In a first-time-ever rejection of sitting Iowa Supreme Court judges for retention, state voters have nixed three justices at the polls following their approval last year of same-sex marriage.
When a federal prosecutor tried to get a gag order against an outspoken critic of a case holding two Midwestern doctors criminally accountable for prescribing pain medication, a judge said…
Both the left and the right have called for the impeachment of three current justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, but those pleas are unlikely to go very far, if…
A First Amendment appellate lawyer who would have been the first openly gay person appointed to the federal bench says he was told the White House declined his recommended nomination…
A judicial candidate censured this week by a legal ethics agency in Nevada over her criticism of her opponent has won an emergency restraining order from chief federal judge of…
Harvard law professor and constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe offered a spirited endorsement of Elena Kagan in a 2009 memo that noted the law school dean had the ability to persuade…
Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor says two mistakes were made when thousands of Nevadans got a 1 a.m. recorded phone call from her earlier this week urging approval of a…
One out of every two people over the age of 85 has Alzheimer’s, and that’s a worry for Sandra Day O’Connor, who retired from the Supreme Court to care for…
A Northwestern University law professor notes that Justice Clarence Thomas may find himself in a controversial position when the health-care reform issue reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, most likely in…
For Connecticut voters who want to wear a Stone Cold Steve Austin costume to the polls on Tuesday, in a nod to Halloween and the retired professional wrestling star, the…
A magistrate judge in South Dakota has been charged with second-offense drunken driving after he was arrested in Minnehaha County after police say he was driving the wrong way on…
In what the Ohio Supreme Court describes in a slip opinion (PDF) today as a “highly extraordinary” case, it has vacated a death penalty conviction and ordered…