It's not just bluster or politics; belittling the judiciary is a crucial step toward authoritarianism — and dismantling the rule of law. Credit: Getty Images. We are witnessing attempts to undermine ...

The Trump administration's latest outrage is firing immigration judges and replacing them with military lawyers who lack experience in immigration law. The move combines two of President Donald ...

It should go without saying that violence against those fulfilling their civic duty is unlawful. Yet the tragedy last month in Minnesota demonstrates that such reminders must sadly be issued. In ...

What does it take to get locked up? Two men allegedly stole a Dodge Charger muscle car and led cops on a wild chase through Harlem streets, driving up on sidewalks, endangering pedestrians and ...

Human Rights Moonscape: A protester in Caracas, Venezuela, wears a T-shirt that reads in Spanish "Free all the political prisoners," on March 28,2025. At one point last year, Venezuela had Latin ...

Despite repeated Supreme Court warnings against nationwide injunctions, obstinate district-court judges kept insisting upon their right to “micro-manage” the executive branch, fumes The Federalist’s ...

As Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, former CJI, aptly stated: ‘Confidence in the judicial process is predicated on the trust which its written word generates.’ On March 14, a fire erupted in the residential ...

'This is a judge who has seen a lot and heard a lot and is doing his best to kind of share what he has learned on the job,' said Prof. Leah Litman The GazetteThe Senate during the opening day of the ...

Judicial workers protest the government's judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, in Mexico City, Sept. 11, 2024. The June 1 election may sound democratic, but it can undermine ...

Trump allies argued that the guidance is an example of Chief Justice John Roberts giving "judicial saboteurs new tools." ...

Conservatives have long complained about so-called activist judges, meaning those who they think are stretching the meaning of existing laws and historical precedent in order to achieve the judge’s ...

Life-or-death decisions in thousands of cases are made every year by immigration judges— but don’t let their title give you the wrong idea about their position. In America we have the expectation that ...