Thought-provoking observations about the relations between government -- including the courts -- and society's dissenters.
The FCC adopted compulsory net neutrality rules in defiance of just about everybody including the courts and an astounded Congress with its jaw agape.
My proposal also included a provision from the Senate health reform bill that authorizes funding to states for demonstrations of alternatives to resolving medical malpractice disputes, including health courts.
This baby-and-the-bath-water argument points out that there are all sorts of private arbitrations, including religious courts like the Jewish Bais Din, which allow private parties who share a common belief system to use their own system to adjudicate their internal disputes.
The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all cases before the respective courts including, but not limited to, cases of first impression.
They also claim that they are not being paid at all for carrying out certain duties, including attending custody courts, where accused persons who have been in police custody make their first appearance.
About 10, 000 women worked in the so-called Magdalen, or Magdalene, Laundries over seven decades -- and more than a quarter of them were referred there by the state, for various reasons including by the courts as a condition of probation, according to the report.
Indeed, prominent interfaith leaders - including experts in the legal codes of their respective faiths - have endorsed American Laws for American Courts, including Rabbi Aryeh Spero, Rabbi Jonathan Hausman, J.
Some courts, including a New Jersey superior court last month, have upheld COLA cuts and suspensions.
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The court cited decisions by federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, recognizing absolute immunity for government lawyers.
Opponents see this as a way for Islamists force out judges in high courts, including the Supreme Constitutional Court.
He said the attempts to finally seize criminals' assets were being fought in the courts, including using human rights legislation.
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Most courts, including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, have held that borrowers who want to do this also must sue the bank within the three-year deadline.
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Courts, including the 10th Circuit as we see here, are now looking at trusts formed in the Cook Islands and concluding offhand that the Debtor (or, in this case, his Wife) had an intent to stiff creditors.
The South Dakota state legislature is currently in the process of adopting several new bills that seek to limit the applicability of Islamic (or Shariah) law by its courts, including in connection with otherwise valid financial transactions.
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Testimony from such witnesses has long been viewed with skepticism by those experienced in the criminal justice system, but the federal appellate courts, including the U. S. Supreme Court, have never declared such sweetheart deals to be what they logically appear to be: a species of witness bribery or threats.
Kathy Patrick, the lawyer for the institutional investors who negotiated the massive settlement, is behind three new legal filings made in federal courts, including a statement in support of the deal that points out that the vast majority of investors in soured mortgage-backed securities issued by Countrywide Financial through 530 trusts have chosen not to object to the settlement.
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But a coalition of groups that fought the ban in California courts -- including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign and the Lambda Legal Foundation -- urged supporters Wednesday to turn their energy toward winning in the political arena rather than the courts.
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Legal challenges to governments' use of personal information held by companies have reached high courts in many countries, including America's Supreme Court.
Feinstein noted that the 1994 ban was challenged repeatedly in federal courts on multiple grounds, including Second Amendment protections, and survived each time.
At which point the appeals courts, up to and including possibly the Supremes, are going to have to try and codify the system.
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In the quarterfinals, they routed Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek, a new team that twice beat the Bryans in straight sets on hard courts earlier this year, including in the Australian Open final.
Kelantan, for instance, is governed by the Islamic Party PAS, and has a long history of opposition to the center, including a little known challenge in the courts that sought separation from the Malaysian Federation when it was formed in 1963.
Legal annulments aren't easy outs for disgruntled spouses. (Note: A Catholic annulment requires an entirely different process, including approval from the Church.) Courts will grant a divorce for lots of reasons, but to get an annulment, the spouse must prove that the marriage shouldn't have been legally allowed in the first place.
There are 16 buildings on the airbase, including former radar rooms, tennis and squash courts, station headquarters and the old officers' mess.
There are 16 buildings on the site, including former radar rooms, tennis and squash courts, station headquarters and the old officers' mess.
The law was challenged in the New York courts by a number of organizations, including the Catholic Church. on the same basis as the objections to the current matter at hand.
At root, this case tests whether courts can realistically enforce their judgments, including, as in this case, the judgment that a patentee has been denied the right to control the use of its patent.
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The two companies are also dueling in numerous courts world-wide over various other patents, including the design of their respective devices and the wireless technology that powers them.
Critics including the Electronic Frontier Foundation have decried such efforts, especially when courts issue wholesale grants of subpoenas ordering Internet service providers to turn over the identities of people accused of illegal downloads.
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