Scalia argues for better judicial pay
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The federal judiciary will increasingly fail to attract the best-qualified lawyers if judges' pay doesn't improve, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Wednesday.
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President Bush's re-election makes it more likely Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will retire soon. And Republican gains in the Senate mean the president has more flexibility to nominate another strong conservative to fill that vacancy and other federal judgeships.
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The recent hospitalization of the US Supreme Courtâs leading conservative judge, William H. Rehnquist, due to thyroid cancer is serving as an opportune reminder that more is at stake during this election than the presidency but also likely vacant seat
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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Lilly M. Ledbetter says she almost stopped breathing when she heard her name called that day, her eight-year battle over alleged pay discrimination finally reaching the ultimate legal forum, the U.S. Supreme Court.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year, but justices clashed over whether changes would create greater inequity.    Judges, not juries, consider factors that can add years to defendants' prison sentences, under the government's 17-year-old system which has been challenged as unconstitutional...
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A landmark sex-equity law should protect people who report complaints of discrimination, the Supreme Court was told yesterday as it heard arguments in the case of an Alabama coach who was fired when he protested the unequal treatment of his girls&#39; high
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President Bush&#39;s victory in the popular vote, coupled with big gains in the Senate, may enable the White House to take a more aggressive approach in reshaping the federal courts, including the Supreme Court.
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No matter what the Chief Justice says, members of  the Supreme Court shouldn't try to just get along
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Members of Congress insist that retired players should play a bigger role in making it better.
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It was Justice Antonin Scalia's standard speech. He bemoaned the Supreme Court's growing political role in cases such as abortion, then joked about how Democrats are wary of a "Chief Justice Scalia" in a second Bush term.
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There is something liberating about a lifetime appointment and a certainty in the correctness of one's ideas. Justice Antonin Scalia has both.
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Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), chairman of the House federal workforce subcommittee, is increasingly skeptical of pay-for-performance systems in the federal government. He's also a little frustrated.
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The most outspoken US Supreme Court judge, Antonin Scalia, defends the use of some physical interrogation.
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upholds New York's system of choosing trial judges is likely to renew calls for legislative reform, but even some proponents of change say their chances of success are slim.
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The Supreme Court made it harder for many workers to sue their employers for discrimination in pay.
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In developments Monday at the Supreme Court, the justices:
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Some watchers of feisty Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believe he has launched a "charm initiative" to make himself a stronger candidate for the top spot on the high court if the ailing current chief, William H. Rehnquist, leaves.