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22 hours ago ago from PubliCola
Josh posted about the U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding corporate expenditures and political campaigns when it came down few weeks ago. However, I'm the LawNerd around here. And I actually read all 186 pages of the decision—my excuse for this late, but more in-depth post on the historic decision. Citizens United v. FEC , which struck down campaign finance restrictions on corporate independent expenditures, caused much ...
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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that good governance is being compromised as it is believed that the administration of justice is the sole duty of courts or the legal fraternity. He expressed these views while addressing the full court reference held here at the Supreme Court building in connection with the retirement of Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, who reached superannuation on Tuesday. Justice ...
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8 hours ago ago from Political Book Summaries, Reviews and Opinions
The Primary and final Argument is located here: The Citizens United Decision was bad behavior: Impeach Chief Justice Roberts The Original arguments are here: And there goes democracy…. and The Supreme Court Overturns “We the People” The Citizens United Decision was one of the worst Supreme Court Decisions of the past several decades removing laws that prevent and limit corruption. I have covered this story for a while and this ...
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15 hours ago ago from LAW RESOURCE INDIA
V. VENKATESAN in New Delhi IN THE FRONTLINE The Supreme Court makes stringent observations against its own tendency to compromise the interests of workers. OBSERVATIONS of the court, which are not necessary to reach a decision in the case before it, are called obiter dicta . They are non-binding elements of the judgment or order of the court even though they may be of persuasive value. In a recent case, a two-judge Bench of the ...
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21 hours ago ago from Seeineye's Blog
by Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski On January 21, the U.S. Supreme Court empowered ordinary Americans to speak out on an equal footing with millionaires and the media in U.S. elections. Threatened by people being able to freely speak their minds, the president of the United States deceived the American people when discussing this court decision in the State of the Union. In Citizens United v. FEC, the Court held that Americans ...
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Got a Beef With Corporate America? Steer Clear of This Supreme Court - Law Blog - WSJ
19 minutes ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Ashby Jones The Citizens United opinion handed down by the Supreme Court last month, which gave corporations a much greater freedom to spend on elections, could dramatically shift the political landscape. That much we know. But what's been less discussed, frankly, is how we got here. That is, what sorts of cultural pressures led us to a point in which five Supreme Court justices would make a ruling that reflected so much trust, so ...
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The Daily Beast : The political bombshell of the year could turn out to be Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton. Don't laugh. It's politics. Stuff happens. And a lot stranger stuff has happened in recent years. Two words. Sarah Palin. Read the whole story: The Daily Beast Get HuffPost Politics On Facebook and Twitter Know something we don't? E-mail us at huffpolitics@huffingtonpost.com
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