Federal courts

24 Sep 2019, 01:57

A former banker accused of leaking deal tips to his dad was convicted of insider trading - again

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Former Perella Weinberg investment banker Sean Stewart. Sean Stewart, a former managing director at Perella Weinberg Pa...

16 Oct 2017, 23:40

Trump complains about the Senate being too slow to confirm his judicial nominees, says 'it's not fair'

Mark Wilson/Getty Images Rex Tillerson and Donald Trump. President Donald Trump said Monday that the slow pace of Senate con...

30 Sep 2017, 02:03

Trump has crossed a major mark as he tries to quietly cement a lasting legacy

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump. President Donald Trump recently made his 100th nomination to either a lower cour...

09 Sep 2017, 17:50

'The dogma lives loudly within you': The battle over Trump's effort to remake the courts in his image is starting to heat up

Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images Donald Trump. A whole heck of a lot happened this week in President Donald Trump...

30 Jan 2017, 21:07

As Trump readies to announce Supreme Court pick, one judge emerges as top candidate

AP Photo/Cliff Owen Thomas Hardiman. President Donald Trump announced Monday morning that he had settled on a nominee for th...

26 Mar 2016, 23:47

The verdict is in: The GOP's Supreme Court plan so far has been a disaster

AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Most Americans disagree with the Republican-controlled Senate's plan to temporari...

18 Mar 2016, 20:44

OBAMA: Republicans are 'worried and scared' over the looming Supreme Court battle

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Barack Obama. President Barack Obama told NPR that Republicans are "worried and scared" that their...

20 May 2014, 01:53

Criminal Charges Filed Against Credit Suisse Over Tax Evasion - Bank Expected To Plead Guilty

Arnd Wiegmann/REUTERS Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan The U.S. has filed a criminal case against Credit Suisse in federal cou...

12 Nov 2013, 23:44

Trial By Combat May Still Be Legal In America

"Game Of Thrones" In "Game Of Thrones," Tyrion Lannister won freedom through trial by combat, with the help of a champion. Americans have probably on...

15 Oct 2013, 19:51

How Clarence Thomas Grew To Hate Affirmative Action

Associated Press Clarence Thomas in his high school yearbook photo from 1959. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a fight over Mich...

12 Sep 2013, 01:24

How My Polaroids Of The Sept. 11 Attacks Led Me Into America's Secret Court System For Terrorist Suspects

Jim Edwards This week marks the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Penta...

20 Aug 2013, 22:54

JUSTICE SCALIA: My Decisions Are Sometimes 'Stupid And Even Cruel'

AP Images When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke in Bozeman, Mont. earlier this week, he admitted his legal conclusions aren't always very n...

20 Aug 2013, 01:50

America Is Getting Desperate For Drugs To Execute People

AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File The lethal injection chamber at Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Oklahoma, Ohio and Texas, are th...

09 Aug 2013, 00:38

A Federal Court Says It Doesn't Matter If Poker Is A Game Of Skill Or Not - It's Still Illegal Online

Steve Marcus/Reuters Poker buffs have long argued that their game is one of skill, not luck. Even a district judge agreed la...

25 Jul 2013, 21:44

Nebraska Police Owe A Stripper $1 Million

quinn.anya via Flickr A federal judge had ordered Nebraska police to return $1 million to an exotic dancer after state troopers confiscated it during...

25 Jul 2013, 01:06

The Supreme Court's Approval Rating Just Keeps Getting Lower

Pew Research Center/Screenshot For the first time in nearly three decades, the Supreme Court's public favorability rating has dropped below 50%, a ne...

25 Jul 2013, 01:06

The Supreme Court's Approval Rating Just Keeps Getting Lower

Pew Research Center/ScreenshotFor the first time in nearly three decades, the Supreme Court's public favorability rating has dropped below 50%, a new...

26 Jun 2013, 23:30

The 6 Most Outrageous Things Scalia Ever Said About Gays

Justice Antonin Scalia surprised pretty much nobody when he wrote a bitter dissent arguing the court should have upheld the anti-gay Defense of Marri...

26 Jun 2013, 23:30

The 6 Most Outrageous Things Scalia Ever Said About Gays

Justice Antonin Scalia surprised pretty much nobody when he wrote a bitter dissent arguing the court should have upheld the anti-gay Defense of Marri...

26 Jun 2013, 19:33

Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Anti-Gay Marriage Law

Reuters/Joshua Roberts Edie Windsor, plaintiff in the hearing against the Defense of Marriage Act, celebrates after arguments outside the Supreme Cou...

26 Jun 2013, 19:33

Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Anti-Gay Marriage Law

Reuters/Joshua Roberts Edie Windsor, plaintiff in the hearing against the Defense of Marriage Act, celebrates after arguments outside the Supreme Cou...

26 Jun 2013, 00:28

Justice Alito Keeps Acting Like A Grumpy Teenager

Getty Images/Bloomberg Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's pouty-face during his nomination hearings. On Monday, the Supreme Court decided to keep a...

26 Jun 2013, 00:28

Justice Alito Keeps Acting Like A Grumpy Teenager

Getty Images/Bloomberg Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's pouty-face during his nomination hearings. On Monday, the Supreme Court decided to keep a...