UmairBruce M. Selya, Federal Judge Known for Polysyllabic Prose, Dies at 90
Bruce M. Selya, a federal judge who issued more than 1,800 opinions and was celebrated (and occasionally chided) for a sesquipedalian writing style — that is, his use of long…
Bruce M. Selya Dead: Federal Judge Known for Polysyllabic Prose Dies at 90
Bruce M. Selya, a federal judge who issued more than 1,800 opinions and was celebrated (and occasionally chided) for a sesquipedalian writing style — that is, his use of long…
House Republicans Want to Impeach Judges. Here’s How the Process Would Work.
President Trump, Elon Musk and a handful of House Republicans have intensified their calls to impeach federal judges who have made rulings unfavorable to the Trump administration. But taking such…
Trump’s Judicial Defiance Is New to the Autocrat Playbook, Experts Say
President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in other countries, according to scholars. Unlike leaders who subverted or restructured the courts, Mr.…
Reinstated, but Not Back to Work: Fired Workers Linger in ‘Limbo’
Erin Cagney was supposed to hear on Monday that she could go back to doing the job she loved — as an archaeologist with the National Park Service in Washington,…
Judges Fear for Their Safety Amid a Wave of Threats
President Trump’s angry call on Tuesday for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his administration on deportation flights has set off a string of near-instant social media…
Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis
Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored a federal judge’s order not to deport a group of Venezuelan men, violating an instruction that could not have been plainer or more…
Judge Finds Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution
A federal judge found on Tuesday that efforts by Elon Musk and his team to permanently shutter the United States Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution “in multiple…
Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump, Saying Impeaching Judges Over Rulings Is Improper
Just hours after President Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who sought to pause the removal of more than 200 migrants to El Salvador, Chief Justice John G.…
