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The Myth of Judicial Activism and Split Courts
Liberals also complain of court cases and ask the loaded question , "Is it Fascism yet ?" Both sides accuse the other of appointing judicial activists while the media plays up the 5-4 ideological divide. According to US Supreme Court case statistics
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:55P
2 men ordered to trial in Detroit shooting case
DETROIT (AP) -- Two men charged in a non-fatal shooting incident involving a pair of women whose bodies later were found in Detroit have been ordered to stand trial. Detroit District Court Judge Roberta Archer decided Thursday to send the attempted
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:52P
Former Tyco CEO Kozlowski denied parole
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco International CEO whose $6000 shower curtain made him a symbol of corporate greed, was denied parole this week, New York's Department of Corrections said on Thursday.
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:52P
Men charged with shooting at car of women who later were found dead ordered to
AP DETROIT — Two men charged in a non-fatal shooting incident involving a pair of women whose bodies later were found in Detroit have been ordered to stand trial. Detroit District Court Judge Roberta Archer decided Thursday to send the attempted murder
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:50P
District judges' string of recusals haunts Jefferson Parish's traffic camera suits
As lawyers set their sights on traffic cameras affixed to school buses this week, litigation involving Jefferson Parish's stationary cameras has quietly watched a rotary of judges head for the exits, court records show. Since September, five judges in
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:46P
District judges' string of recusals haunts Jefferson Parish's traffic camera suits
As lawyers set their sights on traffic cameras affixed to school buses this week, litigation involving Jefferson Parish's stationary cameras has quietly watched a rotary of judges head for the exits, court records show. Since September, five judges in
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:46P
Trial for accused child molester faces another setback after 4 years in court
"If the court fails or refuses to grant a hearing, then it will be placing its stamp of approval on the credibility finding and application of the law," defense attorney Walt Britt told the judge. The case is four years old but Judge Debra Turner is a
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:44P
Trial for accused child molester faces another setback after 4 years in court
"If the court fails or refuses to grant a hearing, then it will be placing its stamp of approval on the credibility finding and application of the law," defense attorney Walt Britt told the judge. The case is four years old but Judge Debra Turner is a
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:44P
Army be called if police can't protect people: LHC
Justice Syed Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi further remarked that the armed forces should be called in if police could not provide safety to the people as their properties were being looted. Justice Mazahir also snubbed Inspector Maqsood Gujjar involved in
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:42P
Court considers jurors in Hudson slaying case
MICHAEL TARM, AP CHICAGO (AP) — Potential jurors got their first look Thursday at the man accused in the 2008 slayings of actress and singer Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew ahead of trial testimony set to begin later this month.
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:26P