Former Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan has agreed to plead guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy in the $2.8 million “kids for cash” scandal.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has sent three bills on courtroom cameras to the full Senate, including legislation promoting televised coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Apparently adding a new name to his short list of potential candidates for a U.S. Supreme Court seat, President Barack Obama today reportedly spent a significant amount of time interviewing…
The Federalist Society has launched a new website that is intended to serve as a one-stop destination for news, documents and “commentary from across the legal, political and philosophical spectrum”…
Federal appeals Judge Merrick Garland tends to have more of a law-and-order focus than other Democratic appointees on his court, likely because of views influenced by his prosecutor background and…
An Ohio juvenile judge who ignited a firestorm of criticism by ordering young sexual assault victims to take lie-detector tests after she found their alleged attackers delinquent seems to be…
President Obama made history last week when he nominated a WilmerHale appellate litigation partner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Last year, President Obama insisted that he wanted a U.S. Supreme Court nominee with empathy. This year, he wants someone who respects “the voices of ordinary Americans.”
The growing number of observers supporting a U.S. Supreme Court nominee from outside the “judicial monastery” includes a politician who fills that bill: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Two law professors say the “cult of celebrity” surrounding U.S. Supreme Court justices could be eliminated with a statute that requires their opinions to be anonymous.
Conservative groups are already digging in to fight potential nominees to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. But liberal-leaning groups may end up doing the same if President Obama picks…