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I just saw this CNN story about a Muslim woman who is going to be caned for drinking beer in public. A dual track legal system. That strikes me as so strange. The idea that all are equal before the law seems so fundamental to me, that I am having a hard time accepting this model.

"The first role of the new body would be to enforce international agreements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions set to be agreed next year. But the court would also fine countries or companies that fail to protect endangered species or degrade the natural environment and enforce the...

A defeat for sha'aria in the U.S. Link

The semi-long story: I had a friend who, over the summer, was in a bit of a tough situation and I loaned her some money. She had to get back to New York and was flat broke at the moment, but was going to head back to her family so she could sell her car that was sitting in her father's garage...

I did a quick search and didn't find this mentioned - did I miss it? To have a decision reversed, wouldn't they first have to show there was a court decision in the first place? I don't believe any such record exists... 2000 years later: Jesus gets his day in court

By far my new favorite appeals court judges in effect apply a kind of reductio ad absurdum to cause the over-zealous prosecuting Attorney General to get hoisted by his own petard. http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070115/COL04/701150333 In a ruling sure to make philandering...

In Germany, a woman bought a love spell from a witch. When it failed to work, she sued. "A love ritual is not suited to influence a person from long distance," the court said. "As the promised service could not be rendered, the plaintiff is not obligated to pay." (Darn, I seem unable to post...

NYS Supreme and Appellate Court ruled that Church must pay for contraception. I wonder if legal abortion is next? more details at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/nyregion/20courts.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Now, I have no love for Madonna, nor any hate. Just another rich person living in a bubble. Still, if they succeed in preventing the adoption, I think it would be a real shame. The child will live a life of royalty rather than famine and poverty. The mother is dead and the father is willing...

just wanted to put these questions out to the forum denizens here. First off : I'm not in any way, shape or form, an expert in legal matters. 1. Is it possible to sue the Loose Change "editors" and "producers", namely Avery, Bermas and Rowe, for Libel and/or Slander? This is in their...

United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-atheist13jun13,1,6375762.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california&ctrack=1&cset=true I would have liked to see him get this to court, but I can see why people would see his position as an 'extreme' view..... Oh well.....;)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1148439325249620.xml&coll=7 more at above url

Last year, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, in an attempt to undermine the Goodridge same-sex marriage ruling, dug up an obscure, never-enforced 1913 law which was designed to prevent inter-racial couples from states with anti-miscegenation laws from marrying in Massachusetts, if their main...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060118/pl_nm/rights_massachusetts_dc Will old mistakes be repeated? Will Frist keep his mouth shut? It will be interesting to see how this one pans out. Poor little girl. I highly doubt she had any form of living will. So what will be the breaking point in this...

Double post, delete this one please...

This is an interesting minor story. (Also, here.) Aside the ranting tone, I wonder what evidence will be produced?

Today the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that swingers clubs do not pose a threat to Canadian Society. Link

Article on MSNBC.com about Kevin Trudeau, his Natural Cures book and current legal battles

Justice Sunday II Dr. Dobson AND Tom Delay. Fire up the TIVO, cause this is too important to miss. Given that Dobson is a follower of the doctrine of "entire sanctification" and that his belief in Jesus has made him above sin - has made him pure and has made him no longer a sinner, I always...

We allow cameras in the lower courts, depending on the case, the judge, and the public interest. Never (TMK) have we had cameras in the Supreme Court. I think we should. I can think of NO case and NO reason why public presence would subtract from the process. Public trials are supposed to be...

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050701/D8B2LRL00.html Reason magazine had some really good articles this month on potential candidates along with the history of Justices sticking around too long.

File-sharing decision quashed by U.S. Supreme Court Marvellous... :rolleyes:

NYT, today. Seems that the nanny was been naughty.

(Yeah, I know, the title sucks. Or maybe it inhales...) Heard about this this morning. Any thoughts? (I'll weigh in later, after Dr's appt.) By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Federal authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain...

The defense phase of the Michael Jackson trial is well under way now. I heard that up to about 47 character witnesses could be called to testify in behalf of Michael Jackson. People like Larry King, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackson's ex-lawyer Geragos, Jay Leno, and on and on. Come on people. Why...

What?! It happened in the O.J. trial. It may or may not have happened in the Scott Peterson, Martha Stewart, and Robert Blake trials. And now it sounds like it could happen in the Michael Jackson trial What? Isn't the 'idea' of the prosecution to get the defendant up on the stand to ask the...

Suppose that, for a contract to be enforceable, all parties had to file the same contract with the court and pay a fee. At one time, it might have been too inconvenient to file all contracts with courts. Now electronic filing is possible. Suppose there is a contract dispute that requires...

"Britain's highest court dealt a huge blow to the government's anti-terrorism policy Thursday by ruling that it cannot detain foreign suspects indefinitely without trial... ...Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the detainees would remain imprisoned and the law would stay in force while...