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In year-end report, chief justice defends judiciary’s independence
At the end of an eventful year at the Supreme Court that included a ruling giving former President Donald Trump broad ...
Durbin asks DOJ to clarify scope of president’s military power ahead of Trump inauguration
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ...
At 96, San Diegan is longest-serving federal circuit judge ever
President Richard Nixon appointed J. Clifford Wallace to be a U.S. district judge in San Diego in 1970, and within two years ...
Maine Monitor: The list of Maine parents waiting for a lawyer grew by 700 percent in 2024 — and it may not account for the whole problem
By Josh Keefe of the January 5, 2025 As some attorneys question whether the state’s list of unstaffed cases is properly ...
Powerful Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan praises Mark Zuckerberg for ending censorship efforts, says Google should be next
Zuckerberg admitted to our committee that the Biden White House had pressured Facebook to censor Americans. Today is a huge ...
Three Republicans, all lawyers, join Senate Judiciary Committee
Republicans this Congress have added three new members to the Senate Judiciary Committee with high profile topics and ...
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We firmly believe we made correct decisions on the law and facts, Chief Justice says as tenure spans four prime ministers and political turbulence
Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said today she firmly believed the Judiciary under her tenure has made correct ...
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The Allegory of Would-Be Federal Judge Adeel Mangi
Mangi would have been the nation's first Muslim American federal appeals judge. But thanks to racist Republican attacks and ...
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Former Trump White House Lawyer Calls Judge Aileen Cannon ‘A Stain’ on the Judiciary After She Blocks Release of Smith Report
Ty Cobb, a former lawyer in the first Trump White House, did not hold back on U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon after she blocked the release of a Department of Justice report.
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Trump appointee blocks DOJ from releasing Jack Smith final report on president-elect’s federal cases
The ruling temporarily enjoins Attorney General Merrick Garland from publishing the report at least three days after the 11th ...
Jimmy Carter never had a SCOTUS pick. He still transformed the judiciary.
President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.
New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI
The attack that killed 14 in New Orleans comes at a difficult time for the FBI, as it finds itself buffeted by suspicion and ...