Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five ...

Some New York appellate judges have temporarily traded back-breaking piles of legal documents for sleek electronic readers. "Looking to the future"—of a non-residential bench and the prospect of a ...

With a lengthy email trail, the judicial misconduct case against popular and well-regarded Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Barry Kamins will be difficult to defend, observers say, and may leave only ...

PROVIDENCE – Do Rhode Island judges and magistrates need an extra layer of protection from people hitting them with "paper terrorism" – and, more specifically, false liens against their property – in ...

ATLANTA - Georgians are already voting early in next month's presidential primary, using the same Dominion touchscreen system in place since 2020. But a federal judge is expected to soon issue an ...

A San Antonio lawyer who landed in a bankruptcy judge’s crosshairs for not following court rules won’t have to write a 10-page paper after all — but he didn’t get off scot free. Attorney Edward “Eddie ...

Previously state only provided paper ballots if all of machines broke at precinct. PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania election officials must make paper ballots available to voters if half the machines at a ...