Maryland Judge Edwin Collier gave a drunken driver a break in 1998, imposing a suspended sentence even though the man had been arrested twice in three months on charges of…
Solicitor General Elena Kagan, said to be one of three people under consideration to replace Justice John Paul Stevens, doesn’t have the same written track record as the two appeals…
The Los Angeles Times today, in a brief timeline, sums up the 90-year lifetime achievements of one of the nation’s renowned U.S. Supreme Court justices. It…
Following accolades earlier today by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. after Associate Justice John Paul Stevens announced his impending retirement, his other seven colleagues also weighed…
Within minutes of news that Justice John Paul Stevens would be stepping down from the Supreme Court, politicians and advocacy groups across the political spectrum issued statements about the retirement…
There is lots of speculation surrounding three possible nominees to replace Justice John Paul Stevens: Solicitor General Elena Kagan and federal appeals judges Diane Wood and…
Justice John Paul Stevens says in the letter announcing his retirement that it would be in the Supreme Court’s best interest to have a success confirmed “well in advance” of…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has issued a statement asking senators to “give fair and thorough consideration” to the candidate nominated to replace Justice John Paul Stevens.
The prognosticators have been hard at work predicting likely replacements for Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced today that he is retiring at the end of the…