A Georgia juvenile court judge and one of three young adult passengers on the single-engine plane he was piloting died today when it crashed in an east Alabama hayfield.
Some White House officials are pushing a new name for inclusion on President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court short list: James Comey, a former deputy attorney general who opposed the Bush…
An angry Miami judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over the sale of a condo tower because a witness sent text messages about his testimony to a colleague…
In an unusual case involving a colleague, a divided Washington Supreme Court today upheld an appellate decision that denied reimbursement for legal defense fees to Justice Richard Sanders.
A New Jersey family court judge admittedly used bad judgment when he joked about the disabilities of two individuals appearing before him and implied in another comment apparently intended to…
A Louisiana judge sanctioned for wearing blackface at a Halloween party could face discipline in another case, this time over comments he made to a woman seeking a restraining order…
A murder defendant who wriggled out of his handcuffs in a Baltimore courtroom and attacked a witness has been sentenced to six months in jail for starting the melee.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says he doesn’t blame U.S. Appeals Judge Jay Bybee for being a no-show at a congressional hearing yesterday on Justice Department memos approving harsh interrogation techniques…
The University Club’s discounted club memberships for federal judges—offered, apparently as a way around a federal ban on honorary club memberships worth more than $50—are also likely verboten.
Did a newspaper story earlier this week send a signal that President Obama may not name a Hispanic to the U.S. Supreme Court when he makes his first appointment?
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