An attorney for the top criminal court judge in Texas hailed the elimination of a public warning earlier this month as a conclusive win for his client in a legal…
The former girlfriend of Justice Clarence Thomas says she broke up with him because he stopped his binge drinking and became “irritable, angry, short-tempered, asexual.”
Before banning a Florida judge from the Osceola County Courthouse, officials tried to prevent him from offering unwanted attention to a court worker by changing her cellphone number and moving…
At least 18 criminal defendants who refused to waive their constitutional right to a speedy trial won’t have to go to trial at all, following a California Supreme Court ruling…
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens said Friday that he still opposes the 1989 Supreme Court decision that protected flag burning under the First Amendment.
Journalists in Canada now have the right to shield confidential sources—provided the protection is in the public interest—after a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada on Friday.
Two Washington Supreme Court justices say there’s a reason why African Americans are overrepresented in the state prison population: They commit a disproportionate number of crimes.
While sorting out a dispute between the city of Mission Viejo, Calif., and a local school district over the district’s repurposing of O’Neill Elementary School, Orange County Superior Court Judge…
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens had some pointed criticism for his one-time colleague, Justice Antonin Scalia, in a little-noticed speech earlier this month.
Updated: George Painter, one of the two administrative law judges at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is retiring, and he knew that it meant seven pending cases on his docket…
Two vegans awarded $2 each but no attorney fees or expenses in a civil suit over their arrest in a protest at a HoneyBaked Ham store are challenging Senior U.S.…
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