Whatever else the Trump Administration is (or is not) doing, it continues to announce excellent judicial nominees for federal appellate courts - while showing it's capable of working with Democratic Senators.
The Senate confirmed a record number of federal appellate court nominees in 2017.
What the 2nd Circuit's opinion in U.S. v. Tigano reveals about the state of our criminal justice system
Is there a place in our system for a jury to acquit because the jurors believe the underlying law is unconstitutional?
Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. should be overruled.
Another day, another shady land grab scheme by New York officials.
Citing Trump's "flawed legal premise," a federal court temporarily stops the administration from ending DACA.
The former California attorney general has a long history of hostility to Second Amendment rights.
The awful precedents that helped empower Attorney General Jeff Sessions
It seems some judges hold their offices for life . . . at least.
Recent focus on a few failed trial court nominations obscures impressive record of stellar nominees for appellate courts.
Oral arguments in Carpenter v. U.S. reveal a division between two conservative justices.
Willett confirmed to a seat on the 5th Circuit by 50-47 vote.
If Anthony Kennedy would like to see his successor confirmed by the Senate, he might decide June 2018 is a good time to go.
Why the Trump administration lost in federal court.
Just when you thought you couldn't like Moore any less.
Attempting to create the impression that faithful Christians whose beliefs are at odds with newly sanctified cultural mores are incapable of doing their job.
Libertarian legal ideas are gaining ground.
The president dismisses his SCOTUS nominee's objections.
The president has the right to set policy, and the judiciary has the duty to prevent the trampling the rights of an unpopular minority.
The federal judge who halted President Trump's travel ban overreached.
It would be the second time Roy Moore was stripped of his title.
A judge makes unfounded accusations against a dead man whose life was stolen to save the state from "automatic financial liability."
Randy Barnett of Georgetown University Law Center says we need to look beyond qualifications to judicial philosophy.
Your tax-deductible donations helped produce a legal free-speech victory just this week
Don't assume I agree to enforce absurd laws.
Reason's Damon Root on The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court
The amendment has the elected court electing its own chief justice every two years, rather than a seniority rule.
Reminds prosecutors that juries are supposed to serve as a check on government power
The Constitution promises uncompromising protection of liberty.
Reason's Damon Root Discusses the Battle for Control Over the Country's Highest Court
Sent and received emails with naughty content
Author of a number of memos providing legal basis for extrajudicially killing U.S. citizens has been nominated for a federal judgeship.
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