Sentences with phrase «current court opinions»

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Once again, it's curious that Trump's former lawyer would disclose this — but it creates an opportunity for Trump's current team to push back in the court of public opinion, trying to either force Mueller to agree to a limited interview, or else to wage a political war by trying to refuse.

«That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion that legislative decisions of this nature should be a matter for democratically - elected lawmakers; and supports the current situation in which no prisoner is able to vote except those imprisoned for contempt, default or on remand.»

In his latest ruling yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge James A. Redden concluded that the current biological opinion fails to identify specific habitat improvements after 2013 needed to ensure continued recovery of the fish runs.

In a 25 - page opinion, Justice Nancy M. Bannon of State Supreme Court agreed that some of the current trustees «may have lost sight of Peter Cooper's ideals, including that of free education.»

This book is a fascinating history of the judicial opinion in the United States from its origins in English tradition and the founding of the United States judicial system to the United States Supreme Court's and state courts» institutional judicial styles starting in the nineteenth century and moving on to current institutional and individual styles.

He admitted that it bothered him that this decision may have already elevated their status beyond what current legislation provides and he complained — most justifiably, in this writer's opinion — that the British Parliament seems «quite incapable of dealing with such potentially controversial moral matters as reform of the divorce system,» leaving the courts to keep up with the «ever - changing Zeitgeist.»

This has largely to do, in our opinion, with the current external lack of transparency — and as a result, accountability — regarding inter alia the productivity of the members of the Court.

There is also a collection of significant court opinions relating to military commissions and of current and historical documents pertaining to the commissions.

You could find the current opinions of all the U.S. circuit courts of appeal — generally made available through the good graces of innovative law schools such as Cornell, Washburn and Emory.

Generally, in my years of specialising in the family laws, interpretations or opinions on Marriage Law are always being enacted by the legislative organs or the supreme court to settle the problem, where current law is not qualified to settle the dispute.

If, however, the court finds that the current dispute is fundamentally distinct from all previous cases (called a «matter of first impression»), and legislative statutes are either silent or ambiguous on the question, judges have the authority and duty to resolve the issue (one party or the other has to win, and on disagreements of law, judges make that decision).5 The court states an opinion that gives reasons for the decision, and those reasons agglomerate with past decisions as precedent to bind future judges and litigants.

Within days, if not hours, current and former presidents of the Canadian Bar Association, law deans from across the country, other members of the profession, and even journalists were publishing articles in support of the chief justice and questioning the prime minister's motives in saying a July 31 call from McLachlin — voicing her opinion there could be issues if Harper decided to appoint a Supreme Court justice from the ranks of the Federal Court to represent Quebec — was misguided.

We'll hear about her role in drafting the court's opinions, as well as her current challenge: reentering law practice after taking time off for her family.

In a set of five separate opinions spanning over 140 pages, the appeals court rejected the current PTAB requirement that the patent owner bears the entire burden of proving that proposed amended claims are patentable over the prior art.

The book covers some well - rehearsed ground and swings at some low - hanging fruit: the narrow backgrounds of the current Supreme Court justices, the esoteric nature of much legal scholarship (in that critique he echoes the Chief Justice), the poor quality of most briefs and opinions, and law schools» inadequacies when it comes to preparing students for practice.

Common challenges include: legal education reform and preparing lawyers for a future that is already here; solving access to justice; defending the rule of law; creating appropriate guidelines for social media, ensuring that its role in the court of public opinion does not marginalize the legal system; and narrowing the delta between current legal delivery methods and customer needs and expectations.

George Rose Smith, The Current Opinions of the Supreme Court of Arkansas: A Study in Craftsmanship, 1 ARK..

The new current awareness products on Westlaw will combine news, primary law such as statutes, judicial opinions and regulations, dockets, court wire content and other sources, and will be enhanced with legal analysis from attorney editors.

If I had to guess, I'd say the BC government has formed the opinion that the current court system isn't working and that judges and (especially) lawyers are the culprits.

The published opinions currently available may constitute the entire work of the Court of Review — that is, there may in fact be no extant unpublished precedential opinions from the Court of Review or the en banc FISC, but the current legal regime does allow for such opinions to exist.

The first entry is for the Federal Digital System (FDsys) and describes the current content of the United States Courts Opinions Collection, which now includes «sixty - five courts (nine appellate courts, twenty - one district courts, and thirty - five bankruptcy coCourts Opinions Collection, which now includes «sixty - five courts (nine appellate courts, twenty - one district courts, and thirty - five bankruptcy cocourts (nine appellate courts, twenty - one district courts, and thirty - five bankruptcy cocourts, twenty - one district courts, and thirty - five bankruptcy cocourts, and thirty - five bankruptcy courtscourts).

yro.slashdot.org - Actress Lindsay Lohan has failed in her latest attempt to sue the maker of the video game Grand Theft Auto V. From a report: While the court said in an opinion a computer generated image may be considered a «portrait» under current state civil rights law, «the artistic renderings are indistinct,...

The investigations vary in scope depending upon the legal issues in your case, but this investigator's job is always to inform the Court about what is going on that could impact the children and to make a recommendation for parental responsibilities in the current case based on the investigator's opinion on what would be in the child (ren)'s best interests.