Supreme court collects data of 26 chief justice candidates

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Supreme Court will send the names of 26 career chief justice candidates to the Judicial Commission in the next two days."On Tuesday (March 11), we will collect data and check the names of the 26 chief justice candidates," Vice Chairman of the...

Porsche challenges C-charge rise

"Luxury carmaker Porsche is to challenge plans to increase London's congestion charge to £25-a-day for some vehicles. The firm said it intended to ask for a judicial review into the price changes, which come...

Bali bombing convicts` families to accept whatever judicial review yields

Cilacap (ANTARA News) - The families of Bali bombing death row convicts Amrozy et al will accept whatever the outcome of a second judicial review of their death sentence will be, a spokesman said. "We, (the families of Amrozy, Mukhlas and Imam Samdra), will accept whatever...

Police in protest rally over pay

Central London grinds to a halt as an estimated 22,500 off duty police officers march on Parliament..."Police officers are gathering in London for a mass march and rally in a protest over pay. Officers are...

John Edwards on Presidential Power

John Edwards has a tough row to hoe.  He has less money and is less popular than Senators Clinton and Obama.  So he has compensated with a more outspoken stance.  It could be argued that his combative style was evident in 2004, and certainly elements of it were...

Hillary Clinton on Presidential Power

Hillary Clinton's answers to the Boston Globe survey on presidential powers were carefully crafted and demonstrate a more considered view of the constitutional issues than the current President has.  Her...

Guantanamo: Illegal and Unjust

"Rights-free zones: illegal and unjust Mukul Sharma The Guantanamo model signifies the abandoning of basic principles of human rights. It de-legitimises us. “O Father, this is a prison of injustice. Its iniquity makes the mountains weep. I have committed no crime and am...

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Po...

What a surprise to see so many presidential candidates on this list!  Whatever can be the matter?What's with this Judicial Watch crowd?  Well, they seem to be lawyers.  And they plainly state that they are "conservative," whatever the heck that means.   In...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Judge struck off after jailing 46 in phone row

"A US judge has been removed from the bench after jailing 46 people when a mobile phone began ringing during his court session and no one would own up. The entire courtroom was sent to the cells during a domestic violence hearing when the judge, Robert Restaino, 48, "snapped"...

New York Judge Jails Entire Courtroom over Ringing Cellphone

Sometinmes you just can't this stuff up."NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - A judge who jailed 46 people who were in his courtroom when a cellphone call interrupted proceedings was removed from the bench Tuesday by a state...

Lawyer for Bali bombers says will complain over review process

"Michdan said that the "appeal process had not followed all due processes of law," adding that a lower court should have held a hearing to examine new testimony and evidence as part of deciding whether a case...

Illegal logger Adelin`s acquittal results of conspiracy : Lawmaker

"Earlier, chairman of the People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Hidayat Nurwahid deplored the fact in this country that the trial of logger Adelin Lis, who had caused the state to suffer big losses, was later acquitted of all charges leveled against him. According to him,...

Nurwahid deplores lack of eradication optimally

""I am very sad to learn that the suspect of illegal logging later walked out free from the court," he said. Lately a rumour was developing in the community that the authorities and law enforcers had been dictated by a ring of judicial mafia and therefore all the relevant...

Judicial Commission to check background of Adelin`s acquittal

""The panel of judges, police and prosecutors who handled Adelin`s case will be asked to provide clarifications on the court verdict," YK member for public services Zainal Arifin said here on Thursday. He said the...

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