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Rep. Hank Johnson speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in 2023.

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Judges would be accountable for abuse even if they retired or resigned, under new bill

A new bill from a top Democrat seeks to close a loophole that federal judges have used to collect pension benefits despite facing credible accusations of wrongdoing by employees.

May 01, 2025
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  • Carrie Johnson
After waiting in a queue, people are led into a downtown Chicago building where an immigration court presides, Nov. 12, 2024.

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  • Law

Trump fires more immigration judges even as he aims to increase deportations

Getting rid of judges adds to criticism of the Trump administration for not giving migrants or noncitizens enough due process before they're deported.

April 22, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
James Boasberg shown here on Monday, March 13, 2023.

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  • Law

4 things to know about Judge Boasberg as he battles Trump over deportation flights

Judge Boasberg's role overseeing a new case that challenges the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador has cast an even brighter light on the longtime judge.

March 18, 2025
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  • Carrie Johnson
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy listen as President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4.

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  • Law

Judges threatened with impeachment, bombs for ruling against Trump agenda

Impeachment threats against judges — and sometimes physical threats to their safety — compromise the independence of the judiciary, experts warn.

March 14, 2025
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  • Carrie Johnson
President Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office on March 6, including the order against the law firm Perkins Coie.

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  • Law

Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm

While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."

March 12, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes speaks to the press in the Cannon Rotunda on Jan. 22, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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Oath Keepers founder barred from D.C., U.S. Capitol unless judge signs off

Rhodes was convicted by a federal jury of sedition conspiracy in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. President Trump pardoned him on Monday.

January 24, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
Then-President Donald Trump stands next to Judge Amy Coney Barrett before her ceremonial swearing-in for the position of the U.S. Supreme Court associate justice in 2020.

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  • Law

President-elect set to shape 'Trump judiciary' for next generation

Legal experts predict President-elect Donald Trump will move quickly next year to cement and extend his legacy in appointing federal judges.

November 23, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York stands in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 2019.

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  • Law

Federal courts trumpet steps to protect workers after #MeToo movement

The federal courts say they have taken "extensive" steps to protect workers from abuse, discrimination and harassment since the rise of the #MeToo movement, but critics say many workers don't trust the internal system for reporting complaints.

November 20, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
Judge Steve C. Jones.

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  • Politics

Applications sought to fill vacancy after respected Obama-era judge decides to take senior status

A federal judge who has presided over some of the most high-profile Georgia cases in recent years will take senior status starting in January, creating a new vacancy.

May 23, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.

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Judge skeptical of lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's X over hate speech research

The nonprofit sued by Elon Musk's X says the legal tactic is an attempt to silence criticism of the company. The Center for Countering Digital Hate published reports documenting hate speech on X.

February 29, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
State Rep. Barry Fleming, R - Harlem, raises his hand to vote on an amendment during a House subcommittee panel on a "religious freedom" bill, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Prominent Republican Georgia lawmaker Barry Fleming appointed to judgeship

Gov. Brian Kemp is naming a prominent state House member to a judgeship. That means a special election will be needed in coming months to replace him.

December 28, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump (center) appears in court Monday in New York.

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Donald Trump's business fraud trial wraps up day one in New York

Former President Donald Trump and two of his children are accused of exaggerating the value of their real estate.

October 02, 2023
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  • Ximena Bustillo
The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks outside the Richard B. Russell federal courthouse in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. To his left in the black dress is Fearless Fund CEO and co-founder Arian Simone. A judge Tuesday refused to block a grant program the fund administers for Black women entrepreneurs, saying a lawsuit arguing it illegally excluded other races was not likely to succeed.

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  • News

Judge refuses to immediately block grant program for Black women entrepreneurs

A federal judge in Atlanta is allowing a venture capital firm to continue offering a grant program only to Black women entrepreneurs.

September 27, 2023
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  • Associated Press
TV Judge Glenda Hatchett, center, gestures as she addresses a news conference on August 21, 2023 after a Georgia sheriff pleaded guilty to groping her during a law enforcement conference last year, and resigned from office.

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  • News

South Georgia sheriff pleads guilty to groping TV's Judge Hatchett

The incident occurred during a reception during a conference for the Georgia Sheriff's Association in Cobb County in January 2022.

August 22, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
Supporters of Georgia's transgender and non-binary community stroll through the city's Midtown district during Gay Pride Festival's Transgender Rights March in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.

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  • News

Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender minors

A federal judge in Atlanta has blocked Georgia from enforcing a new law that restricts doctors from prescribing hormone therapy to transgender people under the age of 18. Judge Sarah Geraghty granted a preliminary injunction on Sunday.

August 21, 2023
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