Court Administration

?? On August 1, Kathleen Pugh began her new job as the trial court administrator for the 17th Judicial Circuit that serves all of Broward County.?? Court??administration spokeswoman Meredith Bush??says its the second largest circuit in all of Florida....

Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock is fighting to protect her job from state budget changes that are turning into a political power struggle. The Florida Legislature this year changed the way county clerks are funded in a......

Here's the latest on the Albany deadlock from Mr. Madore: Paterson should use a little-known provision of the Public Officers Law to break the stalemate by appointing a lieutenant governor, good-government groups and an assemblyman said Monday. Citizens...

The months-long legal fight over Gov. Charlie Crist???s blockbuster Everglades land deal finally delivered a ???Law & Order??? moment Thursday during a tense courtroom standoff between South Florida???s top water official and one of Big Sugar???s toughest...

Trying to figure out Gov. David Paterson???s end game has become an Albany pastime. But in this crisis it seems clear he is determined to push the month-long, first-of-its kind state Senate deadlock toward a resolution in court. And......

The question was never whether, but always how, ethnicity would come up. The answer is that the emotional implications of ethnicity have threaded their way through the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The first African-American president,...

As released by the White House: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also want to thank Senators Schumer and Gillibrand for that kind introduction. In recent weeks, I have had the privilege and pleasure of meeting 89 gracious Senators, including all......

Sonia Sotomayor continues her testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Win McNamee/Getty Images) by James Oliphant We're back at Hart 216 for the third day of the Sotomayor Supreme Court hearings. Stay here for real time analysis during....

Gov. David Paterson reacted tartly, while introducing Richard Ravitch as his appointee for lieutenant governor, to a question about the Republicans' court challenge -- that the governor insists should be sited in Albany, not Nassau. "What an interesting...

by James Oliphant Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, just confidently told reporters that Judge Sotomayor "will be confirmed"--with strong mustard on the "will." The math isn't difficult. There are 60 votes in the Democratic...

In getting state Supreme Court Justice Ute Wolff Lally to issue a middle-of-the-night order barring Richard Ravitch from taking office as lieutenant governor, the Senate Republicans brought the venue back home to GOP Leader Dean Skelos' roots in Nassau......

by James Oliphant Sen. Orrin Hatch, a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, used his opening remarks to criticize President Obama for his stance on former GOP judicial nominees. While Obama was a senator, Hatch noted, he opposed the......