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BBC A solicitor working on a secret project at Scotland Yard claims she was unfairly dismissed after she got breast cancer. Scotsman AN ESTATE agency manager who lost her job when a solicitor complained her client missed out on a chance to bid for a property yesterday won her claim for unfair dismissal. New Zealand Herald The final decision on whether David Bain will face a new murder trial rests with the man who lost the Crowns case at the Privy Council in London Solicitor-General David Collins QC.And while Bains legal team is putting its The Independent The solicitor of a woman released without charge after being arrested in connection with the July 7 bombings has condemned police for her treatment. Grits for Breakfast Arguments at the US Supreme Court over capital punishment this week shed new and unflattering light on the status of the mentally ill in Texas prisons. Doc Berman links to the transcript from oral arguments in the Panetti case and predicts the decision will have more symbolic than precedential
Running out of choices
by digby
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Hullabaloo Running Out Of Choices by digby Is this some kind of a joke Several other officials said Republicans have begun discussing a possible replacement. One name that consistently comes up is Ted Olson former solicitor general. Olson is seen as having the experience reputation and credibility Temper control
Quid Nimis OK not concealed. A solicitor from the Brady Foundation just called and asked me to renew quotourquot membership because if ever there was a time to limit a citizens right to bear arms its NOW. I had to tell her that I was just now contemplating treating myself to a concealed Massachusetts: springfield council and school board bills amended
Votelaw The Springfield Republican reports A home rule bill that proposes a system of ward representation for the City Council and School Committee returns for a council vote on May 7 amended as suggested by a state senator. City solicitor Edward Parallel trade in europe, fun in gresham street
IPKat At last the story can be told Parallel Trade in Europe Intellectual Property Competition and Regulatory Law - written by the IPKats friend Milbank solicitor Christopher Stothers - has finally been published. The IPKat attended the launch party on Thursday at Milbanks splendidly appointed Government defends power to transfer detainees
SCOTUSblog The Bush Administration has argued in a new filing in the Supreme Court that U.S. courts have no role to play in monitoring the release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay Cuba -- including no power to second-guess whether the captives will face torture after being sent abroad. Responding on Monday Mad king george bush fills the justice department with political hacks
FreedomPost The Justice Department and its officials traditionally have been held to a standard of independence and non-partisanship not expected at other federal agencies. So said Theodore Olson President Bushs lead counsel in Bush v. Gore and former Solicitor General in At the 7th circuit dinner.
Althouse Thats Justice Stevens at the lectern. He talked about the President who appointed him Gerald Ford Ford was smart and graceful not like the image of him in the popular culture. Stevens only spoke for a short time and he seemed sharp and nice and funny. Thats Frank Easterbrook the Chief Judge Upcoming sg invitation briefs
SCOTUSblog Its that time of year again . . . when the Solicitor Generals office files amicus briefs in response to the invitations issued by the Court to aid its determination whether to grant certiorari in a handful of cases. As a general rule May is when the SG generally files briefs responding to invitations In sickbed showdown, principle trumps power (usatoday.com via yahoo! news)
It isnt easy for anyone to say no to the president of the United States. Certainly not for the loyalists who work in his administration. But in rare instances - Watergates Saturday Night Massacre being the most famous - they do upholding principle in the face of extreme presidential pressure. Mother faces charges in child?s fatal fall from suv (wyff via yahoo! news)
The mother of a 3-year-old girl who died after falling out of an SUV on Clemson Boulevard last week will face criminal charges. Breaking news: u.s. house passes bill in honor of john justice (news & reporter)
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act. The bill was named in honor of John R. Justice solicitor for the Sixthth Judicial Circuit which includes Chester Fairfield and Lancaster counties.
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