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Advocates: Cape public has right to know sex assault details
Unlike the majority of district courts across the commonwealth, according to the state's Administrative Office of the Trial Court, the Cape's three branches withhold police reports under a state law that's ambiguous regarding what is considered public
Updated: 11/13/2011 10:06A
Anni Dewani's family still emotional
Anni Dewani's family travelled to South Africa for the court proceedings. They also visited the site where their beloved daughter was found dead. Two other alleged accomplices, Xolile Mngeni and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, are expected to go on trial in the
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:52A
buoyed healthcare law reaches Supreme Court
Only three of the 12 appellate judges who have reviewed the law have decided it is unconstitutional to require all Americans to have health insurance. Not a single appeals court judge has said the entire law must be tossed out, the position advocated
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:38A
TV set is at the heart of 10-year court fight in Lexington [The Lexington
The Halpins bought a $43161.69 home entertainment system that includes the TV from Bill Hardy in 2002. The Halpins paid an additional $4264.19 to have it installed. According to the Halpins, the system didn't work properly. They maintained that the TV
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:36A
Puzzling over DOJ circulars
We must therefore ask whence the DOJ got the power to restrict travel. The Constitution says that the right may be curtailed “in the interest of national security, public safety or public health, as may be provided by law.” A DOJ circular is not a law.
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:36A
Debate still messy over Fox River PCB cleanup bill
It eventually may be answered by two lawsuits filed in US District Court in Green Bay. The federal and state governments issued a cleanup order for the Fox River — under the Superfund environmental law — to eight mills in the 1990s and then named those
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:36A
SEC ruling on Philcomsat already 'restrained' by CA
The allegation is contrary to the ruling of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City in Civil Case No. 04-1049, which nullified the election of the members of the group of Enrique L. Locsin and Manuel H. Nieto Jr. (to which Poblador belongs) as PHC
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:32A
Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: "A Pair of Testicles Fell Off the
"I did at one time have tremendous confidence in the military commissions and the people who were selected to preside over the process," Davis said. "But it was politicized by the Bush administration who had no respect for the rule of law.
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:23A
Gov't campaign vs commander undermining peace process
Judge Moises Nifras of San Carlos City Regional Trial Court has denied bail for the robbery-in-band charges, while Judges Jose Aguirre of Himamaylan City Regional Trial Court and Victor Magahud of Ilog-Candoni Municipal Circuit Trial Court each
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:21A
WILL: What false statements are protected speech?
So Xavier Alvarez now hopes the Supreme Court will save him from punishment for lying. And his is not the only case arising from government supervising speech that is demonstrably, or arguably, inaccurate. The Stolen Valor Act allows fines and
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:21A
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