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High-Stakes of Stupak-Pitts Amendment for Women of Color
The State of Opportunity —
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A few Saturdays ago, on November 7th, I was at the annual SisterSong meeting, a gathering of about 300 reproductive justice advocates. What was exhilarating and unusual about this meeting was that the vast majority of people attending were women of color who are focused on gender and sexuality issues. This was a ...9 hours ago -
ITAT gets four new VPs; R V Easwar becomes Sr Vice President; posted to Mumbai
LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU —
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PROMOTION on performance is a positive signal every organisation whether in private or public sectors intends to send to all stakeholders. This is what the Selection Panel headed by the Supreme Court Judge has also tried to do in the case of ITAT.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...10 hours ago -
Briefs in Espinosa Case Before the Supreme Court
BankruptcyProf Blog —
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You can get all of the briefs including the eight amicus briefs (including Ken Klees brief) here. The Schwab v. Reilly briefs are here (only three amicus briefs). The Milavetz briefs are here.10 hours ago -
Right and Left Join Forces on Criminal Justice
The StandDown Texas Project —
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Thats the title of Adam Liptaks report in todays New York Times. LINK In the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of peopleaccused of crimes involving drugs, sex and corruption. Civil libertiesgroups and associations of defense lawyers have lined up on ...11 hours ago -
When Everything Changed: 50 Years of Women’s Progress
God's Politics Blog —
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In the first year of Gail Collins ’s survey of “the amazing journey of American women from 1960 to the present,” I turned 12. Not long after that, I told my father I was thinking of becoming a lawyer. “That’s not…11 hours ago -
Cleaning Up Illinois: The Putback Amendment
Big Government —
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Everyone knows that things in Springfield, Illinois are broken. Everyone knows that the government of the State of Illinois is inefficient and corrupt. That’s all true, however, to truly understand the problems in Springfield, we must look at the structure of the legislature. By its design, the legislature in ...13 hours ago -
Supreme Court dismisses final Tobacco II "grant and hold" case: OBrien v. Camisasca Automotive Mfg.
The UCL Practitioner —
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On Thursday, November 19, 2009, the Supreme Court finally acted on the last of the Tobacco II "grant and hold" cases, OBrien v. Camisasca Automotive Mfg. , no. S163207. Instead of transferring the case back to the intermediate appellate panel for further proceedings, as in McAdams and Pfizer (Galfano) , ...13 hours ago -
Kalyan Singh insider that caused collapse of system: Liberhan report
Thaindian News —
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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission probing the demolition of the Babri Masjid has hit out at then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh for embarking on a “pogrom leading up to the events of December 6th 1992″ as soon he entered office.In a scathing indictment of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...16 hours ago -
Missionaries From Congo Confirm Atrocities
Times Traveler —
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Canadian missionaries who worked in the Congo for the last 17 years arrived here yesterday on the S.S. Vaderland and described atrocities committed against black Africans under the rule of King Leopold of Belgium. The Rev. Dr. William H. Leslie "said that much of the cruelty had been practiced in order to impress upon ...21 hours ago -
Landowners along Florida beaches ask Supreme Court to examine taking of private property
The Washington Post —
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DESTIN, FLA. -- The sugar-white sand that stretches from Slade and Nancy Lindsays deck to the clear, green waters of the Gulf of Mexico is some of the finest in the world. Tiny, uniformly shaped quartz crystals make the beach that stretches along the Florida Panhandle unique, experts say.21 hours ago -
State Legislators File Amicus Brief Supporting NRAs Stance in Pivotal Supreme Court Case
Stupidica —
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·11250 Waples Mill Road · Fairfax, Virginia 22030 ·800-392-8683 State Legislators File Amicus Brief Supporting NRAs Stance in Pivotal Supreme Court Case Monday, November 23, 2009 Fairfax, Va. -- A large bipartisan group of state legislators and other elected officials from all 50 states have signed an ...22 hours ago -
Lenity and Mandatory Minimums
Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog —
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This is the third in a series of posts reviewing last term’s criminal cases in the Supreme Court and previewing the new term. Three of last term’s criminal cases dealt with mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, as do two of the new term’s. The frequency with which these cases reach the Supreme Court ...23 hours ago -
In Supreme Court Spotlight, Challenges to Criminal Justice
NYT > Theater —
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Conservatives and libertarians are joining civil liberties groups in saying that the criminal justice system is an aspect of big government that must be contained.1 day ago -
Bipartisan Majority of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting NRAs Stance in Pivotal…
Stupidica —
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·11250 Waples Mill Road · Fairfax, Virginia 22030 ·800-392-8683 Bipartisan Majority of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting NRAs Stance in Pivotal Supreme Court Case Monday, November 23, 2009 Fairfax, Va. -- An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of attorneys general have signed an amicus curiae, ...1 day ago -
Constitutional View, Not Catholicism, Behind Scalia’s Opinions on Abortion
Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog —
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As a Catholic whose views are in line with those of Pope Benedict XVI, US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia personally opposes abortion. But what explains his opinions in every abortion-related case that has come to the court since Scalia became a justice in 1986 is not his Catholicism but his “originalist” ...1 day ago -
Candidate skeptical of reform plan
The Daily Briefing —
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Letting the governor appoint members to the Ohio Supreme Court might offer Democrats their best shot of breaking the Republican monopoly on the bench. But that doesnt mean every Democrat is in favor. Mary Jane Trapp , an appellate judge in northeast Ohio who is running for the Supreme Court as a Democrat, ...1 day ago -
Against Congressional Briefs
The Volokh Conspiracy —
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I have occasionally criticized judges and Justices who use their official positions to try to influence the legislative process. In this post I want to criticize the mirror image: Legislators who sign on to “congressional briefs” in the Supreme Court, such as the one David Kopel links to below , designed to ...1 day ago -
I Believe That Children Are Our Future, But ...
MomLogic —
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Recently, a 15-year-old girl murdered a 9-year-old because she "wanted to know what it felt like." What the hell is going on with our youth, and how do we fix it?1 day ago -
Review of Louisianas Post-Conviction Process
The StandDown Texas Project —
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" Kimball: Justice must be efficient but fair ," is one of two articles written by Alison Bath for the Shreveport Times. Both appeared in Sundays edition. In September, LouisianaSupreme Court Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball announced theformation of a court committee to study the states ...1 day ago -
No Merit In Ohio
American Courthouse —
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According to the Columbus Dispatch, a small group of legal elites – including the Chief Justice of Ohio’s Supreme Court and the president of the Ohio Bar – got together last week to discuss the best way to select judges in Ohio. Guess what? They think legal elites should have more control – people like ...1 day ago
