Growing up, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush’s family moved around the country often due to her father’s work in the railroad industry. Fifty years ago, the line ended in Indiana for Rush—and she ...

“We the People of the United States …” These memorable words start the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, which was signed 238 years ago by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

“Understanding the Role of the Judiciary in Our Democracy” is the focus of the Saturday, January 17 AAUW Nevada County Branch program. Guest speakers are Judge Kelly Babineau, Judge Kent Kellegrew, ...

We cover President Trump and his latest adversary: the courts. By German Lopez President Trump’s latest adversary is the judicial branch. Yesterday, Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who had ...

From Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s opening statement today: I decide cases from a neutral posture. I evaluate the facts, and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me, without ...

Getting it right or making it predictable? That's one of the big challenges that IP judges face when deciding cases From left to right: Judges George Wei (Singapore), Colin Birss (UK), Randall Rader ...

With the successful conclusion of the 2023 general elections, which have, quite naturally, thrown up winners and losers, the next stage is the resolution or determination of election petitions arising ...

Vice President JD Vance called Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments earlier this month that the judiciary’s role is to check the executive branch a “profoundly wrong sentiment” and said the courts ...

One of the ways in which the courts reinforce public confidence in the judiciary and the rule of law is judicial restraint.

On June 10, 2025, Ms. Heba Hagrass, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, reflected on both the progress and ongoing challenges involved in promoting ...