A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to strike down an Arizona campaign finance law that doles out additional matching funds to publicly financed candidates as privately financed…
A closely watched trial of an Illinois prosecutor that is believed to be the first in state history to put a sitting district attorney in the defendant’s seat in a…
Wisconsin Justice David Prosser isn’t denying it. He called the state’s chief justice, Shirley Abrahamson, a “bitch” during a heated debate over whether to remove another justice from a criminal…
A conservative lawmaker in Arizona has introduced several bills that would change the state’s merit selection process for appellate judges and for trial judges in its two most populous counties.
A former Kentucky judge has been sentenced to over 26 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy among public officials to gain power and control by corrupting…
Sharply criticized after he announced a plan to moonlight at his former law firm to supplement his government salary, the newly elected Colorado secretary of state has changed his mind.
Capping an action-packed appellate week for the Illinois courts, Chicago election officials and a well-known city mayoral candidate, the state’s top court has just ruled—little more than 48 hours after…
A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Minnesota’s governor has misused the process for filling judicial vacancies to prevent elections for chief justice in the state.
Developing: After a brief setback yesterday, when an Illinois appellate court ruled that he could not run for Chicago mayor this year because he doesn’t meet residency requirements, Rahm Emanuel…
Updated: After two lower-level wins, a former top aide to President Barack Obama was booted from the ballot for the upcoming Chicago mayor’s race, as a divided Illinois appellate court…
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was sentenced to a three-year prison term today by a Texas judge in a conspiracy and money-laundering case concerning $190,000 in corporate political…
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