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President Biden Makes 1st Judicial Nominations, Including A Supreme Court Contender

By NPR News March 30, 2021

President Joe Biden waves before boarding Air Force One

President Biden announced his first judicial nominations Tuesday, including Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Court of Appeals seat vacated by Merrick Garland when he became U.S. attorney general. Jackson is considered a potential Supreme Court contender.Read More

Man Charged With Shooting Portland Federal Courthouse Attended Salem ‘Stop The Steal’ Protest

By NWPB News January 11, 2021

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Oregon has charged 39-year-old Cody Melby after he allegedly fired five shots from a handgun at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland. Courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office for Oregon

Cody Levi Melby, 39, reportedly climbed over the temporary security fence erected this summer to keep racial justice protesters outside the federal courthouse before he opened fire on the building, the documents state. No one was injured in the attack.Read More

Federal Judge Dismisses Effort To Throw Out Drive-Through Votes In Houston

By NPR News November 3, 2020

Voters drop off mail-in ballots last month at a drive-through polling place in Houston. Some 127,000 voters cast their ballots at drive-through locations in the Houston area. CREDIT: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The decision means about 127,000 ballots cast by drive-through voting in the Houston area will be counted. It follows a similar ruling by the Texas Supreme Court on Sunday.Read More

Biden Campaign Continues To Deflect On Question Of Expanding The Supreme Court

By NPR News October 11, 2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, seen leaving St. Ann's Church in Wilmington, Del., on Sunday, has declined in recent days to say whether he would attempt to add justices to the Supreme Court, if he's elected president. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

The Democratic nominee has in recent days refused to answer questions on whether he would seek to increase the number of Supreme Court justices, if elected president.Read More

Rule Changes In Swing States Mean More Votes Will Count, Results May Take Longer

By NPR News September 24, 2020

A worker prepares absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., earlier this month. Gerry Broome/AP

Changes in Wisconsin and North Carolina mean absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day will count, if received within six and nine days of the election, respectively.Read More

Judge Weighs Roger Stone’s Bid For A New Trial As President Trump Attacks Her On Twitter

By NPR News February 25, 2020

Roger Stone, center, departs federal court in Washington on Thursday. Alex Brandon/AP

Roger Stone, a self-styled "dirty trickster" and longtime adviser to President Trump, is expected to appeal. The president, meanwhile, has left open the door to a possible pardon for Stone. Read More

Rick Gates, Key Witness In Mueller Investigation, Sentenced To 45 Days In Jail

By NPR News December 17, 2019

A courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates testifying in the bank fraud and tax evasion trial of Paul Manafort on Aug. 7, 2018. Gates was Manafort's protege and a leader on the Trump presidential campaign. Dana Verkouteren/AP

Donald Trump's former deputy campaign chairman, a protege of Paul Manafort, has provided important evidence to investigators and prosecutors in the Russia investigation and beyond. Read More

Police Officer Can’t Pull Over Driver For Giving Him The Finger, Court Rules

By NPR News March 15, 2019

CREDIT: Doug Menuez/Forrester Images via Getty Images

A Michigan woman was engaging in constitutionally protected free speech when she made a crude hand gesture, a federal court ruled.Read More

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