Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, though they joined the high court nearly two decades apart, each viewed the late Justice John Paul Stevens as their role model, admiring his civility on the nation's highest court. Published July 17, 2019
One of President Trump's federal appeals court nominees is facing opposition from advocacy groups and at least one Republican senator, who told the judge Wednesday there's serious concerns about his judicial record on religious liberty. Published July 17, 2019
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died Tuesday at the age of 99 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from complications of a stroke suffered earlier this week. Published July 16, 2019
The Senate confirmed President Trump's 43rd circuit court nominee Tuesday, far outpacing his predecessor who only saw 19 federal appeals court judges appointed during the same period of time. Published July 16, 2019
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy defended President Trump Tuesday, saying his tweets suggesting some progressive freshman minority members of Congress should go back to where they come from were not racist. Published July 16, 2019
Department of Homeland Security staff took personal belongings from some asylum seekers at the El Paso Del Norte Processing Center and threw them into a dumpster, violating the agency's standards for handling personal property. Published July 15, 2019
President Trump's Justice Department is aiming to cut down on anti-Semitic discrimination, hosting a summit in Washington, D.C., Monday to draw attention to the uptick in attacks against the Jewish community, with the attorney general calling racial hatred a cancer on society. Published July 15, 2019
By delaying House hearings featuring former special counsel Robert Mueller by one week, Democrats may have turned a potential public relations bonanza into a bust. Published July 14, 2019
When President Trump nominated Judge Amul Thapar to a seat on a federal appeals court, the American Bar Association unanimously graded him "well qualified." Yet when the son of Indian immigrants came up for a vote on the Senate floor, not a single Democrat backed him. Published July 14, 2019
Bruce Webster has been on death row for 23 years. Last month he got a stunning reprieve. Published July 14, 2019
House Democrats will be hearing from former special counsel Robert Mueller one week after they originally planned. He will now testify before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 24 for a longer period of time. Published July 12, 2019
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Friday his committee is considering censuring President Trump, stressing the introduction of articles of impeachment shouldn't be the only option to rebuke the president. Published July 12, 2019
An online fundraiser has begun for Leland Keyser, one of the key figures in last year's confirmation battle for Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, as she's still suffering the effects of standing up for the judge and contradicting accuser Christine Blasey Ford. Published July 11, 2019
Senate Democrats this week demanded a conservative group backing President Trump's nominees reveal its donors, saying if it's going to call for transparency among Democrats, it should be willing to be open about its own operations. Published July 11, 2019
Brushing aside Sen. Kamala D. Harris' complaints, Senate Republicans on Tuesday approved a new judge for the federal appeals court with jurisdiction over California, further narrowing Democrats' edge on the famously liberal court. Published July 9, 2019
Brushing aside Sen. Kamala D. Harris's complaints, Senate Republicans on Tuesday approved a new judge for the federal appeals court with jurisdiction over California, further narrowing Democrats' edge on the famously liberal court. Published July 9, 2019
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a Florida county commission violated the Constitution by limiting its invocation speakers to believers in certain faiths. Published July 8, 2019
After years of complaining about President Trump's process for picking Supreme Court justices, a key liberal advocacy group has figured that if they can't beat him, they might as well join him. Published July 1, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court over the past couple of weeks punctured the illusion of a hard-right conservative bench deeply divided along ideological lines, with a series of surprising rulings that defied easy categorization. Published June 30, 2019
A leading conservative voice on judicial nominees rejected the suggestion of impeaching Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Friday, saying that while she was disappointed in some of his decision-making, ousting him wasn't going to happen. Published June 28, 2019
