In order to do so, the justices would have to make two maneuvers. Of course, they’d have to rule that the ordinance runs afoul of the Second Amendment’s prescription that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” But they’d also have to rule ...
Emotional injuries and related damages may be one of the most contentious areas of the law, especially when -- as in thisweek's Case of the Week -- that emotional injury is based on an employer's forcing a worker to wear a chicken head mask in order to get medical benefits. Yes, thi...
By 2050 the population of Africa will be in the order of 2.5 to 3 billion , what hope do we have of accommodating asylum seekers when having to deal with the numbers coming from a population like that? Ian B November 16, 2023 Sir John The laws as they are created and administered ...
I am personally unaware of cases in which a higher people’s court has required the SPC to hear a case within its jurisdiction (please contact me if you have such information) but it can be anticipated that a higher people’s court may prefer to rid itself of a difficult case (either ...
How far would the old man go in order to keep his children out of the law's clutches? The question frightens a lot of Indonesians.; Suharto's Siege; [Atlan... When he was forced out of office he warned that the country would spin out of control. "He tells everyone, 'You got r...
Changes the current performance indicator system, and gets rid of league tables for courts; In appeal cases, the court should set out the issues in the case at first instance; Changes the relationship between the higher and lower courts so that they operate independently; Prevents judicial corrupt...
FN 7. Health and Safety Code section 11162.5 provides: "A prescription, in order to be effective in legalizing the possession of unstamped narcotic drugs and eliminating the necessity for use of order forms, must be issued for legitimate medical purposes. The responsibility for the proper prescri...
No government, much less an unelected court, can justly proclaim something to be a right which violates God’s natural order. The only way society can accommodate the demands of homosexual activists to call their relationships “marriage” and to allow everyone to pick which restroom they desi...
Sometimes a woman's husband or in-laws would attack her in hopes of getting a higher bride price. The 1961 Dowry Prohibition Act aimed to stop this violence against women by getting rid of the tradition, but it's been difficult to enforce and is often misused. 1962: Katherine Johnson ...
but can’t find a way of making the loan obligation fair, when interest rates for others were at near zero. If they don’t allow forgiveness of the entire loan, they should get rid of the onerous, unjustified interest that is compounding, and provide a fair means to repay the principle...