Federal Courts

On a final question posed in Georgia v. Meadows removal proceedings.

An expert backgrounder - in light of Mark Meadows' and four other co-defendants' effort to removal Fulton County case to federal court.

The indictment charges that the defendants engaged in a sweeping criminal enterprise to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. 

Despite some positive developments, it is likely that ongoing and future civil-rights litigation will be contoured to satisfy, not an audience of nine, but a Chief Justice whose…

To help us understand judicial ethics and what can be done to keep the Justices accountable, we have Caroline Fredrickson and Alan Neff.

Determined victims and creative lawyers used a U.S, law, the Torture Victims Protection Act, to hold a powerful mayor accountable.

For the Court’s reputation and rule of law values, the Justices should put their own house in order, rather than have it done for them.

"Understanding the significance of the [Supreme Court's Migrant Protection Protocol] ruling ... will be key for the administration to mount the strongest possible defense for the…

Former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes David J. Scheffer and Kristin Smith on whether U.S. law is adequately equipped to investigate and prosecute atrocities as Congress…

An obscure process called the “blue slip,” allows a single Senator to stop a judicial nomination in its tracks.

It's long past time for the Senate to abandon the anti-democratic "blue slip" process for judicial nominations.

A breakdown of the key issues in a wide ranging oral argument on foreign sovereign immunity in criminal cases.