Jasmine Yoon confirmed as Virginia’s first Asian American federal judge

The Virginia Senate has confirmed Jasmine Yoon’s appointment as the state’s first Asian American federal judge under Article III...

Nusrat Choudhury makes history as 1st Bangladeshi American, female Muslim federal judge

Civil rights lawyer Nusrat Choudhury made history on Thursday when the U.S. Senate appointed her as a federal judge in the U.S. District Cou...

Cindy Chung becomes first Asian American Judge to serve on 3rd Circuit

Cindy Chung made history by becoming the first Asian American judge confirmed to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. Senate conf...

Manpreet Monica Singh becomes the first female Sikh judge in US

The country has its first-ever female Sikh judge. Manpreet Monica Singh was sworn in as a Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 judge in a ...

Why Cheryl Burke is stepping off the ‘DWTS’ dancefloor after 26 seasons

After 26 seasons on “Dancing with the Stars,” Cheryl Burke is stepping away from the dance floor. Since joining the show during its second...

Alabama judge who used mock Asian accent in courtroom suspended and charged

Judge James Patterson of the Mobile County Circuit Court in Alabama was suspended for violating judicial ethics with his inappropriate rema...

Restaurant customer charged for threatening Queens judge who granted ‘Duck Sauce Killer’ bail

A man accused of threatening the judge who released alleged “Duck Sauce Killer” Glenn Hirsch on a $500,000 bail is reportedly facing crimin...

Michigan judge apologizes for shaming 72-year-old cancer patient over his overgrown lawn

Michigan Judge Alexis Krot apologized for shaming Burhan Chowdhury, a 72-year-old cancer patient, for his overgrown lawn during a Zoom hear...

Judge tells 72-year-old man stricken with cancer he ‘should be ashamed of himself’ for his un-mowed lawn

Burhan Chowdhury, a 72-year-old man who was diagnosed with cancer in his lymph nodes in 2019, received a citation for overgrown grass in Au...

Kyle Rittenhouse trial judge criticized for ‘anti-Asian’ food joke

Bruce Schroeder, the judge heading the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, has drawn flak for making an off-color joke about Asian food insi...

‘You and your people’: Iowa senator’s ‘compliment’ towards Korean American judge ignites stereotype debate

A Korean American judge received a microaggressive remark during her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. The remark: Sen. Charles...

Asian American woman confirmed to DC federal court in historic first

The U.S. Senate confirmed Florence Y. Pan to serve as a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Why this matters: Pan...

Son of Pakistani Immigrants Becomes the First Muslim American Federal Judge in US History

A Pakistani American has just become the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history after the Senate confirmed him as a district ju...

Meet the First Asian American Chief Justice to Lead California Supreme Court

To call Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye a badass would be an understatement. Born and raised in a Filipino American household in Sacrament...

Aaron Persky: The Judge Who Gave Brock Turner an Easy Sentence is Also a Stanford Athlete

The 54-year-old judge who last week sentenced former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to a lenient sentence for sexual assault has b...