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Political stakes are high as White goes on trial – News and Tribune.com
After more than a year of legal wrangling, White’s fate now rests … since they pushed the state’s voter ID law as a way to prevent voter fraud. “It’s a big political issue,” McCann said. “You think from the Republicans’ … Continue reading
Political Rewind: Illinois Supreme Court OKs Cameras in Trial Court – Patch
“If we don’t have cameras in courtrooms, it’s left up to shows like Law & Order to give the public an impression of what is going on in the judiciary,” he said. “Of course, what is going on in the courts is … Continue reading
Congress attempts to police insider trading – Charleston Daily Mail
Insider trading laws apply to all Americans, but CBS’ “60 Minutes” in November said members of Congress get a pass, citing investment transactions by party leaders and a committee chairman in businesses about to be affected by pending legislation.
Rwanda journalists jailed for genocide denial launch supreme court appeal – Democratic Underground.com
Rwanda insists the law is no different from those in Europe outlawing … He has previously appeared at the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, in neighbouring Tanzania. Rwanda, formerly a German and Belgian colony, has been …
Twitter, Democracy, and Internet Freedom – TechCrunch
Editor’s Note: Richard Fontaine, a Senior Advisor at the Center for a New American Security … The differences arise not only in national policy, but in international law as well. A number of European democracies, including Denmark, France, Slovenia …
Health Costs, Regardless of Your Politics – New York Times
America will not only be unable to afford the expanded coverage of the new health care law, but we will also be unable to continue Medicare or Medicaid as we know them. Ezekiel J. Emanuel chooses to assign liberals with … Continue reading
US entertainment lawyer casts doubt on Megaupload case – The Register
At issue, the article says, is that DCMA requirements under criminal law are different from the tests that apply under civil law. Jennifer Granick http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6795 writes that most of the discussion about DMCA “safe harbor …
Law change possible over foreign land buyers – Key – ONE News
Ministers did not have a legal right to decline a sale which complied … University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey said the Government could not treat applications from Chinese investors differently from similar applications from other countries …
Echoes of U.S. Racism in Israel – Forward
“people of the Negro or Mongoloid Race” — from real estate transactions were not enforceable in a court of law, were in fact unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. (Twenty years later, the Fair Housing Act … Continue reading
Lawmakers eye ‘right to work’ for Michigan – Macomb Daily
In contrast, supporters projected a substantial gain in employment without a noticeable loss in … which would seem to indicate that pro- or anti-union state labor laws have an increasingly small outcome on where employers locate.
