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• Obama Administration Dropped The Ball

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  Last weekend, Obama administration propagandist Robert Gibbs tried blaming the failed terrorist attack on the Bush administration. That isn’t surprising considering this administration’s we’re-never-at-fault mantra. Mr. Gibbs’ attempt to spin this as a Bush administration failure just got infinitely more ...
  11 hours ago

• A Conversation With Lt. Michael Behenna’s Mom Vicki Who Will Represent Him At Next Week’s Clemency Hearing On “The Jihadi Killer Hour” - 7 PM PDT

  
  Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Authority: 602
  Join me tonight for what is clearly going to be a very intense episode of “The Jihadi Killer Hour”. We will cover as much as we possibly can to bring the full picture, from the personal to the details of the case you probably know so well by now. To listen to the show live, just click right here . To listen ...
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• Senate Republicans Block Pro-Choice Judicial Nominee Edward Chen

  
  Feminists For Choice — Authority: 132
  Senate Republicans, in their relentless tirade on women’s bodily autonomy, have blocked yet another pro-choice judicial nominee by President Obama. Barack nominated the U.S. Magistrate, Edward Chen , for a federal judgeship in San Francisco. Chen happens to be a former attorney for ACLU and vehemently ...
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• The year apex court judges declared their assets (Flashback 2009)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  By Rana AjitNew Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The year 2009 is set to be remembered as one that pitted the Supreme Court against the forces of transparency and left it contending with an ever-growing demand for accountability in the judiciary.For the first time, the Supreme Court had to make its judges declare their assets, ...
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• Judge Censured For Improper Recusals

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 525
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY—A Cattaragus County judge has been censured for improperly recusing himself in cases involving state legislators because the state judiciary have not yet received the pay raise they have been seeking for the past two years.The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct determined that Larry M. ...
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• Loose Lips Quotes of 2009: Judge Thomas F. Hogan

  
  City Desk — Authority: 725
  "I don’t understand your approach today, coming in and throwing down the gauntlet." —U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan , Feb. 6 As Peter Nickles pushed out Linda Singer as attorney general in early 2008, he privately agitated on a matter he knew intimately: how many city functions have long been in ...
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• Iranian official: Arrest anti-government demonstrators

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- An Iranian national security official has called for demonstrators to be arrested following deadly weekend anti-government protests in Tehran. Soon afterward, an opposition Web site reported a wave of arrests. "The undignified and disruptive behavior of the rioters is no longer tolerable for our ...
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• UN probe finding on Bhutto’s murder to be presented in March

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Rawalpindi, Dec. 28 (ANI): Pakistan’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan has said that findings of the UN probe in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will be presented before parliament in March 2010.During his visit to Benazir’s memorial service at Liaquat Bagh, Awan told reporters ...
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• Justice delayed is justice delivered to the wallet

  
  vishnuvardhan — Authority: 133
  VIDHI LIKITHA forwards a lawyer’s prayer advertised on the back of a car with a “Press” sticker in Bangalore. “May the case be adjourned, may the case go on for months, but let the fees come to my pocket every month,” it reads. True as it is, is this message something any lawyer would want to tell the ...
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• Make legal services affordable to all: President Patil

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Kochi, Dec 28 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil called here on Monday said there was need to make legal services affordable to all.Delivering the inaugural address at the two-day National Conference of All India Federation of Women Lawyers here, President Patil asked lawyers to ensure that high costs do not act as a ...
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• Open Door and the Judicial Cabinets Legal Expenses

  
  Kentucky Law Review — Authority: 433
  This past week I received an email annoucing the judiciarys participation in the open government portal documenting various expenses of the three branches of government. I was curious how the data base worked and what kind of information was available.  So, I wondered how much our judiciary (which has a lot of ...
  2 days ago

• The Rise Of Judicial Activism: Is Democracy Under Threat?

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 437
  [Here is yet another view within the ongoing debate on the NRO verdict, sent to us by Raza Habib - PTH]By Raza HabibAfter the NRO revocation, the opinion holders appear to be divided into two polar camps. First camp is of the supporters who are hailing the advent of the “new” era of the rule of law. [...]
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• Senate sends Justice, judicial nominees back to White House

  
  PointOfLaw Forum — Authority: 567
  In a flurry of mostly overlooked action, the Senate on December 24 confirmed a slew of President Obamas nominees on a single "en bloc" vote. Included in the list (starting here in The Congressional Record s Daily Digest) was David Strickland, the former trial lawyer lobbyist named administrator of the National ...
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• European Arrest Warrants: A Blow Against Natural Justice

  
  Final Conflict — Authority: 119
  In this weeks Private Eye [#1252] theres an interesting piece on European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) and their abuse. They highlight three cases in Greece, France and Portugal of trials which fell way below accepted norms (flimsiest evidence, guilt in abstentia and more). Of course for nationalists we have to worry ...
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• Failings in Indian Justice – by ex-Chief Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan

  
  Sathya Sai Baba Deceptions Exposed — Authority: 121
  The 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India, T.N. Seshan served in office between December 1990 and December 1996. Born in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, he is known for his introduction of many electoral reforms and his uprightness. Though he has become rather more optimistic now, he has famously stated about ...
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• The EPA: They Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Climate Treaty

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 796
  So what if President Obama flopped in Copenhagen? The EPA already has wide-ranging power to enforce its will on the people.
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• Malik, 9 other Pak politicians’ names removed from ECL

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Lahore, Dec. 27 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asked the authorities remove the name of 10 politicians, including him, from the Exit Control List (ECL).According to a private television channel, the Interior Ministry had issued a letter on December 21 asking all airport officials not to stop the 10 ...
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• Under the radar, Obama admin pushes for Patriot Act renewal

  
  Corrente — Authority: 638
  Lake Land Times : With key sections of the U.S. Patriot Act set to expire Dec. 31, the Obama administration - essentially tiptoeing through the corridors of Congress and using the raucous health care debate as cover - has quietly maneuvered for renewal of the controversial provisions, which he opposed as a senator.
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• How much more qualified should an appointee be?

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 435
  When Dawn Johnsen was nominated to head the Office of Legal Counsel , there was much rejoicing by progressives. Glenn Greenwald wrote a GREAT post on her and her qualifications. That was back in January. Now, like were reliving a bad episode of the West Wing, Dawn Johnsen has become a political football. She’s ...
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• The Establishment Strikes Back

  
  State of Pakistan — Authority: 99
  DAWNSaturday, 26 Dec, 2009Lawyers shout slogans in support of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad on December 16, 2009 after the decision on NRO. — AFP Pakistan The Supreme Court’s verdict on the NRO and the way it has been decided to enforce it leaves no doubt in my ...
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