Retired liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer began a two-day stint as a visiting judge on the federal appeals ...

One major case he will hear is arguments for the appeal of Alan Howell Parrot of Maine, who was sentenced and fined in ...

Carter appointed 262 federal judges during his years in office, more than any single-term president before him. He also ...

Breyer, as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1990 to 1994, was involved in the design of ...

Businesses claim a voter-approved cap on the number of cruise passengers that can visit the town near Acadia National Park is ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National ...

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is returning for a short stint on his old home turf — the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, based in ...

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is returning for a short stint on his old home turf — the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, based in Boston. The First Circuit hears ...

By the end of his term in 1980, President Jimmy Carter had appointed more women and people of color to the federal bench than ...

The First Circuit can’t seem to decide if sightseers have a constitutional right to travel to places where they’re unwanted.

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.