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William Bauer, a federal judge, says he felt threatened by a New Jersey blogger who ranted on the Internet about a gun control ruling. Judge William Bauer testified Wednesday at the trial of Hal Turner in New York. Turner’s case stems from an Illinois appeals court decision in 2009 upholding the dismissal of lawsuits challenging handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park, Ill. The same day, the North Bergen, N.J., man wrote on his blog that Bauer and two other judges “must die.” Bauer...

For the US Supreme Court, the only qualification is to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate per Art III of the US Const. No law degree is required, although in modern practice, a law degree and extensive judicial experience is a must to prevail in the age of electronic media. For US District Courts and US Courts of Appeals, and other inferior courts, a law degree is required because those courts are established by Congress rather than the Constitution and Congress has required...

When a potential client calls our firm and tells us that they are charged with a criminal offense, one the first things we generally ask them is whether they are charged in state or federal court. There have been several instances where we have represented two individuals at the same time who are charged with similar offenses but one has been charged in federal court and one has been charged in state court. Indeed, this has happened several times where we have simultaneously been representing two...