By DAVID LEE (CN) – The sellers of homes do not have to disclose “psychological stigmas,” such as murders, to prospective buyers, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. The state’s highest court unanimously ruled Monday in favor of Kathleen and… Read More ›
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Remarks by the First Lady at Topeka School District Senior Recognition Day ( From Whitehouse.Gov )
For Immediate Release May 17, 2014 Expo Center Topeka, Kansas 6:33 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Wow! (Applause.) Look at you guys. (Applause.) All right, you all rest yourselves. You’ve got a big day… Read More ›
Forced Meds Are OK to Prosecute Threat Charges / “client was exposed to asbestos and was a “whistle-blower”
By TIM HULL (CN) – The government can continue to forcibly drug the man it says threatened to kill federal employees over a delusional asbestos cover-up, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. Charles Lee Gillenwater II was charged in 2011 with… Read More ›
Gutting of campaign finance laws enhances influence of corporations and wealthy Americans
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2014 – “This study dashes hopes for this democratic kind of interest-group influence,’ PRINCETON, N.J.—Affluent individuals and business corporations already have vastly more influence on federal government policy than average citizens, according to recently released research by… Read More ›
Since When Are Your Phone Calls Private, Goverment Lawyer Asks
By NICK DIVITO MANHATTAN (CN) – Since Americans expect their phone companies to keep records of their calls, they have no basis to challenge the National Security Agency’s mass collection of that data, a lawyer for the government argued Friday…. Read More ›
Japanese media declare ‘dark times’ are on us
Grim discovery: Investigators gather at a crime scene in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, after the body of a 16-year-old girl was discovered. | KYODO <!– –> by Michael Hoffman Special To The Japan Times <!– Meta –> Sep 14, 2013 Online:… Read More ›
Jail time promised for false tweets in China
Xinhua will escape from Olympic 2020 gaffe, no doubt By Phil Muncaster Posted in Policy, 10th September 2013 04:09 GMT Use of social media in China just got more dangerous after the country’s Supreme Court announced tough new guidelines… Read More ›
Security Clearance Denials and Constitutional Rights
September 3, 2013 Steven Aftergood It is generally understood that there is no legally enforceable “right” to be granted a security clearance for access to classified information. And a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Department of the… Read More ›
India urged not to hang suspected bombing mastermind
Source: Reuters – Thu, 22 Aug 2013 03:52 PM Author: Reuters GENEVA, Aug 22 (Reuters) – India must not go ahead with the imminent execution of a professor convicted of charges related to bombing the All Indian Youth Congress… Read More ›
Mingo County judge Conspired with the local Director of Homeland Security to frame his Ex-Mistresses Husband for Drugs, Larceny and Assault
Mingo County judge arrested on federal charge by Kate White Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury was arrested Thursday after federal authorities allege he targeted his ex-lover’s husband, using his position on the bench to manipulate criminal charges against… Read More ›
Fees Possible for Vaccine Challenger, Justices Say
By BARBARA LEONARD WASHINGTON (CN) – A woman whose vaccination challenge spurred a minor reform of federal law may have a case for attorneys’ fees, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Claiming that vaccinations for hepatitis B caused her… Read More ›
High Court Won’t Chuck Farmer’s Monsanto Debt – A WARNING to all Farmers!
By BARBARA LEONARD WASHINGTON (CN) – An Indiana farmer owes Monsanto more than $84,400 for infringing its patent by saving genetically engineered seeds, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. In addition to selling a glyphosate-based herbicide called Roundup to farmers who… Read More ›
Oil Barons Given Pass on Alleged Nigerian Crimes
By BARBARA LEONARD WASHINGTON (CN) – A group of refugees living in the United States cannot sue the foreign oil companies that allegedly conspired with the Nigerian government to torture them, the mostly unanimous Supreme Court… Read More ›
US Supreme Court throws out challenge to surveillance law
Feb 26, 2013 20:21 Moscow Time Photo: EPA US-based journalists, lawyers and human rights groups cannot challenge a federal law that allows surveillance of some international communications, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a case touching on government efforts… Read More ›
Top military officials have qualified immunity from 12 veterans who claim to have been raped during active duty
Military Clears Claims Over Raped Veterans By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – Top military officials have qualified immunity from the claims of 12 veterans who claim to have been raped during active duty, a federal judge ruled. In a 2012… Read More ›
Pakistan paralysed after court demands PM arrest
Tens of thousands stage protest in capital while Ashraf government fears coup plot Saeed Shah Tuesday, 15 January 2013 Pakistan is facing a deepening crisis after the country’s highest court ordered the arrest of the Prime Minister today, just hours… Read More ›
Firms May Be Liable for Acne Treatment Woes: Acne Drug Solodyn related to Liver Failure, Lupus, and Hepatitis
By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – A college student whose liver failed allegedly as a result of using the acne treatment Solodyn may sue Medicis and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals for negligence, a federal judge ruled. Brittani Tigert,… Read More ›
Greek Courts Postpone Backlog of 1 million Cases
Monday, 17 December 2012 Nothing seems to work in Grecia!Go-slow action by Greek judges and prosecutors since September has resulted in more than one million cases being postponed, adding to a massive backlog that has built up in the country’s… Read More ›
Court to consider whether soldiers have ‘right to life’
Britain’s highest court is to debate whether soldiers in battle are entitled to the right to life under human rights legislation. Private Phillip Hewett died with 2 other soldiers when their armoured Land-Rover vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb…. Read More ›
Supreme Court considers limits on class-action cases
By Agence France-Presse Monday, November 5, 2012 22:15 EST Topics: supreme court WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court heard two cases that could limit the scope of class action lawsuits, after the court rejected a discrimination claim by 1.5 million… Read More ›
World’s lowest paid workers: Indian cleaners get just £64 after 40 YEARS of scrubbing toilets without a day off (and they’ve never had a pay rise!)
Two women have applied to the Guinness World Records for the lowest salary in the world By Kerry Mcqueeney PUBLISHED:11:24 EST, 22 October 2012| UPDATED:12:59 EST, 22 October 2012 For more than 40 years they’ve toiled away, meticulously… Read More ›
A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act : Criminalizes anonymous online criticism
October 3, 2012 | By Jillian C. York A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act The government of the Philippines today has passed the troubling Cybercrime Prevention Act. The Act covers a range of offenses, but—as… Read More ›
