Jacqueline Thomsen

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The grand jury in Georgia investigating Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss handed up a criminal indictment on Monday, though it was unclear whether

A federal judge should approve a $125 million settlement over user fees collected through the PACER electronic court records system, lawyers for nonprofits and the US government said during a court hearing.

A federal judge has said that he won’t hire law clerks who have signed onto letters that he believes effectively support Hamas’ deadly attacks in Israel.

A US judge did not need to recuse himself from cases over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill despite his former law firm’s previous work on the case, a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit panel ruled.

“Voting Rights Ruling Follows US Supreme Court ‘Bat Signal’; Ending private Voting Rights Act suits was raised by justices; High court may not be sold on ruling against advocates”:

The US Marshals Service is seeking $28 million to staff permanent protective details for the Supreme Court justices’ homes, a task it says is straining agency resources nationwide, according to a Justice Department fiscal 2025 budget proposal.

“Trump-Stocked Fifth Circuit Eyes Record Number of En Banc Cases; Court poised to hear high number of en banc cases; Younger court likely behind spike in rehearings”:

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“Texas Immigration Spat Puts Spotlight on Fifth Circuit Stays; Latest maneuver in Texas immigration dispute with US; Court watchers see more administrative stays in big cases”:

Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho has heightened his criticism of a new policy meant to prevent “judge shopping,” saying the federal judiciary has “decided to credit these political attacks” on single-judge divisions in Texas.