by: Press release & Posted by employees | newsweb@everythinglubbock.com Posted: Feb 10, 2021 / 1:25 PM CST /. Updated: February 10, 2021 / 1:25 p.m. CST (Photo provided by the New Mexico Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office) CLOVIS, NM (NEWS RELEASE) – The following is a press release from the New Mexico Ninth Judicial District … Read more
OPINION ANALYSIS By Sam Callahan and Allon Kedem on February 5, 2021 at 12:09 pm The Supreme Court appeared in November 2020 when Salinas v US Railroad Retirement Board was debated. (Katie Barlow) On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued its first 5-to-4 ruling in a 2020-21 dispute – albeit not in a hot-button constitutional case, … Read more
The Supreme Court. When the trial issue became a major controversy during the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden tried to get around it by proposing a non-partisan judiciary reform commission. At the time, I suggested that the commission’s idea was an indication that Biden would prefer not to advance the trial. In contrast, co-blogger Josh Blackman … Read more
Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg where the Supreme Court hears cases. Pennsylvania topped the Judicial Hellholes list for the second year in a row, except this time the advocates of crime reform pointed to both the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The American Tort Reform Association’s report “Judicial Hellholes 2020-2021” … Read more
The sixth district attorney Michael Renteria takes an oath of officeNews Sports Business Lifestyle Opinion Obituaries E-Edition Legals Courtesy photo On the right, Michael Renteria (D-Deming) is sworn in and takes the oath of office as district attorney for the sixth judicial district of New Mexico. Renteria was elected in November and will serve the … Read more
President Donald Trump has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike for his recent pardon, including corrupt ex-Congressmen and the father of Jared Kushner. I was one of those people who immediately criticized these pardons as manifestly unjustified and harmful to our legal system. However, none of this makes the comments made by senior U.S. … Read more
Republican John Kellner is declared the final winner of the 18th judicial district attorney’s race after a mandatory recount. Kellner, who ran against Democrat Amy Padden, announced the win on Twitter Saturday afternoon. Padden admitted by calling Kellner to congratulate him, their campaign said in a press release. Kellner will succeed District Attorney George Brauchler, … Read more
From Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Olayiwola Afolabi, an Edo-based attorney and notary public, has called on the federal government to set up a judicial investigative body to investigate alleged crooks’ attacks on police officers during the #EndSARS protest that violently led to the destruction of property and the loss of life in the country … Read more
SINGAPORE: Justice Commissioner Chionh Sze Chyi Mavis has been appointed Supreme Court Judge, while Attorney General Kwek Mean Luck will serve as Justice Commissioner of the Supreme Court and Tai Wei Shyong will serve as Assistant Attorney General. All three appointments were made by President Halimah Yaacob on the advice of the Prime Minister, the … Read more
By: Isaac Kwadwo Ankah (Associate, A-Partners@Law) “…The justice to be dispensed is justice within the law and not one of sympathy. Judicial sympathy, however plausible can never be elevated to become a principle of law” – Anin Yeboah JSC in Amosa (No.1) v Korboe (No.1)[1] In Harley v Ejura Farms (Ghana) Ltd[2] Taylor … Read more