The Fifth Circuit (Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) has 17 active judgeships, all of which are filled. It has 12 appointees of Republican presidents (Reagan 2, GW Bush 4, Trump 6) and only five ...

The Sixth Circuit, which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, has 16 active judgeships. They’re all filled, but Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch has opted to take senior status effective ...

Referring to Kidd as “the Eleventh Circuit nominee from central casting,” Tobias pointed to his wealth of judicial experience, including time spent as an assistant U.S. attorney and magistrate judge.

Perry is the 214th confirmed judicial appointee of President Joe ... becoming a top U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

Megan Valentine, 44 of Albion, was arrested Tuesday after the body of Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine was found outside of a home, per a news release from police.

Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine, according to Illinois State Police. ISP says Megan Valentine is charged with First Degree Murder (Class M Felony), Aggravated Battery ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Few races for seats in Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives were competitive this Election Day, but lawmakers spent months out campaigning just the same. Illinois has 17 ...

The wife of a southern Illinois judge fatally shot earlier ... County sheriff’s deputies found the body of Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine outside a home in Albion ...

While most of the action surrounding the Cook County judicial ... Circuit Judge Shannon P. O’Malley narrowly lost his bid for reelection to the bench, securing 57.9% of the vote, mere margins away ...

This story will be updated. UPDATED: (9:30 p.m.) — The race for a judgeship in the 10th Judicial Circuit continues to tighten as the night goes on. Democrat John Spears has lead all night but ...

Another group of Illinois counties has voted to explore whether they should secede from the state, citing significant differences with Cook County and suburban voters. A total of seven counties ...

MEXICO CITY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Mexico's controversial judicial reform requiring direct election of judges and magistrates emerged mostly unscathed on Tuesday from a Supreme Court vote on whether ...