By Scott Graham | May 19, 2017
The jury couldn't decide if retired appeals judge Sheila Sonenshine made misrepresentations on her JAMS bio, but they decided that didn't cause harm to venture capitalist Kevin Kinsella.
By TONY MAURO | May 18, 2017
There's a new twist to the court's tradition of keeping mum on the reasons for recusals: it was not always that way.
By Cogan Schneier | May 16, 2017
The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allows the use of the controversial practice in a decades-old class action discrimination case.
By Vanessa Blum | May 7, 2017
Among the nominees expected to be named Monday are two former clerks to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, one former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas and a former clerk to Justice David Souter, according to the New York Times. Two of Trump's district court picks were originally nominated by President Barack Obama.
By Cogan Schneier | May 4, 2017
J. Harvie Wilkinson III may have to recuse himself, but he's not considered the most vocal of the court's conservative judges.
By Marcia Coyle | April 28, 2017
In the U.S. Supreme Court term that ended last June, Justice Samuel Alito turned to books most often to bolster his opinions, while Justice Anthony Kennedy—the court's most influential voter—made least use of the wisdom embodied in books. Justices cite books for a variety of reasons, Yale Law School's Linda Greenhouse, a veteran high court observer, writes in "The Books of the Justices" in the latest Michigan Law Review.
By Cogan Schneier | April 26, 2017
Judge Amul Thapar was asked Wednesday at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing about President Donald Trump's recent criticism of judges who have ruled against him.
By Marcia Coyle | April 25, 2017
Justice Neil Gorsuch may face his first recusal when the justices in May take up a petition that involves—and features prominently—one of his most famous dissents: the case of the burping 13-year-old student.
By Tony Mauro | April 25, 2017
Justice Stephen Breyer proved Tuesday that justices are in fact fallible after his cellphone went off during an oral argument.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 20, 2017
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