Retired liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer began a two-day stint as a visiting judge on the federal appeals ...

One major case he will hear is arguments for the appeal of Alan Howell Parrot of Maine, who was sentenced and fined in ...

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is returning for a short stint on his old home turf — the U.S. Court of ...

Breyer, as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1990 to 1994, was involved in the design of ...

Retired liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to kick off 2025 by doing something he has not done in over two years: hear cases, this time as a visiting judge on the federal appeals ...

Businesses claim a voter-approved cap on the number of cruise passengers that can visit the town near Acadia National Park is ...

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is returning for a short stint on his old home turf — the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, based in Boston. The First Circuit hears ...

Carter appointed 262 federal judges during his years in office, more than any single-term president before him. He also ...

The First Circuit can’t seem to decide if sightseers have a constitutional right to travel to places where they’re unwanted.

Former President Jimmy Carter’s expansion of the federal judiciary set a standard for future Democratic administrations, ...

Breyer retired in 2022, replaced by President Biden's sole nominee to the court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Ginsburg died in September 2020 and was replaced by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.