"Securing a favorable judgment is often just the beginning of a legal battle. Enforcing that judgment, especially against uncooperative defendants, can be daunting. Many times, it requires subpoenaing ...

A Pueblo judge voided the jail sentences of three people Nov. 1 after finding the city wrongfully incarcerated them using contempt of court charges without proper charging documents or jurisdiction.

James W. Cushing of the Law Office of Faye Riva Cohen. While it should be self-evident that the parties to a court case are obliged to obey the terms of the court’s orders, there are, unfortunately, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge must end his "intrusive" contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El ...

Today, in J.G.G. v. Trump, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals vacated Judge Boasberg's order finding probable cause that Administration officials were in criminal contempt of court for ...

Judge James E. Boasberg had threatened to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated his order not to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. By Alan Feuer ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Pueblo’s city attorney this week defended the city’s use of contempt charges to extend jail sentences for municipal court defendants in her first public ...

A federal judge said Wednesday that he plans to “promptly” move ahead with an effort to find out which Trump administration officials were responsible for flouting his orders in a high-stakes ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A district judge in Pueblo on Friday erased the municipal contempt of court convictions and sentences for three people, finding city judges had illegally ...

In some two dozen cases stemming from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota that CNN has reviewed, federal judges appointed to the bench by Democrats and Republicans have had to ...