Even if it seems like a nice idea, juvenile court judges should not go jogging with adolescent offenders, says the Florida Supreme Court, in a recent ethics advisory opinion.
Taking a cue from airports, two Colorado courthouses are using full-body scanners at security entrances. The US Marshals Service, which is responsible for federal court security, is exploring the idea…
Four years after swift action was promised in an investigation of underage sex accusations against a then-prominent downstate Illinois personal injury lawyer, the probe is not on a fast track…
A former justice on the Michigan Supreme Court has been censured for secretly taping internal deliberations in an effort to prove a one-time colleague running for re-election had used the…
A judge who oversaw the Texas Rangers reorganization doesn’t like lawyers trying the case in the media, doesn’t like the designated hitter rule, and doesn’t like interminable playoffs or long…
Justice Antonin Scalia defended originalism on Friday, warning that interpreting the Constitution as a “living document” effectively allows “five out of nine hotshot lawyers to run the country.”
The U.S. Supreme Court set a record last term that may not be welcome news to law students or journalists that report on its opinions: The median length of the…
Eager to put what his lawyer calls a “tough situation” behind him, a federal judge accused of carrying loaded firearms in his car around the time he allegedly purchased drugs…
Originally charged in a two-count federal indictment with destruction of records and making a false statement, a former Texas municipal court judge pleaded guilty yesterday to the latter count.
A former client’s much-publicized suit against a Canadian lawyer he accused of trying to pressure him into having sex with the lawyer’s wife, who is now a prominent judge, has…
Judges on the nation’s top court are handicapped by a lack of knowledge about the Internet when deciding related cases, a U.S. Supreme Court justice admits.
A transgender candidate has now officially won election to a seat on California’s superior court bench, apparently making Victoria Kolalkowski the first trial judge in the country to claim the…