Smirking and smiling: why America’s judges have made Trump gleeful
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Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay not the first: When two SC judges quit judiciary to run for office
By resigning from the judiciary and announcing his decision to join politics on Tuesday, former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay has sparked a conversation on the propriety of such a move by a judge. Gangopadhyay said he would join the BJP, most probably on Thursday, and that it was up to the party to decide if he would contest the Lok Sabha elections.
Immigration judges union, a frequent critic, is told to get approval before speaking publicly
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 53-year-old union of immigration judges has been ordered to get supervisor approval to speak publicly to anyone outside the Justice Department, potentially quieting a frequent critic of heavily backlogged immigration courts in an election year.
JESSE WATTERS: Democrats will now have to persuade voters instead of nine judges
Fox News' Jesse Watters says the Supreme Court's 9-0 ruling Monday dealt a "body blow" to President Biden's re-election campaign on "Jesse Watters Primetime."
South Carolina lawmakers finally debate electing judges, but big changes not expected
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After months of just talking among themselves, lawmakers in South Carolina are finally debating making changes in how the General Assembly chooses judges.
Judges in Trump-related cases face unprecedented wave of threats
U.S.District Judge Royce Lamberth has been threatened by angry criminals. Drug cartels. Even al Qaeda.
North Carolina judges weigh governor’s challenge to changes for elections boards
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel of North Carolina judges weighed arguments Wednesday on whether a new law that transfers Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s powers to choose election board members to the now Republican-controlled legislature should be struck down or can be enforced.
Threats to federal judges have more than doubled in ‘alarming’ spike, US Marshals director says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of threats targeting federal judges has more than doubled over the last three years amid a surge in violent and harassing messages directed at public officials around the U.S., the head of the U.S. Marshals said in congressional testimony Wednesday.