All nine of the current justices on the U.S. Supreme court were federal judges before their elevation, but the nominee to replace Justice John Paul Stevens has no such experience.…
A new report asserts that most new federal courthouses are bigger than they need to be, with the excess space costing $835 million to construct and $51 million annually for…
When Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan became a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in 1999, she quickly warmed to the job, earning high marks from students for her wit…
Last month, a law school classmate filed suit against a Bronx Supreme Court justice, contending that George Villegas hasn’t repaid $500,000 she loaned him over a 19-year period in what…
A Florida ethics opinion says a judge may speak about the foreclosure crisis at a high school rally on economic recovery, even though it’s possible President Obama will also appear…
A 30-day jail term for criminal contempt imposed on an infomercial pitchman after his followers flooded a federal judge’s BlackBerry and courthouse computer inbox with e-mail has been nixed by…
One renowned jurist on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has many admirers. But law professor Robert Blomquist is surely among the foremost fans of…
In a 1983 thesis, Elena Kagan criticized the liberal U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren for basing its rulings on social justice rather than legal principle.
The nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court has led to all manner of tallies, as observers figure out how the justices stack up in terms of religion,…