That is essentially what a gavel is. And if you use a gavel to hit another piece of wood, like a wooden table, the sound is very, very loud. How did gavels become the thing that judges used to quiet a ...

A county judge has agreed to reduce the bail amount for the Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing another student at a ...

and yet I can’t get an answer today about anything you’ve done in the past,” the judge continued, thumping her fist on her wooden desk for emphasis. The Justice Department argued the judge ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that dismissed a lawsuit against the state Legislature which alleged ...

The Ulster County District Attorney's office said a Kingston woman was indicted for vehicular manslaughter in the 2022 death of a bicyclist.

After a judge order Jackson County to roll back recent property assessment increases that were greater than 15% — roughly ...

The GOP-controlled House Education and the Workforce Committee withdrew a request for records on Northwestern University’s law clinics after its leaders filed a lawsuit Wednesday. “The ...

The Division for Public Education coordinates annual events that celebrate and promote public awareness of the law, such as Law Day and the Silver Gavel Awards. We also offer civic education resources ...

A US judge directed the Trump administration to “take all available steps to facilitate the return” of a man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious El Salvador prison and set a status conference in ...

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled on Friday during a hearing over the legality of removing the ...