A nominee for a district judgeship in Oklahoma struggled during her nomination hearing on Wednesday to define basic terms for orders issued regularly by judges. Sara E. Hill, who is nominated by ...

One of President Trump’s federal judicial nominees struggled during his confirmation hearing to answer basic questions about the law, prompting backlash from Democratic senators and law professors.

Trump nominated Matthew Spencer Petersen to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in September. Petersen is currently a member of the Federal Election Commission. During his ...

A judge is the final arbiter in a courtroom. In some cases, a judge can even override a jury verdict if he or she feels there was insufficient evidence to support the ...

One of President Trump's nominees to the federal bench withdrew his name from consideration after a humiliating confirmation hearing in which he failed to answer basic legal questions went viral. "I ...

Biden judicial nominee appears incapable of defining basic legal terms used regularly by judges A nominee for a district judgeship in Oklahoma struggled during her nomination hearing on Wednesday ...