The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has been scolded by the Supreme Court of Canada for destroying classified evidence related to a Montreal man accused of having links to terrorism."However, the court in Ottawa unanimously decided Thursday that it will not halt the...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago 219 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Supreme Court has never before in its history made a ruling on Americans' right to own guns. The court has effectively ruled unconstitutional the ban on handguns in effect in several major US cities....
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1129 views | 25 recommendations | 10 comments
"Today on his radio show, CNN host Glenn Beck expressed his disdain of the recent Supreme Court ruling granting terror suspects the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts, exclaiming that if he...
created by VLOGZ | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 333 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Update: June 26 | - Matthew Yglesias provides the best analysis I've seen so far: " My evolving view of the death penalty is that there are situations one could envision wherein punishment by execution would be...
created by julianw | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 330 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The...
created by VLOGZ | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 750 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Supoprters of Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani Prime Minister, burned effigies today against a court ruling that bars Sharif from running in this weeks' parliamentary by-elections.Here is a link to a picture of...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 221 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Nepalese students blocked several streets in Katmandu and hurled stones at the chief justice's car to protest rising fuel prices. The students demanded the government to take action and immediately withdraw fuel...
created by Heiky | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 210 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Dozens of homosexual couples have married in California shortly after the US state was permitted to grant them marriage licences for the first time. Ceremonies were held in at least five counties after a Supreme...
created by renovatio | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 405 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
California will begin marrying gay and lesbian couples this afternoon. The new marriage licenses will list Party A and Party B, as opposed to bride and groom. "California begins marrying gay and lesbian...
created by poolparty | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 446 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
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...
"he presidential candidates took differing positions Thursday on the Supreme Court decision granting foreign terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay a right to challenge their detention in civilian courts. Senator John McCain expressed concern about the ruling, while Senator...
created by renovatio | 4 years ago 174 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without...
created by renovatio | 4 years ago 196 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
You know, this guy has some real balls, no pun intended. If the name doesn't ring a bell, just think back to the very first season of "Survivor". He's the fat, naked gay guy that won the cool million...