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6 May 2020, 12:30 pm by Mark Eiglarsh
A federal judge has stepped in and denied a challenge by the National Rifle Association (NRA) aimed at a Florida law preventing people below the age of 21 to purchase firearms, including weapons such as shotguns and rifles. [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 4:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
A federal judge in Mobile, Alabama ruled on Thursday that the local probate judge cannot refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, potentially adding some clarity to a judicial squabble that has shaken Alabama for almost a week. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 6:43 am by constitutional lawblogger
Federal Judge Richard Cebull of the District of Montana has reported himself to the Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit for forwarding an email "joke" about President Obama. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 7:24 am by David Ingram
Thomas Porteous Jr. on four articles of impeachment and made him the eighth federal judge in history to be forced from the bench by Congress. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 10:24 am by Michael C. Smith
More judge (actually former judge) news this week, as Texas Lawyer's John Council reports that former Eastern District Chief Judge David Folsom has been named to the Federal Circuit's Advisory Council. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 1:05 pm by David Ingram
The slowing confirmation rate for federal judges means litigants aren't getting their cases heard in a timely way and fewer people are willing to be nominated, U.S. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 10:00 am by Trusts EstatesProf
District Judge Wesley Brown is the oldest working federal judge in the nation. [read post]
16 May 2019, 9:40 am by Adam Steinman
Here’s the abstract: Despite the fact that Article III judges hold particular seats on particular courts, the federal system rests on judicial interchangeability. [read post]
7 Feb 2023, 12:02 pm by Tracy Thomas
Politico, Federal Judge Says Constitutional Right to Abortion May Still Exist Despite Dobbs A federal judge in Washington, D.C., suggested Monday that there may be a constitutional right to abortion baked into the 13th Amendment — an area she said... [read post]
27 Apr 2009, 3:08 am
A federal judge sealed a courtroom last week after attorneys for the Motion Picture Association of America and another Hollywood group claimed that confidential information might be disclosed during testimony about DVD-encryption technology.U.S. [read post]
23 Apr 2017, 1:21 pm by John Floyd
  Federal Judges Unsatisfied Nationwide   Other federal judges may not feel as emotional as Judge Sharp but some feel just as intensely about the unfairness they must administer when handing down criminal sentences. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 5:41 am by Sara E. Teller
Federal agency can regulate stem cell treatments, according to judge who sided with the FDA. [read post]
The post Federal judges block Alabama congressional district map appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 7:34 am by John Steele
Download Six-Retired-Federal-Judges-and-Thirteen-Law-Profs-Urge-Reconsideration-of-Removal-of-Judge-Scheindlin [read post]
3 Jan 2010, 5:15 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Each oversees complaints — more than 6,000 in the last 10 years — against all circuit, district, senior, bankruptcy and magistrate judges in multi-state regions called circuits. ...In seven circuits, according to the Chronicle analysis, supervising judges took no public disciplinary action at all in the last decade, meaning not a single federal judge faced any sanctions in 29 states with more than 875 full-time federal judges, despite… [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 11:28 am
The settlement agreement proposed between the Texas Youth Commission and the US Department of Justice didn't pass muster with the federal judge in charge of the case, reports the McAllen Monitor ("Judge refuses to accept settlement in Evins youth prison's civil rights case," March 18):The state and federal governments are set to head back to the negotiating table, after a federal judge refused Monday to accept a settlement… [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 4:22 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
FindLaw via Reuters  – “Like many federal judges before him, United States District Judge William H. [read post]
14 Mar 2020, 10:22 am by Chris Stephens
The post Federal judge orders release of Chelsea Manning appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]