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Former President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters before boarding his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3 in Arlington, Va.

A judge tossed out Trump's countersuit to E. Jean Carroll. What does this mean?

5:54pm August 07, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

New York Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump's claim had no merit and that Carroll's statements repeating the claim that Trump had raped her were "substantially true" given a jury's verdict.

Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge who was an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, testifies at a Jan. 6 committee hearing in June 2022.

He followed strict rules as a judge and wants Supreme Court justices to do the same

4:01pm May 09, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig says he wouldn't even accept baseball tickets in his years on the bench: "I believe that federal judges should essentially live like priests or saints or monks."

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Judge Kathryn Mizelle was confirmed as U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida in November 2020.

What to know about Judge Kathryn Mizelle, who struck down the travel mask mandate

2:11pm April 19, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Mizelle was nominated by former President Donald Trump in 2020 at age 33. The American Bar Association said at the time she wasn't qualified because she hadn't been practicing law for long enough.

Lisa Montgomery was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday at the federal correctional complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The stay lets the court conduct a competency hearing to assess her mental state.

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Government Appeals Stay Of Execution For Only Female On Federal Death Row

3:16pm January 12, 2021

by Cheryl Corley

Lisa Montgomery was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday, and would be the U.S. government's first execution of a female inmate in more than 67 years.

Politics & Government

Judge Weighing North Carolina Absentee Ballot Procedures

4:00pm October 07, 2020

by Associated Press

A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas' 20-year-old son and wounded her husband last month at their New Jersey home before fleeing, according to judiciary officials.

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Federal Judge Esther Salas Speaks Out About Deadly Attack On Her Family

10:34am August 03, 2020

by Brian Mann

Esther Salas is calling for reforms to keep judges and other court officials safe from attacks. "This is a matter of life and death," she said. Her son was killed at her home last month.

A federal judge blocked further implementation of a rule issued last year by the Department of Homeland Security.

Twin Rulings By Federal Judge Block 'Public Charge' Rules For Immigrants

2:05pm July 31, 2020

by David Welna

The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration's attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a "public charge."