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Holder pledges not to release terrorists into US

The Obama administration will not jeopardize Americans' safety by releasing dangerous Guantanamo prisoners into their communities, Attorney General Eric Holder promised Thursday.

Appeals court nominee faces tough questioning

President Barack Obama's choice for a federal appeals court judge came in for rough questioning Wednesday by a Democratic senator over the judge's former affiliation with an advocacy group.

Obama taps 2 more for federal appeals courts

President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated a federal judge from Maryland and another from New York to serve on U.S. appeals courts, moving to change the political balance of both courts.

Kennedy steps down from Judiciary panel

Sen. Edward Kennedy said Friday he is stepping down from his Senate Judiciary Committee post to focus on achieving a breakthrough on health care reform. The Massachusetts Democrat said he was hopeful of achieving progress with President-elect Barack Obama taking over the White House. Kennedy, who is fighting a malignant brain tumor, chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and was a strong Obama backer during the 2008 campaign.

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International Conference on Terrorism in Delhi

President of India inaugurated 2 days international terrorism conference today in Delhi and tomorrow Vice-President, Hamid Ansari would be the Chief Guest at the Valedictory Session Chief Justice of India K. G.

Local Judges Ignore Law In School Bus Stop Arm Cases
Source: WXII12.COM

GREENSBORO -- Local judges are ignoring the law when it comes to punishing drivers who threaten children's lives by illegally passing stopped school buses.

Non Issues

If Pakistan is to have a parliamentary system eventually then does it really matter who is the President? Why all this fuss over a person? It would be far better to concentrate on the balance of powers in a parliamentary democracy.

Woman Wins Age Discrimination Case Against Country Club
Source: thebostonchannel.com

BOSTON -- A woman who was laid off as a sales manager at a Cape Cod country club because she was over 50 years old has been awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and compensation, the state said.

Jury Awards $850,000 In Louisville Slugger Case
Source: WLKY.com

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Montana jury took a swing at the makers of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat.

Court Orders PepsiCo To Pay Wisconsin Men $1B Over Bottled Water Idea
Source: WISN.COM

MILWAUKEE -- Pepsi Cola was ordered to pay more than $1 billion to two Waukesha County men who accused the company of stealing their idea to bottle and sell purified water.

Ohio Top Court Puts End To Man's Frequent Lawsuits
Source: WLWT.COM

COLUMBUS -- Ohio's top court has joined a Hamilton County judge to tell a Cincinnati man he can't file any more lawsuits without permission.

NY Nurse Takes State Vaccination Rule To Court
Source: WPTZ.COM

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. -- A registered nurse has asked a judge to block New York state's requirement that all health-care workers get a vaccine for both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus.

Sex Offender Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Source: WLKY.COM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Kentucky State Supreme Court ruled Thursday a law banning convicted sex offenders from living near daycares, schools or public playgrounds was unconstitutional.

Woman Restrained After Courtroom Outburst
Source: WMUR-TV

A 22-year-old Manchester woman had to be restrained Thursday morning during the arraignment of her boyfriend in Manchester District Court.

Are Obama's judges really liberals?
Source: New Yorker

The Obama Administration wanted to send a message with the President's first nomination to a federal court. "There was a real conscious decision to use that first appointment to say, 'This is a new way of doing things.

Will PPP swallow the bitter LHC pill?
Source: Frontline Pakistan

Islamabad: Close associates of the stalwarts of lawyers' movement and anti-PPP right wing activists are reportedly prominent among the nominees for the vacant posts of judges at the Lahore High Court.

Search Is On For One Of the Most Scenic Jobs In U.S. Law: "Magistrate Judge" For the U.S. District Court.....In Yosemite National Park
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The search is on for a candidate for one of the most scenic jobs in U.S. law: magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court in Yosemite National Park, home not only to towering sequoias but to a tiny federal courthouse where park justice is doled out 52 weeks a year.

Court speaks through its judgment
Source: The news.com.pk

It's very bold and well-founded judgement,erasing most of the slurs on the judiciary of Pakistan and will go a long way to forestall any future ill-conceived attempt to violate the constitution by screwing pliant members of judiciary if any.

High-level Corruption In RP Abounds - Freedom House
Source: Freedom House Site

[Manila, Philippines--] High-level corruption in the Philippines abound while cronyism and influence peddling are rife in business and government, according to a new country report of the Freedom House.

Criminal Justice Missing From Sotomayor Hearings: No one cares to discuss the Supreme Court's most important function: protecting the rights of the accused. - Reason Magazine
Source: Reason Magazine

Last week's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor included much of what we expected: Probing questions from Republicans on hot-button culture war issues such as abortion, gay marriage, gun control, race, and affirmative action; and deference, deflection, …

Sotomayor calls 'wise Latina' remark a bad choice of words - CNN.com
Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Given the chance to explain her "wise Latina" remark, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday her word choice was bad. Sonia Sotomayor speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committe on Tuesday, the second day of her hearings. more photos ยป

Context for Sotomayor's "Wise Latina" comment
Source: CNN

In a speech at a Berkeley conference on Hispanic judges, Sotomayor said, "I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." ......................... Fi …

Ruling in firefighters case fuels critics of Sotomayor
Source: The L.A. Times

Republican senators and conservative groups contend that the justices' 5-4 ruling on Ricci vs. DeStefano represents a rebuke of Sotomayor's handling of the case.

Time for the GOP to adopt the "Schumer Doctrine" on judges

It seems that every time we have a contentious judicial nomination process, especially for the Supreme Court, a great fuss is made over not asking certain questions.

Buchanan continues attacks on Sotomayor | Media Matters for America
Source: Media Matters for America

Why are White Males so afraid of Sotomayor

Supreme Court: A Nine-Person "Super Senate" With Veto Power
Source: The New York Times

The Supreme Court regularly shows up in polls as the most respected branch of government. But settling so many vexing controversies with 5-to-4 votes โ€” effectively making Anthony Kennedy the nation's philosopher king โ€” is an awfully poor way to run a republic.

Sotomayor's Rulings Are Exhaustive but Often Narrow
Source: The New York Times

WASHINGTON โ€” Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial opinions are marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence.

The Origin and Current Meanings of "Judicial Activism"
Source: constitution.org

Speaking at a recent symposium, Judge Frank Easterbrook opened with an ostensibly safe sentence: "Everyone scorns judicial activism, that notoriously slippery term." Yet even this observation cannot go unqualified. Most would agree that judicial activism is indeed slippery.

The Idiot's Guide to Using Political Ideology Terms To Attack Someone You Don't Like

It really upsets me when people throw out attack code words to accuse people of not being as 'American' as they are, for daring to have different beliefs and / or ideas than they do... especially when the people using those words don't even know what they mean.

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