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Judge Charles Wilson of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will take senior status upon confirmation of his successor, but no earlier than Dec. 31 (view full…

Eight years after the Supreme Court blocked his execution so that it could consider a challenge to Oklahoma’s lethal-injection protocol, the justices agreed on Monday to take up the case of…

The Supreme Court of the United States is hiring a deputy clerk for administration. Applicants must have a law degree and be admitted to the bar of a state’s highest court. More information about the position and the hiring process.

Congress has passed another stopgap funding bill to fund the government through early March (view full article).

With some federal agencies, including those that…

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has dropped her First Amendment lawsuit because the judicial panel scrutinizing her public comments about the courts, colleagues and race has dismissed a complaint against her (…

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended elected state attorney Andrew Warren in August 2022 because he vowed not to enforce abortion restrictions and replaced him with a political ally, Warren sued, alleging First Amendment retaliation. District court: Some of the factors that motivated…

Innocent man spends 13 years of a life sentence in prison for a murder in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He alleges that the prosecutor,  Johnny Baer (now a federal…

The Justice Department on Friday said in court papers that it would seek to execute the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket in May 2022. It is the first time that President Biden’s administration has sought the death penalty in a new case (…

Louisiana man is kept in prison 41 days after his release date, part of a plague of "inexplicable and illegal over-detention in Louisiana prisons." Can he sue the head of state corrections? Fifth Circuit: Yup, sure can.…

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that anyone under the age of 21 cannot be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, finding such a sentence constitutes “cruel or unusual punishment” under the Massachusetts Constitution. (…