Lawmakers in West Virginia have voted to impeach all four justices on the state’s Supreme Court for failing to carry out their duties. Three justices now face an impeachment trial in the Senate while a […]
By Peter Williams The state of Virginia asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to block a lower court order that requires a new sentencing hearing for Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the Washington, D.C. […]
US President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a bruising confirmation battle. In a primetime announcement at the White House, Mr Trump praised his pick as a […]
Ohio voters are in shock after a top judge boasted of having been “sexually intimate” with “approximately 50 very attractive females”. State Supreme Court Judge Bill O’Neill, who is a Democratic candidate for state governor, […]
One of the world’s top poker players, Phil Ivey, has lost a Supreme Court bid to reclaim £7.7m of winnings withheld by a London casino for five years. The American was challenging a Court of Appeal […]
By Lisa Soronen (Lisa Soronen is executive director of the State and Local Legal Center and a frequent contributor to the NCSL Blog on judicial issues.) It has been a while since the U.S. Supreme […]
A court in Australia has accepted an unsent, draft text message on a dead man’s mobile phone as an official will. The 55-year-old man had composed a text message addressed to his brother, in which […]
Actress Rebel Wilson has been awarded A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) in Australia’s largest payout for a defamation case. Ms Wilson successfully argued that a series of magazine articles had wrongly portrayed her as a serial liar. […]
Baroness Hale will be the first female president of the Supreme Court, Downing Street has announced. She will be officially sworn in on 2 October, when the UK’s highest court will also welcome three new […]
India’s Supreme Court has suspended a proposed law banning the trade of cattle for slaughter. The government said the law, introduced in May, was to “prevent uncontrolled and unregulated animal trade”. But the order, which […]
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