April 13, 2026 | Robert Harlan Henry | UW NEWS The University of Washington School of Law will host a national symposium, “Neither Sword Nor Purse,” examining growing threats to judicial independence, the rule of law and public confidence in…
April 10, 2026 | Zoe Tillman | Bloomberg After US Justice Department lawyers disclosed last month that they relied on incorrect information to defend migrant arrests, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered them to preserve all internal communications — often…
April 8, 2026 | Robert Cindrich, Robert Kugler | Bloomberg When we speak of judicial independence and the rule of law, we usually recognize how both are crucial to preserving our personal freedoms as citizens—freedom of speech and of assembly,…
March 19, 2026 | Jose Pagliery | NOTUS The Trump administration is engaged in a power struggle with the nation’s judiciary over who can determine the top federal prosecutors in each region, leading to confusion over who’s in charge of…
March 18, 2026 | Robert H. Henry and Sterling Knoche | The News Tribune Justice Potter Stewart famously observed that although pornography is sometimes difficult to define, “I know it when I see it.” The rule of law can also…
March 17, 2026 | WOSU Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor joins All Sides to talk about judicial independence in a time of partisanship, an effort to nationalize elections, and a movement by chief justices around the U.S.…
March 10, 2026 | Mark Recktenwald | Bloomberg The decision to charge someone with a crime is a momentous one. Yet under its current leadership, the Department of Justice appears to be shirking its duty to uphold the rule of…
March 7, 2026 | Ron Devlin | Scranton Times Tribune Retired federal judge John E. Jones III, a Schuylkill County native, stands by his recent allegations that the Trump administration has created an atmosphere that’s exposing judges to harassment, personal…
March 6, 2026 | Ned Barnett | The News & Observer Allyson K. Duncan, a retired federal judge, refers to herself in courtroom parlance as “Exhibit A” while describing how much has changed since MAGA politics collided with the courts.…
March 5, 2026 | Lee Eric Smith | Tri State Defender Inside the Ford Theatre at the National Civil Rights Museum, four retired federal judges gathered Thursday, Feb. 26 to remind an audience that during the Civil Rights era, it…