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The One Sentence That Wins The Affordable Care Act Case
“upsets the federal balance to a degree that renders it an unconstitutional assertion of the commerce power,” or that it trenches upon areas such as family law, general criminal law, or education, “where States historically have been sovereign.
Updated: 01/06/2012 05:17P
SEC Changes Its Policy on Admitting or Denying Guilt ... Sort of
For settlement in civil securities law violations, the agency will continue to use the “neither admit nor deny” settlement process. The policy change eliminates what had been a strange feature of parallel criminal and civil proceedings.
Updated: 01/06/2012 05:16P
Justice Department Redefines Rape
by Carrie Johnson The Justice Department is redefining the criminal definition of "rape" for the first time since the 1920s. It will now include same-sex assaults and a definition beyond actual intercourse. This will change the way local police
Updated: 01/06/2012 05:04P
Centre still prevails over province in criminal law
Despite abolition of the concurrent list and introduction of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the Centre still prevails over the province as far as the criminal law is concerned. This was stated by law minister Ayaz Soomro in the Provincial
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:59P
US Widens Definition of Rape
The new definition is more inclusive, according to the Justice Department, better reflecting state criminal codes and focuses on the various forms of sexual penetration understood to be rape. The new definition of rape is "the penetration,
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:44P
Obama Plans Change On Illegal Immigration Family Laws
Napolitano said the DHS would delay indefinitely the cases of many illegal immigrants who have no criminal record and those who have been arrested for only minor traffic violations or other misdemeanors. A pilot program to review about 12000 cases
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:39P
SEC changes 'neither admit nor deny' policy
It will affect only cases in which both the SEC and criminal authorities, such as the Justice Department, bring charges against a company or individual, and the company or person admits guilt to resolve criminal charges. The criminal admission now can
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:38P
US Broadens Definition of Rape Victims to Include Men
"This change will give law enforcement the ability to report more complete rape offense data, as the new definition reflects the vast majority of state rape statutes," said David Cuthbertson, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:36P
Chief Partington honored posthumously by AG's Office
PROVIDENCE – The late John Partington, who served as Cumberland's police chief from 1982 to 1990, is one of 10 Rhode Island law enforcement officials named to the new Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame announced this week by Attorney General
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:34P
Scout's Honor: Gene Sera files for Collin County Court at Law No. 2
According to his campaign website, www.geneseraforjudge.com, Sera has worked for 10 years as a prosecutor for the Denton County District Attorney's Office, as well opened a "solo practice in criminal law," and worked in Denton and Collin County.
Updated: 01/06/2012 04:28P
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