A Mississippi judge pleaded guilty to a federal obstruction charge and resigned his seat on the bench yesterday, in exchange for a recommended 18-month prison sentence.
It appears that much-publicized litigation brought by an administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., over a dry cleaner’s alleged loss of his suit trousers and the jurist’s subsequent loss of…
Despite a defense lawyer’s argument that extremist blogger Hal Turner isn’t a danger to others and even once alerted authorities to a potential assassination plot against President Barack Obama, a…
Casting their ballots along party lines, the Senate Judiciary Committee today voted 13-6 to endorse Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination by President Barack Obama for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Only one Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee has announced that he will support Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in the vote scheduled…
As an expected Senate Judiciary Committee vote looms tomorrow on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, lawmakers are still announcing their planned votes:
In a sad day for a man who made history as the first black graduate of Stetson University’s law school and the first black judge in his county’s circuit court,…
A proposed credit regulator that would encourage consumers to opt for “plain vanilla” financial products leaves a bad taste in the mouth of federal appeals judge Richard…
Before a federal judge could hold a scheduled hearing on Monday, the top court in Pennsylvania has acceded to some of the demands made in an unusual federal filing by…