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On second glance, was court right?
Even Justice Clarence Thomas didn't follow his mentor's lead, as Justice Samuel Alito's was the lone dissenting vote. To say I have mixed emotions on this decision is an understatement. Although I realize the demonstrators are not popular,
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:01A
Twitter Ordered To Comply With US' WikiLeaks Subpoenas
Earlier this year, the Department of Justice had subpoenaed Twitter to hand over information relating to Twitter accounts of WikiLeaks targeting among others Birgitta Jonsdottir, Rop Gongrijp and Jacob Appelbaum, known for their support of Wikileaks.
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:58A
Cameroon: Joint UN Commission meeting on Bakassi opens
Yaounde, Cameroon - The 27th joint United Nations Commission meeting for the implementation of the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Bakassi conflict between Cameroon to Nigeria started on Thursday in Yaounde.
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:56A
National Judicial Council wants evidence on corrupt judges-Nigeria
NJC also revealed it had deliberated on the various petitions written against the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, the president, Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami and some justices of the court of appeal.
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:52A
Doctor's suit revives autocratic odour
Just a day earlier, Premier Ed Stelmach agreed to allow the province's Health Quality Council to conduct an investigation into reports of patients dying on surgery waiting lists, of inferior care and perilously over-capacity emergency rooms in the
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:49A
The purpose of Prison
But it is not the role of the legislator to impose an iron-clad prejudgment of penalty of every convicted person, regardless of the detailed facts and of considerations of tempering justice with mercy. The underlying suspicion of Stephen Harper's
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:49A
Brady, Manning, Brees among 10 players to file antitrust suit
Their lawsuit asked the court to prevent a lockout. Less than two hours after the players' union decertified, clearing the way for antitrust lawsuits, the players filed their 52-page claim and supporting documents in US District Court.
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:49A
Congress must act to close gaps, strengthen gun laws
In the last Congress, we passed laws allowing guns in national parks and on Amtrak trains and another exempting guns from creditors in bankruptcy cases. In the Senate, President Obama's nomination to fill the vacancy for head of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:48A
Historic women share their story
They were participating in an event called FUN Breakfast: Meet Historically Significant Women. Cain was portraying Mary McLeod Bethune, who founded a school for black students. Harris was answering questions as if she were Angela Davis,
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:48A
16 years jail for paedophile Martin Smith
A TYNESIDE paedophile whose partner is accused of murdering their two children in a Spanish hotel has been jailed for 16 years. Martin Smith, 45, used hypnotism and violence to groom and sexually abuse a young girl. He was found guilty of 11 specimen
Updated: 03/12/2011 04:45A
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