Judges in several states have ordered the release of small numbers of immigrants because these individuals have been particularly at risk for infection by Covid-19. In California, federal judge Dolly M. Gee ordered the government to “make continuous efforts” to release thousands of migrant ...
appalling given the number of people in this world who have no place warm to sleep tonight. In the end, my logical brain (with its finely honed “who do you think you are/get over yourself, old woman” mantra) decided against those lovely red shoes. I’ve kicked myself a little over...
That is, the president can decide what is an official act and what is not, and will likely decide that all their acts are official, and the increasingly anti-democratic, Trump-appointed court judges will agree. AsJustice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent, this ruling “expands the concept ...
In addition to this it is to be observed that there is a probability of an increase in the number of States, and no provision for a proportional augmentation of the ratio of votes. But this is not all: what at first sight may seem a remedy, is in reality a poison. To give a ...
The reliability of a particular dog is relevant to deter mining whether a particular sniff search was conducted reasonably. In the absence of legislated standards, trial judges must scrutinize the evidence before them in mak ing this assessment. Both the results of testing in a con ...
The Declaration also consisted of introductory provisions related to the process of taking an oath by the officials of government committees and judges without delay, and within a month for the army, as well as regulations concerning sanctions imposed on those who would dare to oppose the ...
The Past, Present and Future of Nordic Courts Anna Nylund Abstract Based on the insights from the previous chapters in this volume, this concluding chapter discusses key traits of Nordic courts: colloquial legal language, generalist judges, 'unrefined' and fragmentary laws, high trust in the ...
(21). From the very early days, the censors even had the Supreme Court on their side when, in a unanimous decision, the judges ruled that free speech did not extend to motion pictures, effectively upholding Ohio's 1913 statute forming a censorship board inMutual Film Corporation v. ...
Counsel for the plaintiffs was the same in both appeals and the appeals were heard by the same panel of judges. As in the present appeal, in Sun-Rype, the issue of whether indirect purchaser actions are available in Canada was determinative. In reasons released simultaneously with the ...
The pro-life premise Thomson focuses on in her article is: a. A fetus' right to life outweighs a mother's right to make decisions about her body b. A fetus' right to life outweighs a mother's right Act Utilitarianism judges th...