A nominee for a district judgeship in Oklahoma struggled during her nomination hearing on Wednesday to define basic terms for orders issued regularly by judges. Sara E. Hill, who is nominated by ...

Trump nominated Matthew Spencer Petersen to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in September. Petersen is currently a member of the Federal Election Commission. During his ...

A judge is the final arbiter in a courtroom. In some cases, a judge can even override a jury verdict if he or she feels there was insufficient evidence to support the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced backlash after declaring the Pentagon had “absolute and complete authority” to bomb a suspected Venezuelan drug vessel, but then offering no legal basis to back up ...

Biden judicial nominee appears incapable of defining basic legal terms used regularly by judges A nominee for a district judgeship in Oklahoma struggled during her nomination hearing on Wednesday ...

There’s been considerable discussion in recent weeks about basic legal principles such as habeas corpus and the degree to which the Trump administration is hostile toward the bedrock foundations of ...