Month: October 2021
U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal to block Maine’s vaccine mandate
For the second time, the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block the vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday. The state does not allow hospital and nursing home workers to opt out of COVID-19 shots for religious reasons. Nine unnamed workers sued the state in […]
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State Supreme Court denies detective’s request | News, Sports, Jobs
The Ohio Supreme Court denied a request from Youngstown police Detective Sgt. Michael R. Cox to reconsider its dismissal of his case that contended the city’s Civil Service Commission improperly refused to promote him to lieutenant. The court announced Tuesday it had rejected the request — thus dismissing the case. City Law Director Jeff Limbian […]
Read MoreSpending in Pennsylvania's high court race blows past $5M | Raleigh News & Observer
HARRISBURG, Pa. Spending in the race for an open seat on Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court has blown past $5 million, according to campaign finance … Source link
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High Court sets Nov. 17 execution date for man convicted of killing wife in front of children
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A man who wishes to speed up his execution has been granted his request by the Mississippi State Supreme Court. The high court recently granted David Cox’s request to dismiss all appeals in his death sentence conviction and set his execution date for November 17, 2021. The court denied Cox’s motion […]
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Supreme Court reverses HC order, Gauri ‘killers’ to face stringent law | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a Karnataka HC decision and ruled that those accused in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh will face charges under the provisions of the stringent Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) apart from IPC Section 302 and arms and explosives laws. A bench of Justices […]
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Kerala High Court, Kerala High Court Judgement: Can’t Acquit Accused Even If Rape Survivor Of “Easy Virtue”: Kerala High Court
Woman being of easy virtue cannot be reason to absolve, Kerala High Court said. (Representational) Kochi: A woman or girl being of easy virtue or habituated to sexual intercourse cannot be reasons to absolve someone of rape, especially a father who is expected to be the “fortress and refuge” of his daughter, the Kerala High […]
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Heavy security presence at Federal High Court
Journalists, others denied entry into court premises By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Security agents have barricaded the Federal High Court Abuja, ahead of scheduled re-arraingment of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is expected to take a fresh plea before trial Justice Binta Nyako, on an amended […]
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Will you commit murder if senior directs so, High Court asks police officer
The Madras High Court on Wednesday wondered whether a police officer would commit a murder if his senior instructs to do so and said only God can save the department. God alone can save the police department, Justice P Velmurugan exclaimed when the criminal revision petition from D Kannan, suspended SP of Villupuram district, seeking […]
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Americans’ approval of government declines
Bannon isn’t alone in being subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee. Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, former chief of staff to the acting United States Secretary of Defense Kash Patel and former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark have also been served. Meadows, Scavino, Patel and […]
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Solid majority believes Supreme Court rulings based more on politics than law
A broad majority of Americans — more than 6 in 10 — believes the Supreme Court bases its decisions more on the justices’ political views than on the Constitution and law, a national survey released Wednesday shows. The new data, which came from the polling firm Selzer, appeared to reflect a growing disappointment with the […]
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