No one is sure exactly who first called Dakota County Judge Timothy McManus “The Hammer,” or when, but the nickname stuck.

In 2020, it added a "Gavel Watch" ballot guide for judicial retention elections. Sigmon said she appreciated the information ...

The Gavel sculpture in Columbus outside the Ohio Supreme Court ... In Arizona, where an abortion-rights ballot measure ...

A federal trial judge in Ohio walked back his plans to relinquish his seat days after Donald Trump won reelection to the ...

Her appointment to follow in the footsteps of the retiring Judge Margaret Downie signifies not only a passing of the gavel ...

Democratic senators are fast-tracking Biden's judicial nominations before President-elect Trump takes office in January and after several of his nominees have come under fire.

All Alaska judges on the ballot appeared to be heading for retention as election results began to come in Tuesday night, ...

A new round of Trump-appointed, life-tenured judges would result in a more conservative federal judiciary that would be more likely to cast a skeptical eye on environmental, financial and other ...

Judge Juan Merchan paused all deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump’s New York case — including the sentencing date scheduled for later this month.