A Michigan family court judge accused of signing her own lawyer’s name, without permission, on a personal divorce filing and lying under oath is fighting a recommendation by the state…
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is introducing legislation to increase protections for judges and prosecutors in part by authorizing them to carry guns in federal facilities.
Sri Srinivasan, President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, encountered no opposition before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
A former Tennessee criminal court judge who was convicted last year of lying to cover up a prescription drug conspiracy that involved some defendants in the…
At a law school appearance on Tuesday, Justice Clarence Thomas said he is saddened by poverty and social issues in black communities but he doesn’t know the solution.
The Obama administration’s principal deputy solicitor general Sri Srinivasan appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week as he seeks confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
What did the public take from recent U.S. Supreme Court arguments regarding same-sex marriage? Images of people standing around outside–and that’s exactly why the justices should allow cameras in the…
Arrested nearly two years ago in the clerk’s office when he went to file a lawsuit at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a pro se plaintiff has now…
Security concerns remain elevated as authorities search for those responsible for the slayings of Kaufman County’s District Attorney, his wife and another prosecutor in the office located outside of Dallas.
The governor of Texas vowed at a press conference today that the state would hunt down and punish those responsible for slaying two prosecutors within a two-month period and announced…
A federal judge who sent an email containing a racist joke about President Barack Obama to several people last year while serving as chief judge for the District of Montana…
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