The Rules of Decision Act mandates the application of substantive state law in cases heard in U.S. federal courts sitting in diversity ... The Act originated as Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 ...

In 1789, William Scoresby, English scientist and Arctic explorer ... Pierre Laporte which prompted Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to impose the War Measures Act on Oct. 16 to battle the terrorists.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the federal judicial system but only nominally addressed ethical obligations as the act only required that federal judges take an oath to “do equal right to the ...

The bill was first introduced in 2021. The act “expands federal laws that prohibit workplace harassment and discrimination to employees of the judiciary, putting them on par with executive ...

The Hatch Act forbids government employees from engaging in political activity while on duty or in their official capacity as ...

Murkowski on Wednesday co-sponsored with Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii the reintroduction of the Judiciary ... federal workers under civil rights laws like Title VII of the Civil ...

Top Judiciary Republicans are accusing a controversial Biden-Harris administration official of violating the Hatch Act by touring the country with Democratic politicians ahead of the pivotal November ...

If the Rules Enabling Act actually gives the federal judiciary the power to override a federal statute, unless Congress disapproves, then the Non-Delegation Doctrine may have another very good year.

decided to issue some clarifications on disclosure rules for federal judges, including the Supremes. This would have been a good opportunity to show the public that the judiciary’s oversight ...

according to a recent rule revision from the federal judiciary’s policymaking arm. The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Financial Disclosure announced the newly revised ethics rule Monday.

Their decision in Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo overturned a longtime precedent allowing federal administrative agencies to make determinations about the application of ambiguous laws ...