A nominee for a district judgeship in Oklahoma struggled during her nomination hearing on Wednesday to define basic terms for orders issued regularly by judges. Sara E. Hill, who is nominated by ...

Trump nominated Matthew Spencer Petersen to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in September. Petersen is currently a member of the Federal Election Commission. During his ...

A judge is the final arbiter in a courtroom. In some cases, a judge can even override a jury verdict if he or she feels there was insufficient evidence to support the ...