Federal judge orders John Eastman to explain why he should remain attorney on Colorado case A federal judge in Colorado has ordered John C. Eastman, the architect of former President Donald Trump's plan to remain in office despite losing the 2020 election, to explain why he should not be removed as the plaintiff's attorney in an ongoing civil lawsuit. 04/29/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
He helmed some of San Diego’s biggest cases, from ‘Duke’ Cunningham to cartels. Now Judge Burns is retiring. Judge Larry Burns was a noted prosecutor before presiding over some of the region's most prominent cases, including the Mount Soledad cross legal battle and Gina Champion-Cain's Ponzi scheme 04/28/2024 - 8:01 am | View Link
Federal judge A U.S. federal judge is appointed by the U.S. president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in accordance with Article 3 of the Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court currently has 9 justices. The judges of 13 circuit courts of appeals and 94 federal circuit courts are also appointed by the president and are therefore also "federal judges" (or ... 04/26/2024 - 7:00 am | View Link
About Federal Judges | United States Courts Federal judges work to ensure equal justice under the law. Learn about the different kinds of federal judges and the cases they hear. Article III Judges. Article III of the Constitution governs the appointment, tenure, and payment of Supreme Court justices, and federal circuit and district judges. 04/26/2024 - 6:17 am | View Link
Federal judiciary of the United States The federal judiciary of the United States is one of the three branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government. The U.S. federal judiciary consists primarily of the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts. [1] . 04/25/2024 - 9:28 pm | View Link
About Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson That is why the President nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as the next Justice on the Supreme Court. Judge Jackson is one of our nation’s brightest legal minds and has an unusual... 04/25/2024 - 7:19 pm | View Link
Judges & Judgeships | United States Courts This section offers information on how federal judgeships are created, how judges are chosen, a summary of judicial vacancies, and provides basic information on judicial compensation, the history of judges and judgeships, and judicial biographies. Authorized Judgeships. Judgeship Appointments By President. 04/25/2024 - 8:27 am | View Link
Gretchen McKay | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)
When it comes to Chinese comfort food, nothing beats a really good bowl of hand-pulled noodles or a steaming, silky bowl of mapo tofu. Yet our love affair with Chinese food often centers around dumplings.
Whether they’re boiled, steamed or pan-fried, it’s just so easy to eat five, six or even a dozen of the plump and juicy dough bundles stuffed with ground meat and/or vegetables.
‘Safe and Sound’ by Laura McHugh. Random House, 304 pages, $29
Small towns can be a sanctuary, offering the comfort of family, friends, familiar surroundings and an assured future. But for sisters Amelia and Kylee Crow, their small town of Beaumont, Missouri, is a trap, holding only a dismal future, as Laura McHugh explores in her outstanding “Safe and Sound.”
Beautifully written with precise character studies, “Safe and Sound” joins the growing legion of rural mysteries, where everyone thinks they know everything about their neighbors, but that is far from the truth.
Gov. Ron DeSantis scoffed at assertions from Democratic leaders that the political landscape has changed in Florida, giving President Joe Biden a chance at winning the state in November.
Before he said anything in response to a reporter’s question Tuesday, he gave a non-verbal answer: A snort, a laugh and a shaking head.
Clearly, his answer was “no.”
And he suggested it would be great if the Biden campaign spends lots of money in Florida — great for Republicans, that is, because in DeSantis’ view it would be wasted.
Also, he said, the Democrats’ efforts to use the abortion issue — and the state ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy that goes into effect Wednesday — won’t alter the final results.
He first pointed to the significant shift in registered voters in Florida.
Chris Marquette and Michael Macagnone | CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
WASHINGTON — A deep unease trickled through Jacob Glick’s entire body. He had started a virtual deposition of Jim Watkins, the large, scruffy QAnon conspiracy theorist who runs 8kun, a website filled with hateful, racist content that included calls for violence at the Capitol on Jan.
Michael Macagnone | CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
WASHINGTON — How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in former President Donald Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
At oral arguments in the case Thursday, Trump attorney D. John Sauer told the justices that the nation’s founders decided impeachment was the check on a president’s behavior in office — and not criminal prosecution.
But several justices and outside experts said Sauer’s arguments, taken together, laid out a diminished version of impeachment power, which normally allows Congress to remove a federal officer for treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
That rarely invoked power, used about two dozen times in the nation’s history, should instead have special rules for presidents, Sauer said.
Sauer told the justices that presidents could only face criminal charges once they are impeached and convicted in the Senate.
By COLLIN BINKLEY (AP Education Writer)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another six Republican states are piling on to challenge the Biden administration’s newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president’s authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law.
A federal lawsuit, led by Tennessee and West Virginia, on Tuesday asks a judge to halt and overturn the new policy.