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Court Tosses Trump Suit vs. All Maryland Federal Judges

Administration had sued the state's federal bench over an order stopping the deportation of migrants

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against Maryland's entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals. US District Judge Thomas Cullen granted a request by the judges to toss the case....

Something's Missing at Wimbledon
Something's
Missing at
Wimbledon
Jul 1, 2025 12:23 PM CDT

Something's Missing at Wimbledon

Transition from line judges not quite as seamless as All England Club might've hoped

(Newser) - Protests at this year's steamy Wimbledon have failed to stop the transition from 300 line judges to AI-driven electronic line-calling, and players seem to have accepted the change, previously announced by the All England Club, with only minor grumblings. With artificial intelligence now analyzing footage from up to 18...

Plaintiffs' Strategy Changes After Injunctions Ruling

Supreme Court decision could revive blocked Trump actions

(Newser) - Until the Supreme Court's ruling Friday, more than 1,000 judges in the US had the power to stop the federal government from carrying out a policy or action. The judges' rulings now will not have nationwide sweep; they'll essentially apply only to the plaintiffs in the case...

SCOTUS Gives Trump Big Win on National Injunctions

6-3 ruling limits power of lower-court judges to halt birthright citizenship restrictions nationally

(Newser) - One of the mostly highly anticipated rulings of this term's Supreme Court docket has gone President Trump's way. In a 6-3 decision, the court severely limited the power of federal judges to impose national injunctions against presidential policies, reports NBC News . The case stemmed from Trump's push...

Capitol Police Speak on 'Troubling' Pizza Deliveries

Federal authorities are probing odd deliveries to lawmakers, Capitol Police leaders

(Newser) - Federal authorities are investigating a string of anonymous pizza deliveries sent to the homes of US lawmakers and US Capitol Police leadership nationwide. Sources say both Democratic and Republican House members have received the unsolicited pizzas, per ABC News . Deliveries have also targeted current and former Capitol Police leaders....

Judge Orders Education Dept. to Reinstate Employees

He blocks Trump order to shut down department

(Newser) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump's executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs . US District Judge Myong Joun in Boston granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from carrying out two plans...

Intimidation Tactic Against Judges: Pizza Deliveries
Judges: Pizza Deliveries
Are Meant to Intimidate
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May 17, 2025 1:03 PM CDT

Judges: Pizza Deliveries Are Meant to Intimidate

Disturbing prank appears to be a growing trend

(Newser) - Federal judges have been receiving hundreds of unwanted pizza deliveries since February, and no, it's not fueled by random acts of kindness. The judges say the pizza deliveries are threatening, and largely go to judges overseeing lawsuits that are challenging Trump administration policies, the Washington Post reports. Some have...

Lawyers: Dugan Has 'Judicial Immunity'

Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to federal charges

(Newser) - Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that she helped a Mexican immigrant evade arrest at her courthouse last month. US Magistrate Judge Stephen Dries set a trial for the week of July 21 during the brief hearing, but Dugan's lawyers are trying...

Judges, Lawyers Gather in Support of the Rule of Law

Demonstrators across country bring pocket Constitutions to denounce Trump's attacks on legal system

(Newser) - Judges, lawyers, and other advocates of the rule of law demonstrated in front of courthouses—including the US Supreme Court building—across the country on Thursday, denouncing what they called President Trump's attacks on the nation's legal system. Many came in their courtroom attire and held pocket Constitutions...

Philly Judge Faces Ethics Complaint Over Cheesesteaks

Board says Scott DiClaudio may have violated rules with role in wife's restaurant

(Newser) - A Philadelphia judge's role in a cheesesteak shop owned by his wife has prompted a panel to allege that he has violated the state's ethics rules. The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board filed a complaint on Tuesday against Common Pleas Judge Scott DiClaudio over Shay's Steaks, a high-end...

FBI Arrests Judge Accused of Shielding an Immigrant

Milwaukee County judge Hannah Dugan was detained in her own courtroom

(Newser) - The FBI arrested a county judge in her Milwaukee courthouse on Friday and accused her of trying to shield an immigrant from arrest—a move seen as a dramatic escalation in the legal fight over deportations, reports the New York Times .
  • The judge: Agents arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday
...

Don't Celebrate Too Soon, Dems
Wisconsin Race Wasn't
a 'Bellwether' for Dems
OPINION
Apr 3, 2025 1:10 PM CDT

Wisconsin Race Wasn't a 'Bellwether' for Dems

Stephen Kruiser complains of 'irrational' celebratory responses to Susan Crawford's Wisconsin victory

(Newser) - Democrats may be gleeful in the wake of liberal Susan Crawford's victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a race in which Elon Musk donated heavily to support the Republican candidate, but they're reading far too much into the result, former conservative activist Stephen Kruiser writes at the...

Sotomayor Sounds Call for Judicial Independence

Trump goes unmentioned, though justice criticizes lawyers joining attacks on the rule of law

(Newser) - The week after Chief Justice John Roberts defended the judiciary from President Trump's demand that a judge be impeached for ruling against him, another justice has called for ensuring that judges are "fearlessly independent." Speaking to students at Georgetown Law School on Friday evening, USA Today reports,...

House GOP Moving to Impeach Judge Who Halted Trump Order

Republicans introduce impeachment article against James Boasberg, who tried to stop deportations

(Newser) - On Tuesday, President Trump called for the impeachment of James Boasberg, the chief judge at DC's District Court who recently ruled against the Trump administration's deportation orders— drawing a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. House Republicans are now moving toward impeachment anyway, with Trump supporters...

NY Judge Resigns After 'Astounding' Jury Duty Excuse

Richard T. Snyder said he thought everyone who appeared in court was guilty

(Newser) - An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn't be impartial—because he thought everyone brought before a court is guilty. Richard T. Snyder, who'd been a justice of the Petersburgh Town Court for about a decade, left...

As He Heads Out, Biden Beats a Trump Record

President secures his 235th judicial confirmation, the most in single term since Jimmy Carter

(Newser) - President Biden secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency on Friday, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor's total by one after Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts following Donald Trump's far-reaching first term, when he filled three seats on the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader...

SCOTUS Justice Is About to Fulfill Another Childhood Dream

Supreme Court's newest member will appear in a Broadway musical in NYC on Saturday night

(Newser) - From a Harvard acting class with Matt Damon to her latest stint on the Great White Way, it's fair to speculate that Kentanji Brown Jackson may very well have been a thespian if she hadn't chosen a career on the bench. Axios reports that, for one performance only...

'Vindictive' Judge Delays Rape Trial of Priest, 93
Disgraced Priest, 93,
Pleads Guilty to Rape
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Dec 3, 2024 6:27 PM CST

Disgraced Priest, 93, Pleads Guilty to Rape

New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker faces life in prison

(Newser) - A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in 1975. Lawrence Hecker, who left the ministry in 2002, had been scheduled to stand trial Tuesday, the AP reports. Hecker entered his plea to aggravated kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature,...

Judge Fatally Shot, Wife Charged With Murder

Police found body of Michael Valentine outside his home in Albion, Illinois, on Tuesday

(Newser) - A notice from all the judges of Illinois' 2nd Judicial Circuit Court announcing the death of colleague Michael J. Valentine noted they were "shocked and deeply saddened" by his sudden passing. On Friday, the person police say is responsible for killing him, his wife Megan Valentine, made a court...

Law Clerk Disparaged by Trump Is Elected Judge

Allison Greenfield worked with Judge Arthur Engoron during Trump's New York fraud trial

(Newser) - Allison Greenfield, the law clerk whom Donald Trump assailed with falsehoods during his civil fraud trial last year, has been elected as a New York City judge, reports the AP . Greenfield, 38, was one of six candidates for six seats on Manhattan's Civil Court, which handles small claims and...

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