Read more federal judges stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17513/federal-judges.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:25:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72586/republicans-stonewall-obamas-judges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite the 95 yawning vacancies on the federal bench, Senate Republicans are blocking virtually all of President Obama’s nominees. Only three of Obama’s 22 nominees have been confirmed, as Republicans take the “partisan war over the courts into uncharted territory,” writes Doug Kendall for Slate. Both parties have been increasingly...http://www.newser.com/story/72586/republicans-stonewall-obamas-judges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 14:13:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71982/justice-stevens-hints-hell-retire-this-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Paul Stevens, the senior justice on the Supreme Court and the bench's liberal lion, says he gave serious thought to retiring—in the late 1980s, when he was 65 years old. Instead, while younger colleagues have packed their bags, Stevens has become the court's master tactician, cobbling together narrow...http://www.newser.com/story/71982/justice-stevens-hints-hell-retire-this-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 6:01:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71856/obama-blasted-for-letting-gop-hold-up-judges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt this point in their first terms, Bill Clinton had had nine federal judges confirmed and George W Bush eight—but Barack Obama has got only three judges through, despite sending 23 names to the Democratic-controlled Senate. Part of the problem is Republican obstructionists who've threatened filibusters and used parliamentary...http://www.newser.com/story/71856/obama-blasted-for-letting-gop-hold-up-judges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 6:21:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71590/judge-fines-orly-taitz-20k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS District Judge Clay Land has had it with Orly Taitz. He slapped the birther leader with a $20,000 fine today for her constant stream of frivolous lawsuits and motions. In a scathing 43-page order, Land writes that Taitz willfully misused the court, and “as an attorney, she is...http://www.newser.com/story/71590/judge-fines-orly-taitz-20k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 12:12:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66214/judge-balks-at-bofa-bonus-settlement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBank of America won't be able to quietly settle the flap over bonuses for Merrill Lynch execs with a simple $33 million payout to the SEC, a federal judge ruled yesterday. Judge Jed Rakoff refused to sign off on the settlement, saying that doing so would leave the public in...http://www.newser.com/story/66214/judge-balks-at-bofa-bonus-settlement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 5:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64723/federal-judge-ends-oversight-of-lapd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA judge has ended eight years of federal oversight imposed on the LAPD after a massive corruption scandal, the Los Angeles Times reports. The judge said the police force had reformed substantially under a “consent decree” that saw tough independent audits and more thorough investigations into abuse allegations. "The LAPD...http://www.newser.com/story/64723/federal-judge-ends-oversight-of-lapd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 11:51:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63233/judge-revokes-stanford-bond.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US district judge today revoked bond for Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who's charged with swindling investors out of $7 billion. David Hittner approved a request by prosecutors to overturn a magistrate judge's decision to allow Stanford freed on $500,000 bond pending his trial. Prosecutors argued that Stanford's...http://www.newser.com/story/63233/judge-revokes-stanford-bond.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 15:10:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62761/nj-blogger-busted-over-judge-threats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA white supremacist blogger and Internet radio host has been charged with threatening three federal judges who ruled in favor of Chicago's handgun ban, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “Let me be the first to say this plainly: These judges deserve to be killed,” Hal Turner wrote, providing the judges' names,...http://www.newser.com/story/62761/nj-blogger-busted-over-judge-threats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 2:43:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60908/us-judge-boots-warrantless-wiretap-cases-vs-telecoms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge has tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's email and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval. The dismissals were widely expected after Congress in July agreed on new surveillance rules that...http://www.newser.com/story/60908/us-judge-boots-warrantless-wiretap-cases-vs-telecoms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 14:17:01 CDT