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The president has confirmed nearly double the number of female judges that Donald Trump did during his entire time in the White House.
The Senate is confirming historic numbers of civil rights attorneys and public defenders to federal court seats, teeing up potential future contenders for the high court.
In another legal setback for Trump, the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a congressional committee to get his tax returns after a three-year fight.
“Progress on balancing the federal courts will come to a grinding halt” if Republicans retake the Senate in November, warned the organizations.
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As COVID-19 spreads throughout ICE facilities nationwide, the public health crisis of the coronavirus has compromised the U.S. immigration detention system endangering medically vulnerable detained individuals and staff.
Days after a federal judge in Texas ordered a suspension of the state’s new abortion ban, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the restrictions to continue pending further arguments.
The judge said she would reject an agreement for another of the men if it were brought to her. Arbery's mother called the deals a "betrayal."
The stay is "firmly in the public interest," wrote Judge Kurt Engelhardt.
One nominee could be the first Korean American woman to serve on a U.S. appeals court. Another could be the second Black woman to serve on the 9th Circuit.
“’He’s a genius and I’m a genius. We should be allowed to do whatever we want,’” recalled the third "Jane Doe" to take the stand in the singer’s sex abuse trial.