President Donald Trump will have another opportunity to appoint a judge to the influential US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Justice Clarence Thomas says his experience working a farm as a young child has underpinned his characteristic skepticism on the Supreme Court toward deferring to precedents that he believes were wron...

President Donald Trump is tapping a top deputy in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division for a Missouri federal judgeship.

President Donald Trump put forward a new batch of nominees for district court judgeships, largely clearing the backlog of red state vacancies as time dwindles for the Senate to process his picks.

President Donald Trump will nominate an Arkansas federal trial court judge to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

President Donald Trump’s first blue state judicial pick of his current term garnered rare double-digit support from Democrats, despite repeated calls from progressive groups for them to reject confirm...

Eighth Circuit Judge Bobby Shepherd will retire from active service and hand President Donald Trump his first chance to fill out a federal appeals bench with a majority of his appointees.

Donald Trump’s first judicial nominees backed by their home-state Democratic senators advanced in the Senate Judiciary Committee with support from other Democrats despite progressives urging them to r...

President Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate Anna St. John to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

A federal judge who was reprimanded for misconduct recused herself from hearing the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking Georgia voter rolls.

Recent public instances of bad behavior by judges are raising questions about their conduct off the bench, and whether the current system for policing misconduct can properly address those issues.

The Senate voted to confirm one of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Congressional Democrats are largely staying silent as Republicans seek the ouster of a Georgia federal judge who a judicial panel found had sex in chambers within earshot of clerks and lied to judges ...

Thousands of Tricolor borrowers were already navigating bankruptcy. Bloomberg Law found Francisco Aguirre targeted those customers—many Spanish-speaking—with paid legal “help” he wasn’t licensed to pr...

Court nominees appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee gave a new answer to inquiries about who won the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost, a question that progressives view as a litmus test...

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s last pending pick for Kansas’ federal trial court bench.

A Senate Republican pressed a Trump appeals court nominee over his decision to sign a letter pledging not to hire law clerks from Columbia University over its handling of Israel-Hamas war protests.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) spoke out against attacks on the judiciary, singling out those who call for or attempt to impeach judges over rulings they disagree with.

Michigan’s Democratic US senators gave President Donald Trump his first blue-state backing for a judicial nominee in his second term, a move likely to inflame progressives.

President Donald Trump will be able to appoint another member of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, as Judge Kurt Engelhardt will take senior status.

Michigan’s Democratic US senators will let President Donald Trump’s nominee for a federal trial court judgeship move forward, according to a joint statement.

The Ninth Circuit’s chief judge has opened a misconduct review into Judge Ryan Nelson, after he was charged with misdemeanor battery and malicious injury to property.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) returned a blue slip for President Donald Trump’s pick for a Philadelphia-based federal trial court, becoming the first Democratic senator to do so on one of his second term judicial nominees.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) is drafting articles of impeachment against a federal judge whom a judiciary panel found had sex with a police officer in chambers and improperly attended a political event, ...

At least two Republicans have raised doubts about acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation prospects after President Donald Trump announced plans to make him “permanent attorney general,” t...

The House Judiciary Committee’s top Republican said his staff is looking at possible congressional action after a Georgia federal judge had an affair in her chambers, in earshot of clerks, and lied to...

President Donald Trump’s top Nevada prosecutor, Sigal Chattah, pushed to launch investigations at the behest of former clients and friends while repeatedly bypassing Justice Department orders recusing...

The Senate confirmed the first judicial nominee to receive an “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association in President Donald Trump’s second term.

Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with t...

The judiciary’s private reprimand of a federal judge for having sex at the workplace and lying about it is raising questions about that penalty’s effectiveness.

President Donald Trump plans to nominate an Ohio state judge recommended by Vice President JD Vance to a federal trial court seat in the state.

A federal district judge engaged in an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer in chambers, and in earshot of law clerks, a judicial conduct committee found.

A federal district judge engaged in an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer in chambers, and in earshot of law clerks, a judicial conduct committee found.

A spate of judicial vacancies gives President Donald Trump a handful of new seats to try to fill as the window for Senate confirmations narrows before midterm elections.

A group of conservatives took the unusual step of formally calling for attorneys to be nominated to federal judgeships in Texas.

Donald Trump’s judicial nominees took a new tack in answering Democrats’ questions on the outcome of the 2020 election, drawing on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s response to a similar q...

A contingent of Democrats joined Republicans to confirm a former House lawyer and federal prosecutor nominated by President Donald Trump to the South Carolina federal bench.

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a federal appeals court nominee who has represented Donald Trump in a defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll.

President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate two of his first term judicial picks to be federal appellate judges.

A federal appeals court panel appeared likely to uphold a lower court order temporarily barring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from penalizing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) over remarks telling service me...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh didn’t match his 24:20 running pace from two years ago in the annual three-mile Capital Challenge road race Wednesday, clocking in at 26:23, according to Real Time Race Trackin...

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a trial court nominee who received an unqualified rating for the position from the American Bar Association over her limited legal experience.

A US Senate panel is considering a nominee who’s the second judge from a Florida state appeals court tapped for the federal bench after ruling for Donald Trump in a defamation case last year.

Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan said he is “sure” the US Supreme Court will take up the opinion he wrote this week allowing Texas to enforce a law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school...

Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan said he is “sure” the US Supreme Court will take up the opinion he wrote this week allowing Texas to enforce a law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school...