206 ABA Journal 8th Circuit Court articles.
The case of the wrongly imprisoned “Beatrice Six” came to a close Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a Nebraska county’s appeal of a $28.1 million judgment…
Mar 6, 2019 4:26 PM CST
Missouri and its governor have immunity in a suit claiming indigent defendants in the state aren’t receiving meaningful representation in violation of the Sixth Amendment, a federal appeals court has…
Jan 15, 2019 1:45 PM CST
Five Arkansas Supreme Court justices are trying to block the state’s judicial discipline agency from sanctioning them over their quick decision to remove a judge from capital cases after he…
Oct 18, 2018 4:23 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Missouri law banning donations between political action committees violates the First Amendment.
The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nebraska inmate Carey Dean Moore became the first person to be executed with the drug fentanyl on Tuesday after a federal appeals court rejected a drug company’s challenge to two…
Aug 14, 2018 1:44 PM CDT
May 30, 2018 11:33 AM CDT
A former zoo in Iowa must transfer its lemurs and tigers to other facilities because of a violation by the Endangered Species Act, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The…
Apr 17, 2018 8:00 AM CDT
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced to the Senate 17 judicial nominees—including two who received “not qualified” ratings from the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.
U.S.…
Jan 19, 2018 9:45 AM CST Dec 12, 2017 4:29 PM CST Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has delayed a vote on a federal appeals court nominee who received a “not qualified” rating from the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal…
Dec 1, 2017 1:10 PM CST Nov 15, 2017 5:26 PM CST Nov 15, 2017 11:20 AM CST Nov 1, 2017 5:09 PM CDT Oct 31, 2017 9:35 AM CDT U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has announced he will oppose the nomination of Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras to the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Franken…
Sep 6, 2017 11:05 AM CDT8th Circuit nominee Grasz confirmed by the Senate despite ABA committee’s ‘not qualified’ rating
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Leonard Steven Grasz to a seat on the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Grassley delays vote on controversial 8th Circuit nominee to allow review of new information
ABA president defends ratings of judicial nominees after GOP senators claim liberal bias
Updated: ABA President Hilarie Bass defended an ABA committee’s ratings of judicial nominees on Wednesday after GOP senators charged in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that liberal bias could be swaying the evaluations.
ABA committee member provides context to ‘you guys’ comment in Grasz interview
Clarified: A member of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary who interviewed Leonard Steven Grasz is providing context to a comment about "you guys" in a discussion they had during the interview process.
8th Circuit nominee answers senators’ questions on ‘not qualified’ rating
Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee expressed harsh criticism of the "not qualified" rating given to a candidate for the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during a hearing Wednesday morning.
ABA committee explains its ‘not qualified’ rating for 8th Circuit nominee
A nominee for a federal appeals court received a “not qualified” rating from an ABA committee partly because of concerns about his commitment to precedent, according to a statement by the committee chair.
Franken opposes Stras for 8th Circuit; will confirmation hearing be held?
