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April 30, 2007
Federal and state courts across the United States issued 1,839 orders authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications in 2006. The total is a 4 percent increase over 2005.
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April 30, 2007
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April 26, 2007
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the senior member of the nation's highest court, talked about his tenure in a recent interview.
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April 26, 2007
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the senior member of the nation's highest court, talked about his tenure in a recent interview.
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April 26, 2007
A group of former U.S. senators and representatives opposes the two-decade practice of linking the salaries of federal judges to those of members of Congress.
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April 26, 2007
Global Positioning System devices lets federal probation and pretrial services officers monitor defendants and offenders more effectively.
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April 17, 2007
Federal courts are handling more class action cases since the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was enacted, a study shows.
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April 16, 2007
Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts dropped 70 percent in calendar year 2006, but bankruptcies filed in the last three months of the year were the highest of any quarter in 2006.
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April 16, 2007
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April 13, 2007
A bankruptcy discharge releases a debtor from personal liability for certain types of debts. New information about such discharges has been posted.