Federal Judge

A Bad Lawsuit Over Impeachment

David O. Stewart | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


David O. Stewart

I wish Judge Porteous well. If he has committed neither treason nor bribery nor a high crime or misdemeanor, he should not retain his judgeship. But he just filed a dumb lawsuit.

Do Corporate Fines and Punitive Damage Awards Serve Their Purpose?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle fraud claims regarding its marketing practices -- the largest criminal fine of any kind ever. But it's the shareholders, and not the corporate officers, who will be punished.

Newt Gingrich Got It Right: The Battle Over the Courts

Martin Garbus | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics


Martin Garbus

Isn't it clear by now that bipartisanship is and always has been an illusion?

Bush-Appointed Federal Judge Resigns After DUI Cross-Dressing Arrest

Talk Left | Jeralyn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Via Pensito Review: U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Somma, 63, has resigned after pleading guilty to a D.U.I. He was in his Mercedes and wearing a...

Federal Judge Orders White House To Reveal If Missing Emails Have Backups

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A federal magistrate ordered the White House on Tuesday to reveal whether copies of possibly millions of missing e-mails are stored on computer backup...

Former CBS Newser Defies Court, Won't Reveal Sources

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


When Jim Stewart stepped down from CBS News in November 2006 after some 16 years of reporting on a range of topics for the Tiffany Network, the longti...

Federal Judge Orders White House To Preserve All Emails

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A federal judge Monday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly agai...