Some judges also reported earning outside compensation for everything from working as a stagehand at Pink and Taylor Swift concerts to serving as a board member for the Indianapolis Indians baseball team.
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Some state lawmakers are going in with a reallocation approach that would add new judges to growing communities and take away from those counties that may have more judges than they need.
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Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson assumed senior status in July. But there has been no nominee announced to fill her vacancy on the district court, and there won’t be one this year.
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The retiring judge reflects on his 20 years on the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
Democrats have vehemently opposed Bove’s nomination, citing his current position as a top Justice Department official and his role in the dismissal of the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Americans’ views of the Supreme Court have moderated somewhat since the court’s standing dropped sharply after its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.
Gov. Mike Braun now has 60 days to appoint one of the finalists to fill the position of Judge Andrea Trevino, who will retire Sept. 23.
Emil Bove’s nomination has come under intense scrutiny from Democrats after a fired Justice Department lawyer said he suggested the Trump administration may need to ignore judicial commands — a claim Bove denies.
Gov. Mike Braun’s office is accepting applications for the Noble Circuit Court, Martinsville City Court and West Lafayette City Court
For years, the establishment has created a judicial selection system that appears to reward patronage and effectively excludes conservative minorities.
Gov. Mike Braun has appointed Daniel Burke to serve as Lake Superior Court Judge, with the new judge officially starting Monday on the bench.
The Indiana Supreme Court announced a vacancy on the Allen Superior Court in the court’s family relations division will occur on Sept. 23, when Judge Andrea Trevino retires.
Allen Superior Court Judge Andrea Trevino will step down from the bench later this year to rejoin the private sector, according to a news release.
State lawmakers cut nine judicial posts in four counties and added 8 judicial jobs in four others.
A judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president’s efforts to suspend the nation’s refugee admissions program.
The plan is not as sweeping as the one initially approved by the Indiana Senate on April 16. Still, the compromise measure would cut nine judicial posts in four counties and add 8 judicial jobs in four others.
Two major law firms are expected to ask separate judges on Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that were designed to punish them and hurt their business operations.
The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a sharp dissent that castigated the seven-member majority.
The appointment follows the death of Noble Circuit Court Judge Michael Kramer on March 28.
As a service to our readers, The Indiana Lawyer will gradually post all Indiana judges’ disclosure forms online over the next several months.
Billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump allies have railed at judges who have blocked parts of Trump’s agenda, threatening impeachment and launching personal attacks.
To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they can’t speak out.