Indonesia: Supreme Court Rules Against Exxon in Aceh Case (News + Analysis)

This is an interesting case in many ways. What responsibilities does a corporation have overseas if, due to local politics and wars, employees are harmed or cause harm for reasons that have nothing to do with the company?This article doesn't quite make it clear if the...

McCain attacks Supreme Court's Guantánamo ruling

Presidential candidate John McCain jumped into the Guantanamo fray with his usual candor today as he criticized the Supreme Court's 5 to 4 ruling that terror suspects are entitled to the same right as American citizens. Yesterday I reported on this landmark Supreme Court...

124 years to clear all the pending cases in the Indian courts

Backlog of cases has become a big problem for the Indian judiciary — from the Supreme Court to the subordinate courts. At the current speed, the lower courts, may take 124 years for clearing 2,50,000 cases. In the last seven years, the disposal rate has increased by 48...

US Supreme Court considers gun law

"The US Supreme Court is considering the right of US citizens to keep and use guns, for the first time in nearly 70 years. The controversial case questions whether Washington DC can maintain its ban of nearly all handguns and restrictions on shotguns in...

Truth Under Lock & Key: Musharaff Packs Courts With Personally Loyal Pseudo-J...

There simply is no chance of an independent, honest investigation into the assassination of Musharaff rival and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. And, there's not much chance of independent news, either, given the approved beatings of journalists.Pakistan is a nuclear...

Why Stupid People Matter

And then George Bush was elected president. And it was sort of like getting a prostate examination, without actually being at the doctor.

Voodoo 'Sex trafficker'

" A SOUTH Yorkshire man accused of helping mastermind an international sex trafficking operation has failed in his fight to prevent extradition to Holland. Gilbert Ektor, 31, of Canklow Road, Rotherham, is said to have been part of a gang which used voodoo to lure African...

Justices Quash Suit Over Funds For Faith Groups

Justices Quash Suit Over Funds For Faith Groups By William BraniginWashington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 26, 2007; Page A06 The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that federal taxpayers cannot challenge the constitutionality of White House efforts to help religious groups...

That wicked papist majority on the Supreme Court

It is one of those days when I have no energy whatever to write, but did want to note this at Politico which is the only article I saw today that raises the issue of the wicked papist majority on the Supreme Court.  Am surprised there aren't more of them: but I may have...

Set Jeff Washington Free

"State Supreme Court Denies Washington’s Plea for Release By Annette Jones The Winchester Star Convicted murderer Jeffery Franklin Washington’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus has been denied by the Virginia Supreme Court. A writ of habeas corpus is a legal...