Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - The Supreme Court has ruled that ex-corruption convicts are allowed to run for parliamentary seats, based on the result of a judicial review. "A ruling on the judicial review has been made and the request has been fulfilled," Supreme Court spokesman Suhadi said here on Friday. Based on the decision, "articles being reviewed are now no longer effective", he explained. The judges of the court viewed that the articles that caused complaints ran counter to the higher election law (Law 7/2017). Based on the law, ex-corruption convicts are allowed to become candidates for members of the House of Representatives (DPR) or the regional legislative assembly (DPRD) so long as they would meet the requirements. "In line with the election law, an ex-corruption convict may run for parliamentary seats after serving his sentence in prison for five years," Suhadi said. He said the Supreme Court`s ruling also referred to the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which … [Read more...] about Ex-corruption convicts allowed to run for parliamentary seats: Supreme Court
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Supreme Court set to hear arguments in false unemployment fraud case
Beth LeBlanc The Detroit News Published 12:07 PM EDT Sep 14, 2018 Lansing — The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a case brought by residents who said they were falsely accused of unemployment fraud. Judges will hear arguments in Bauserman v Unemployment Insurance Agency Oct. 10 during the court’s afternoon session, according to a notice from the courts. The case stems from widespread problems with an automated computer system the state used to determine unemployment fraud. The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency reversed more than 27,800 determinations made by the system between October 2013 and August 2015. The class-action suit argues the state, based on those faulty determinations, seized residents’ property without proper notice, violating their constitutional due process rights. “After more than five years, it’s time for these people to have their day in court,” said Jennifer Lord, one of the lead attorneys for the … [Read more...] about Supreme Court set to hear arguments in false unemployment fraud case
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ‘categorically’ denies claim about alleged behavior in high school
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh vigorously denies claims involving his alleged behavior in high school made in an undisclosed letter and turned over to FBI by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. “I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time,” Kavanaugh said in a statement Friday. Feinstein on Thursday had thrown a cryptic curveball at Kavanaugh, insinuating the Supreme Court nominee could be guilty of a crime even as Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee seek to delay his confirmation. The vague accusation comes after the Senate Judiciary Committee already grilled Kavanaugh and other witnesses and prepares to vote on sending his nomination to the full Senate. The White House blasted the ambiguous charge as a last minute gambit. “I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court,” Feinstein said in her surprise statement. … [Read more...] about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ‘categorically’ denies claim about alleged behavior in high school
That time a Supreme Court nominee was rumored to have killed a man and sailed to confirmation
Steve Luxenberg, The Washington Post Published 7:09 pm PDT, Thursday, September 13, 2018 Henry Billings Brown Henry Billings Brown Photo: Courtesy Of The Library Of Congress Photo: Courtesy Of The Library Of Congress Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Henry Billings Brown Henry Billings Brown Photo: Courtesy Of The Library Of Congress That time a Supreme Court nominee was rumored to have killed a man and sailed to confirmation 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Two days before Christmas in 1890, within hours of federal judge Henry B. Brown's somewhat surprising nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, reporters at the Capitol were scribbling down the details of an electrifying story, told with relish and pride by Brown's … [Read more...] about That time a Supreme Court nominee was rumored to have killed a man and sailed to confirmation
Senator gives feds ‘information’ on Supreme Court nominee
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh readies his papers before he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, for the third day of his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh... WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday she has notified federal investigators about information she received — and won't disclose publicly — concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The California Democrat said in a statement that she "received information from an individual concerning the nomination." She said the person "strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision." The Judiciary Committee, which has finished confirmation hearings for Kavanagh, … [Read more...] about Senator gives feds ‘information’ on Supreme Court nominee