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Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke about the court’s processes and the importance of navigating disagreements with civility and respect, during a discussion a…

Retired federal Judge Thomas Griffith said he is skeptical of term limits for federal judges and refuted the idea that the Supreme Court is too political. The judge, who served on President …

Former federal judge Michael Luttig, who testified before the January 6 Committee, spoke about his concerns for the future of democracy and warned of the ongoing threat of 2020 election resu…

In the first day of hearings on the appointment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, members and the nominee presented opening st…

Former federal judge Thomas Griffith and Yale Law Professor Cristina Rodriguez, both members of President Biden’s Commission on the Supreme Court, talked with the Washington Post about the c…

In the first portion of day 4 of Supreme Court nominee Judge Senate Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Senate, Democrats urged Committee Chair Lin…

The D.C. Circuit Court heard an oral argument on whether former White House Counsel Don McGahn must comply with a House subpoena to testify on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation …

The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard an oral argument for a request by U.S. House lawmakers to unseal secret grand jury materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inv…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral argument in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s quest to get grand jury materials from Special Counsel Robert Muell…

Members of the public that included a group of Yale law students testified on sexual harassment before the U.S. Judicial Conference, the policy-making arm for the federal courts. The hearing…

Following a short break, law school professors and law clerks testified before the U.S. Judicial Conference - the policy-making arm for the federal courts - on sexual harassment. The hearing…

The Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, D.C., presented a mock trial based on William Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night. A panel of federal judges heard oral arguments by attorneys re…

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a case that could determine the future of the consumer protection agency cre…

Three federal judges discussed the history of the Bill of Rights and its impact 225 years after ratification on a number of modern issues, including technology, same-sex marriage, free speec…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito served as chief judge in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s mock trial of Friar Laurence for the wrongful deaths of Romeo and Juliet in a suit brought …

The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Wagner v. FEC. The case concerns three independent contractors with various federal agencies who argued that the ban …

The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the military sexual assault case Ariana Klay v. Leon Panetta. A lower court judge in 2013 dismissed the case in part…

Law professors and authors talked about Executive Branch power, the Constitution, and Congress. They focused on the role of Executive branch officials in making high-level policy decisions, …