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Sen. Lindsey Graham warned that conservative activists will bring destruction to the Republican Party if they drive out moderate candidates across the country.

More than 10 months into President Obama's term in office, he and the Democratic-controlled Senate have been notably slow to confirm judges to the nation's courts, particularly when compared with recent administrations.

Adults have a legal duty to exercise reasonable care when they agree to supervise someone else's child, a divided Virginia Supreme Court said Thursday.

Ten months into Barack Obama's presidency, Democrats are accusing Republicans of creating "a dark mark on the Senate" by delaying confirmation of his federal court nominees.

The Vermont judge who ruled in favor of the Sierra Club . in a landmark auto emissions case is going to head up the United States Sentencing Commission.

On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, capping his historic bid to become the 44th president.

Reporting from Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court debated today whether the fees charged by mutual funds are too high, and if so, whether investors should be allowed to sue the boards that approved them.

Canada's Maher Arar cannot sue the U.S. government for sending him to Syria, where he was tortured a year after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court in New York ruled on Monday.

The Supreme Court will hear a case today that raises bedrock questions about the ability of the market to set "reasonable" corporate compensation, and experts say its outcome could hold important clues about the judiciary's view of extraordinary interventions in the economy by the executive branch and Congress.

Philadelphia Common Court Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina is seeking a seat on the state Superior Court.

These attacks on Chen follow months of a Fox News-led witch hunt against other Obama advisers and appointees, as well as race-baiting attacks on then-Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

October 30, 2009 10:07 pm ET - 1 Comments Conservative media outlets including The Washington Times and Fox News have pushed the claim that health care reform proposals under consideration by Congress are unconstitutional.

Do we really want the Supreme Court to follow public opinion? Damon W. Root October 28, 2009 During the height of last summer's Senate confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Sen.

The latest campaign by Fox to smear another Obama appointee, it seems, is the Washington Times-based attack on Judge Edward Chen, who it seems is too liberal for their tastes.

Opinionline Archives On court, candor is in the air What a difference one justice, and a TV camera, can make in opening upi the Supreme Court to the people it serves By Tony Mauro The Supreme Court has gone largely unnoticed lately, amid weighty news of health care reform, David Letterman and runaway hot-air balloons.

A seventh Republican broke ranks on Wednesday and backed Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who appeared virtually certain of winning Senate approval as the first Hispanic on the highest U.S. court.

The ' innocent until proven guilty ' concept is at the very heart of our legal system.

" Rookie Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the topic of conversation Sunday morning at a forum at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.

Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Clarence Thomas speaks to law students at the University of Alabama School of Law during the Fall 2009 Albritton Lecture in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Friday, Oct.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said:If we want to sway each other we know where we are.