And he wrote the ruling that said the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to own a firearm, the court's most important gun case ever. RELATED:Justice Scalia's gay marriage advice: 'Ask the nearest hippie' The last Supreme Court justice to die while serving was Chief Justice...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court Justice who established herself as a trailblazer for women’s rights and gender equality, has died.
For example, Shanghai courts have adopted a “Shanghai court data system for trial assistance” and which has become “a necessary assistant for the judge.”[7] During my internship, I only tried that system a few times and did not rely on it much, because the similar case pushed on ...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the leading conservative voice on the high court, has died at the age of 79, a government source and a family friend told CNN on Saturday. His death set off an immediate debate about whether President Barack Obama should fill the seat in an elec...
William O. Douglas was a public official, legal educator, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, best known for his consistent and outspoken defense of civil liberties.
William Johnson (born December 27, 1771, Charleston, South Carolina [U.S.]—died August 4, 1834, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1804 who established the practice of rendering individual opinions—concurring or dissenting—in addition...
"Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague," Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement. "Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her -- a tireless and reso...
He says that for a Chinese judge, in addition to the facts and law, among the other factors to consider include: judicial policy; petitioning and stability maintenance; the impact of media; the impact of the decision; interference and inquiries from either inside or outside the court; value...
Now retired Justice Hu Yunteng wrote about how to best handle administrative litigation-related petitioning at the #2 Court, explained here. From this recent article in People’s Daily, it appears that the Shenzhen Intermediate Court has led the way in litigation-related petitioning reform, ...
As Judge Liu Shude recently gave a long presentation on active justice and reasoning in judicial documents, I surmise that this phrase will be further developed during President Zhang Jun’s tenure. This principle can be expected to be incorporated into the forthcoming SPC report to the National ...