Federal Judge OKs School Prayer Settlement, Answers Critics
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:41:26 -0800

"To those in the executive and legislative branches of government who have demagogued this case for their own political goals: You should be ashamed of yourselves," US District Judge Samuel Frederick Biery Jr., of San Antonio, said in a court document.

Federal Court avoids deciding on right to religion of choice
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:59:53 -0800

As such, Zaina Abdin aka Balachandran would have to apply to the Syariah Court to renounce he is Muslim and become an apostate. He maintains he is not an apostate. The upset litigant charges that section 2 is against the basic principles of the Federal ...

Other views: Gay marriage inevitable
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:48:34 -0800

The decision this week by a federal appeals court in California to strike down the state's Proposition 8, which restricted the use of the word "marriage" to the union of one man and one woman, is a wobbly piece of jurisprudence that should not serve as ...

Jeffre Wait announces candidacy for State Supreme Court Judge
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:40:01 -0800

Saratoga springs jeffrey D. Wait, City Court Judge for the City of Saratoga Springs, has announced his candidacy for State Supreme Court for the Fourth Judicial District. Wait also serves as Acting County Court Judge and Supervising Judge for the ...

Andrews takes formal oath as federal judge
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:51:11 -0800

After being formally sworn as the newest federal court judge in Delaware, Richard Andrews is congratulated by Vice President Joe Biden. / The News Journal/Jennifer corbett wilmington richard G. Andrews formally took his oath of office today to become ...

Act with dispatch to ease federal courts' vacancy burden
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:06:38 -0800

Judicial vacancies permeate court after court across the nation. According to the American Constitution Society, there are 86 vacancies on the federal bench , including 32 deemed "judicial emergencies," and this rate has hovered at alarming levels for ...

Court date set for Bowman, Whitten
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:23:46 -0800

By SEAN O'Donoghue hamlin - Two Lincoln County elected officials are set to appear in federal court , next month, facing charges stemming from the ongoing absentee ballot fraud probe in Lincoln County. Sheriff Jerry Bowman and County Clerk Donald C.

Appeals Court Halts Deportation of 7 Immigrants
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:48:40 -0800

A San Francisco-based federal appeals court is putting the Obama administration's new immigration directive to the test by halting the deportation of seven immigrants alleged to be in the country illegally. In a 2-1 ruling on Monday, the 9th US Circuit ...

Five nominated to be next US magistrate on Utah's federal bench
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:22:49 -0800

By melinda Rogers Four veteran attorneys and a state court judge are among five candidates vying for a soon-to-be open magistrate position on Utah's federal bench . The US District Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee on Monday announced the names ...

High Court Judge of The Year
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:08:54 -0800

He was sent to jail for contempt of court by a judge of the federal high court in Benin, Justice Adamu Hobon. Convinced that a serving Attorney General could not have been so harshly handled, I concluded that Obayuwana must have left office and ...

No hint yet if attorney general will prosecute the PM
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:51:44 -0800

Asked whether he would be representing the Supreme Court or the federal government in the contempt proceedings, he said he would be standing for the State. Answering questions about the procedure to be adopted by the seven-member bench on Monday, ...

FIA told to probe cases against Khurram Rasool thoroughly
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:29:39 -0800

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has disposed of a case against Khurram Rasool, former PTV media coordinator, who is allegedly involved in a Rs 630 million LNG quota fraud and a Rs 719.3 million bank loan case, with directions to the Federal Investigation ...

Stanford, Deutsche Bank, Gupta, BP, News Corp. in Court News
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:21:42 -0800

Assistant US Attorney William Stellmach asked Davis, who has been testifying under a plea agreement at Stanford's fraud trial in federal court in Houston. Who profited overwhelmingly from the conduct you described with the CD money?

Analysis: Christie's court choices picked apart
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:53:41 -0800

Christie's other pick, Kwon, 44, would be the first Asian and immigrant justice on the court - he moved to the United States from South Korea as a boy. But he faces more complicated issues. This summer the federal government seized $29000 in bank ...

Courts sound beat of progress
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:38:24 -0800

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Pratt became the first African-American federal judge in the state's history when she took her oath of office on June 25, 2010. From 1997 until her appointment to the federal bench , Pratt served as a judge in Marion ...

US judges balk at rigid child porn sentences
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:58:28 -0800

That figure has been steadily increasing since the Supreme Court in 2005 and 2007 affirmed that judges have the right to depart from commission recommendations. Just last month, a federal court judge in Boston sentenced a Dedham man to 21 months in ...

'Adoption tree' in full bloom in Vanderburgh Juvenile Court
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:15:45 -0800

Under state and federal law, the state must take action after six months. Even then, not every case ends in adoption. Courts have several options, including guardianship, custody arrangements and placement in longer term, "pre-adoptive" foster care.

Veteran state trooper ordered held without bail in extortion case
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:40:38 -0800

By Milton J. Valencia John M. Analetto, the Massachusetts State Trooper charged with extorting a bookie and debtors in a bookmaking ring, was ordered held without bail today pending his trial in federal court , with a judge ruling he could be a danger ...

High Court will hear Karpal Singh's sedition case on May 30
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:14:50 -0800

Earlier, Karpal Singh, who was represented by lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, had asked for a posptonement of the hearing pending a decision by the Federal Court on his appeal of the appelate court's decision ordering him to enter his defence on the case.

Federal Judge Strips Vermont of Power to Terminate Nuke: State Government ...
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:27 -0800

Federal Judge J. Garvan Murtha, an George W. Bush appointee to the federal bench in 2002, gave Entergy all that they wanted and denied Vermont the right to legislate on this matter. The judge misconstrued testimony and completely ignored the case ...