Consider that very recently a federal appellate court ruled that the 48-year interpretation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which permitted private parties (like the NAACP, ACLU, etc.) to bring cases to prevent or overturn race-based government policies that restricted voting should no longer b...
The second was a pattern of Appeals Courts going big when encountering particularly strong cases but being very restrained when handling extremely weak appeals. Many of the strongest Appeals Court decisions—Doe v. Stonehill College, Doe v. Columbia University, Doe v. Oberlin University, Doe v. ...
(Para.84) This decision contrasts sharply with the Supreme Court’s earlier reluctance to adopt a similar approach in cases involving mental health. By anchoring its reasoning in the Constitution’s progressive values and Kenya’s international obligations, the High Court set a precedent for ...
Transsexual persons who undergo the surgery may ask the family court for a legal change of name and gender. In other cases, if TIP’s psychiatrists diagnose the applicant as a homosexual, the person will be considered mentally ill and referred to a different section for more psychotherapy ...
fines where convictions are awarded.Footnote20In the context of civil litigation, cases tend to proceed slowly following the interim stage. As the Supreme Court of India has observed, “[I]n the matters of trademarks, copyrights and patents, litigation is mainly fought between the parties about...
Yet the interpretation of exactly what this Amendment promises is much debated.;Studies on reporter's privilege and shield laws usually focus on three arenas: historical developments (Allen, 1992), analysis of legislation and court cases (Fargo, 2006-c; Fargo, 2002; Schmid, 2001) and whether ...
In most cases those cycles will continue long after we’re gone. A look at the history of climate change on Earth can give us some much needed perspective on our current climate dilemma because the surprising truth is, what we’re experiencing now is different than anything this planet has ...
Later on, as there were more cases of this kind of marriage, some problems did arise, and the Qing government had to pay attention to them. In 1908, Li Fang, magistrate in the Da Li Yuan (Supreme Court) of the Qing government, asked for a div...
On April 27, the Philippine Foreign Ministry officials said that if China refuses to accept the arbitration of the International Court of Justice regarding Huangyan Island disputes, even without China’s consent, the Philippine government will also forcefully resolve the issue. ...
Had the rabbis been convinced that a decision would fall under the legal rubric of saving a life, the “court” would have been able to override the travel and communications restrictions of the holiday and provide the hospital with a ruling. The fact that the rabbis did not do this indicat...