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 US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer asked hypotheticals about punching law enforcement officers and driving a ...

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

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

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.

The president has appointed 235 magistrates, the most in a single term since Jimmy Carter, and expects them to defend the ...

Roosevelt expanded government to help the nation climb out of the Great Depression. But he also recognized that too much ...