Justice News
New York Times
2012-05-29T11:12:56Z
In testimony on Friday, Mr. Corona insisted that under his interpretation of the law, he was not required to disclose the money. During testimony that was marked by breaks for medical checkups of Mr. Corona, the chief justice debated the ...
The Christian Science Monitor
2012-05-29T15:44:57Z
Senators fired the Philippines' Supreme Court chief justice Tuesday for failing to declare $2.4 ... He said his omission was not an impeachable offense and that a 1974 bank privacy law protects foreign deposits from disclosure, while prosecutors ...
Washington Times
2012-05-23T00:21:30Z
The case against Mr. Corona is based on a law requiring public officials to disclose their assets. It has sparked fears of a constitutional crisis. He is the first chief justice to be impeached in the Philippines, which has been roiled by ...
Pioneer Press
2012-05-31T05:05:30Z
Speaking to hundreds of people at an event in Little Rock, the retired justice said President Barack Obama accurately criticized the ruling for reversing a century of law and allowing special interest groups to pump money into elections.
KCRA.com
2012-05-31T03:32:26Z
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens had harsh words for his former conservative colleagues Wednesday, saying they have inconsistently applied the law two years after a sweeping ruling dealing with campaign finance reform. That controversial decision ...
msnbc.com
2012-05-31T02:42:20Z
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens leveled new criticism ... Barack Obama's criticism of the ruling - that it reversed a century of law, that it authorized unlimited election-related expenditure by America's most ...
Miami Herald
2012-05-28T14:27:24Z
Writing in The New Republic, Jeffrey Rosen laid it out for Roberts, whose vote likely will be decisive: In addition to deciding what kind of chief justice he wants to be, he has to decide what kind of legal ... a law that was passed by ...
New York Times
2012-05-28T01:41:28Z
Kennedy s role as the court weather vane has given rise to a species of argument that Jeffrey Rosen, the George Washington University law ... like Justice Scalia, Kennedy believes the court should track evolving standards in society.
Huffington Post
2012-05-25T15:49:42Z
A week ago, Justice announced that pool owners now have until Jan. 31, 2013, to comply with the rules. "We got such an overwhelming response indicating the widespread misunderstanding of the law and indicating that the pool lift manufacturers ...
Boston Herald
2012-05-27T04:05:49Z
WASHINGTON In one of his characteristic conniptions about people who frustrated him, Theodore Roosevelt, progressivism s first president, said of Justice Oliver Wendell ... Obamacare is just an unpopular law enacted by grotesque logrolling ...
Oregonian
2012-05-26T23:55:16Z
In one of his characteristic conniptions about people who frustrated him, Theodore Roosevelt, progressivism's first president, said of Justice Oliver Wendell ... Obamacare is just an unpopular law enacted by grotesque logrolling (securing ...
Vanguard
2012-05-30T22:46:06Z
The recent recommendation of the National Judicial Council that Justice Salami be reinstated has met with the overwhelming support of the legal community and indeed ... being anxious to respect the rule of law, must do nothing. With much respect to the ...
DAWN Group
2012-05-28T11:14:07Z
The ceremony was attended by the judges of the Supreme Court, members and officers of the Election Commission of Pakistan, the Deputy Attorney General, senior lawyers, officers of the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan and the Federal Judicial Academy.
Huffington Post
2012-05-31T01:37:54Z
WASHINGTON -- A day after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, retired Justice John Paul Stevens on Wednesday ... to that of other non-voters" such as the Canadian Harvard Law School graduate who remains barred from making campaign ...
Idaho Statesman
2012-05-31T07:07:11Z
Poetic Justice ... he practiced law nor his 11 years on the bench. His memoir explains why: He saw it as a symbol of elitism. With simple prose and a smattering of poetry, Johnson, 74, offers an unflinching look at the legal system and ...
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According to most contemporary theories of justice, justice is overwhelmingly important: John Rawls claims that "Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought." Justice can be thought of as distinct from and more fundamental than benevolence, charity, mercy, generosity or compassion. Justice has traditionally been associated with concepts of fate, reincarnation or Divine Providence, i.e. with a life in accordance with the cosmic plan.
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