The “hobby lobby” decision of the US Supreme Court who decided by a majority decision to limit its decision to contraception and to closely held businesses, it nevertheless could lead to a dangerous precedent, identified by Jusstice Ginsburg in her dissent. Adjunct law professor Jessica Pieklo believes that there are now likely to be legal […]
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Gridlock, embittered factions, the ongoing issues of the US lawmakers have entered a new era now with a brand new debate over the limits of presidential power. The decision of the Supreme Court on Thursday to limit the President’s ability to make recess appointments was the trigger point for the new argument. The New York
Searching the cellphones of those arrested is available only after a search warrant, the US Supreme Court has ruled in a decision welcomed by those concerned about privacy in the age of digital communication. The Chief Justice, John Roberts referred to the power of cell phones, saying because they contain so much information the police
International law firm Taylor Wessing today announces the opening of two representative offices in the USA. The offices, in Palo Alto and New York, will both open in September this year. Taylor Wessing is a leading firm for M&A and inward investment from the US into Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Combined with a
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War crimes are being committed by Al Qaeda-spawned fighters and from ISIS militants on an industrial scale, according to reports emerging from war-ravaged Iraq. UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay has expressed his “extreme alarm” at the reports and images of everything from summary executions, to rapes, kidnappings and wholesale slaughter occurring in
White House press release – This is the first time the President has done this: President Lincoln had an open-door policy to the public. Visitors were constantly packed in the stairwells, crowding the hallways, and literally camping outside his office door. President Jackson had a 1,400-pound block of cheese in his foyer, and any citizen
President Obama broke the law with his deal over Bowe Bergdahl’s release. That’s the clear sentiment – confidently expressed in multiple corners of the media over the Obama administration’s failure to notify Congress of the release of five Guantanamo Bay detainees when making their deal for the exchange of American soldier Bowe Bergdahl. One such
Choosing a good law school is one thing, but how do you go about choosing a law school fit for a US Supreme Court Justice? And which law schools are the most popular with the Justices? In terms of where US Justices attended law school, TIME magazine recently pointed out that historically many lawyers and
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Recent changes to the FACTA legislation – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – have placed both investors and jurisdictions in a state of some concern. For instance, for gold investors there are issues about bullion storage and one of the solutions for many, identified by NZVault, is storing in a jurisdiction that has no
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The return of Monica Lewinsky reminds America about a scandal not about sex, but how the then-President lied to a court of law. The President escaped impeachment over what his accuser Paula Jones claimed was a trademark manner of behaving towards employees. The President denied it and he faced a perjury and obstruction of justice
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