: The court should be bound by the code of conduct that applies to…
The Fourth Amendment is “all but obsolete” in a world where corporations track our store purchases, online companies save our account information, and smartphones reveal our geographic location.
Former Justices David H. Souter, Sandra Day O’Connor and John Paul Stevens (above), since stepping down from the Supreme Court, have served on federal appeals court panels, given interviews and made opinionated speeches on recent decisions.
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Justice Anthony M. Kennedy provided a crucial swing vote in several important cases this term, siding with his conservative colleagues in split decisions more often than liberals.
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