“What Taylor Swift wanted was, you know, vindication of the moral right, the legal right, that sexual assault is reprehensible and wrong,” JusticeAmy Coney Barrettadded later during the same arguments. Maybe Swift’s case had an impact: Two months later, the Supreme Court ruled that litigan...
Reports on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Chisom v. Roemer case that the race-bias laws could legitimately be extended to cover not only election of legislators and government officials but also of judges. Background of the case; Bases of the court's ruling.EBSCO_AspEconomist...
07 (ANI): The Supreme Court of India on Saturday cleared the names of five people -- four Advocates and one Judicial Officer -- for their appointment as Jammu and Kashmir High Court judges. 07 ( ANI ): The Supreme Court of India on Saturday cleared the names of five people -- four ...
The High Courtmemorably failed to reach a decision, with three judges dismissing the appeal while the other three judges would have allowed Aristocrat’s appeal (a seventh judge was unable to sit). Consequently, under Judiciary Act 1903s 23(2)(a), thedecisionof the Full Federal Court was a...
We conclude that Zuccarini's conduct here is a classic example of a specific practice the ACPA was designed to prohibit." The judges said that JOECARTOON.COM, a site created by Joseph Shields, is famous enough to be protected under the ACPA. Cartoon Site Can't Be Squatted, by Declan Mc...
Almost all legal name change cases, in California, have a required hearing. However, some courts, and some judges Grant petitions without an actual hearing, based on the filed and acquired documents. Some types of name changes (very few) don’t require a hearing, under law (see CCP 1276(...
In 1986, three justices of the Supreme Court were voted out (arguably) because of their principled opposition to the death penalty. No Justice has failed a retention vote since then. So, vote yes on retaining appellate judges! The fact that there’s a vote at all is bad, but the least...
These existing judges do not need to be removed and particularly not for more conservative judges backed by fake grassroots organizations like SF Women for Common Sense Government. The only thing I can find online about them is that Mary Jung mentioned forming the group in an anti-sex work ...
Judges were given great latitude as well, and this translated to large variations in sentencing; depending on the city, state, and court/judge, sentencing would vary from probation to 25+ years for the same crime! This must stop. Irrespective of where criminals decide to break laws, all crim...
There was only one candidate that carried the hope of the restoration of righteous judges in the land, only one candidate that stood for life. Ohio was highly significant to me for a couple of reasons. I was in Middletown, Ohio exactly 1 year ago at the Appeal to Heaven Conference, on ...