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Don't Speak: If You Want to Be a Judge Someday You'd Better Shut Your Mouth
Liu's article also explains that the Constitution provides certain protections that ensure fair and equal access to welfare—but this view is shared by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia joined the Supreme Court's decision in Saenz v.
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:50P
Factcheck: Was Ken Clarke right that rapists serve at least a year in jail?
The 652-strong Council of Circuit Judges has told the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, that they oppose his plan to increase the existing 30% sentence discount for early guilty pleas because it could mean a rapist being released after just 15 months.
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:50P
DBR Healthcare head still wants Lower Bucks Hospital
Prior to the bankruptcy filing, a group of physicians affiliated with Lower Bucks Hospital attempted to buy the medical center for $25 million but the board rejected the offer. Dandolu said DBR Healthcare proposed buying the 183-bed medical center out
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:50P
League, players squabble over deadlines in antitrust lawsuit
The to-lift-or-not-to-lift-the-lockout fight currently pending in the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit represents only the first battle in the war declared by the players via the Tom Brady antitrust lawsuit. Regardless of whether the lockout
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:50P
DecisionPoint Reverse Merger Granted Canadian Court Approval
DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: DNPI), a leading provider of Enterprise Mobility and RFID solutions, today announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted approval for the closing of the merger between DecisionPoint and Comamtech
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:49P
Family of fallen Texas firefighter asking judge to void his marriage to
During a court hearing Friday, attorneys for the family of Thomas Araguz III asked a judge to rule in favor of their lawsuit that seeks control over death benefits and other assets totaling more than $600000. The firefighter's family says he only
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:49P
Emerson Poynter LLP Announces the Filing of a Class Action Lawsuit Against BHP
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emerson Poynter LLP, with offices in Little Rock, Arkansas and Houston, Texas, announced today that it filed a class action lawsuit against certain BHP Billiton Petroleum entities,
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:49P
Slavery claim women to receive payout from the Metropolitan police
In a ruling handed down on Friday, Mr Justice Wyn Williams said the Met had breached the victims' rights under articles 3 and 4 of the European convention on human rights, adding that the police "did nothing to commence an effective investigation".
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:49P
FBI Ignored, Hid Data Potentially Excluding Bruce Ivins as Anthrax Killer
The Justice Department responded seven months later that silicon made up 1.4 percent of the Leahy powder (without disclosing the 1.8 percent reading) and that “a reliable quantitative measurement was not possible” for the Post letter.
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:49P
Tehama County Peace Officers Memorial: Remembering the fallen
They face the potential for violence on calls from traffic stops to domestic calls. The key is having a winning attitude. Many reflected on the loss of Red Bluff Police Officer David Mobilio, a 31-year-old officer shot when he stopped to fill his
Updated: 05/20/2011 02:49P
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