By: Jerome Grossman | 2010-04-02 | Politics The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court reminds us that politics is paramount in a democracy even when the control of the highest court in the land is at stake. Exercised by both parties, the politics obviously seeks control of the court and also appeals to major voting constituencies for support. read more
By: Taimur Malik | 2010-04-21 | News and society Military commissions were always outside the legal ambit of international law and IHL. In its June 29 judgment, the US Supreme Court as the guardian of the legality of the country has reiterated just that. read more
By: Don Sutherland | 2010-04-04 | Politics On April 2, in "Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently possesses the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act and that it cannot evade its statutory responsibility to exercise that authority. The majority opinion written by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens resolved the issue of whether the EPA has authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. On account of that decision, the political and economic landscape has moved farther away from the scientific debate in a direction toward laying a framework for stemming greenhouse gas emissions. read more
By: Wayne Nolen | 2010-04-04 | Politics Mr. Scalia somehow concluded that the amendment's opening clause about the need for a ready militia was only one of the reasons that the Framers recognized as a preexisting right to bear arms. I guess the Founding Fathers neglected to include the other reasons, figuring that Mr. Antonin Scalia could add these later. read more
By: Greg Mitchell | 2010-12-18 | Free The Supreme Court of Canada overturns previous decision by the BC Court of Appeal holding general contractor's insurance policy's responsible for subcontractor work. read more
By: Mohammad Mansoor Ali Ansari | 2010-12-27 | Politics On this day of 25th December 2010. We on the Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah the Founder of Pakistan, together make a promise that we will never let our flag fall against the storms that are coming to defeat us. read more
By: Megan Clayton | 2011-06-09 | National, state, local In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court announced on April 27, 2010 that under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) compelling parties to submit antitrust claims to class arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement indisputably silent on the subject "is fundamentally at war with the foundational FAA principle that arbitration is a matter of consent." The case arises from a partial final award governed by Article 1 of the FAA that required client Stolt-Nielsen and other shipping read more
By: rudsontren | 2010-12-15 | Business The Nevada Supreme Court is giving the public the chance to immediately know amendments to the state's foreclosure mediation program. The state court is considering changing some parts of the program rules. read more
By: rudsontren | 2010-12-22 | Business Nevada Supreme Court is considering changing some provisions in the current Foreclosure Remediation Program in the state. The court is expected to decide on such changes in a few days. read more
By: William King | 2011-04-21 | Project management These days economic condition of Pakistan is not good and every sector including real estate is facing devaluation. There are certain factors like inflation, political instability etc. which are causing Pakistan real estate to devaluate. Following article will discuss these factors in detail. read more
By: James Blatt | 2011-02-09 | Law Whether you face a stop and arrest or charges pertaining to DUI, it is better to consult a lawyer as soon as possible to avoid legal complications later. read more
By: Olivia Whitaker | 2011-03-14 | Health and safety The decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last November to recall all products containing the drug propoxyphene has led to numerous Darvon and Darvocet lawsuits being filed in state and federal courts. As they are currently interpreted under President Obama, state tort laws allow an individual harmed by corporate irresponsibility to sue for damages. But during the Bush Administr read more
By: Thomas Gibbs | 2012-06-25 | National, state, local The Combined Declares Better Trial has established that sexual-harassment exercising had been offered by an organization that wishes to use an "affirmative defense" in a sexual harassment declare against a manager. read more
By: Joe DelCasino | 2010-04-03 | News and society Isn't the job of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution of the United States? Shouldn't a nominee's proven ability to do that be the starting point for the selection process? If recent history has taught us anything it's that we really shouldn't take anything for granted. read more
By: Health Insurance | 2010-12-16 | Insurance and that it will likely be a 5–4 majority—but which way that majority will go is unclear. Although it garnered less attention, the ACA has been upheld as constitutional by two district courts. (Those cases, one in Virginia and one Michigan, were lower profile because they were filed by conservative organizations rather than a state government.) If lower-court decisions had consistently upheld the law, there would have been a possibility of the Supreme Court read more