Updated 4:39 pm PST, Tuesday, November 20, 2018 FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2013, file photo, state Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The California Supreme Court is recommending that Gov. Jerry Brown pardon a former state lawmaker convicted of lying about his true residence. A Los Angeles County jury in 2014 determined that Wright lived outside the district he represented and convicted him of voter fraud and perjury. The recommendation by justices on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, came after the governor's legal affairs secretary, Peter Krause, sought the court's input. less FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2013, file photo, state Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The California Supreme Court is recommending that Gov. Jerry Brown pardon a former ... more Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, AP … [Read more...] about California court clears way for possible pardon of lawmaker
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If Observations Made By This Court Has Demoralised Indian Army, Paramilitary Forces and Manipur Police, It Is Suggestive Of Weakness In Them: SC [Read Judgment]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: ashok kini November 12, 2018 6:06 pm Change Font Size “It should be clear to everyone that officers and personnel of the Indian Army, paramilitary forces and the State Police are made of much sterner stuff than is sought to be projected and they can hardly be demoralized by observations said to have been made by anybody.” The Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit dismissed a plea seeking their recusal from Manipur fake encounter cases. These applications were filed in the writ petitions preferred by some police personnel of Manipur Police seeking quashing of certain oral observations made by the bench in Extra-Judicial Execution Victim Families Association v. Union of India. It was also sought that the bench should recuse from hearing these writ petitions which should be placed for consideration before another bench. In Extra-Judicial Execution Victim Families … [Read more...] about If Observations Made By This Court Has Demoralised Indian Army, Paramilitary Forces and Manipur Police, It Is Suggestive Of Weakness In Them: SC [Read Judgment]
State Supreme Court strikes down death penalty, converts sentences to life in prison
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For Supreme Court nominee, questions about Trump loom
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may be the person sitting in front of senators at next week's confirmation hearings, but many of the questions he gets are likely to be focused on another man: President Donald Trump. Ongoing investigations swirling around Trump mean that lawmakers will want to know how Kavanaugh might vote on questions such as whether a president can be charged with a crime or be forced to testify as part of an investigation. Democrats also are expected to ask Kavanaugh whether he can be truly independent from the president who picked him. Supreme Court nominees avoid giving legal opinions during their confirmation hearings, saying that would be improper. But Kavanaugh has said or written a number of things that suggest he favors giving the president a good deal of legal breathing room, and he will be asked about those statements. Expect senators to explore Kavanaugh's views on whether: ___ A SITTING PRESIDENT CAN BE INDICTED Legal experts are … [Read more...] about For Supreme Court nominee, questions about Trump loom
How the Trump Administration Is Remaking the Courts
Sections Skip to content Skip to site index Feature Thanks to ruthless discipline — and a plan long in the making — the G.O.P is carrying out a sweeping transformation of the federal judiciary. Credit Illustration by Tracy Ma. Source photograph of chair from Leathercraft Furniture. Supported by ByJason Zengerle Aug. 22, 2018 Donald F. McGahn, the White House counsel, stood in the gilded ballroom of Washington’s Mayflower Hotel last November to address the annual meeting of the Federalist Society. He seemed humbled, even a bit awed to be delivering the Barbara K. Olson Memorial lecture, named after the conservative lawyer who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. Noting some of the legal giants who gave the Olson lecture in years past, McGahn reflected, “You hear names like Scalia, Roberts and Gorsuch and then me; one of those names really is different than the rest.” Unlike previous speakers — to say nothing of many of … [Read more...] about How the Trump Administration Is Remaking the Courts