Bernard L. Madoff: The Five Federal Court Cases Filed December 2008: Official Federal Court Case Files
Capitol Annex (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Although it was lost in the news cycle late last week because of the tragedy at Fort Hood, an interesting story has emerged in the continuing saga of Court of Criminal Appeals presiding judge Sharon Keller. The daughter of Michael Richards–the death row inmate for whom Keller refused to keep the court open to accept an appeal–has asked a federal judge in Austin to...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
A court case which may affect the federal government's approval of the Traveston Dam in southeast Queensland resumes in the Federal Court in Brisbane on Monday.
The Age (Free subscription) | yesterday
A court case which may affect the federal government's approval of the Traveston Dam in southeast Queensland resumes in the Federal Court in Brisbane on Monday.
Creeping Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) rightly has many concerns including that if acquitted, these Islamic terrorists will be freed in the United States. via Terrorism amendment dies in Senate – Josh Gerstein – POLITICO.com. The Senate rejected a move Thursday to block the Obama administration from using ordinary federal courts to prosecute those alleged to have plotted [...]
Our Freedom (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Judge: Federal defendant in AIM slaying case not entitled to state documents The Associated Press | Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 A judge ruled that a Canadian man charged in federal court with killing a fellow American Indian Movement activist in 1975 is not entitled to documents from state court on charges filed there. John Graham’s lawyer argued [...]
Bench Memos (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
If, as I expect, President Obama is presented with another Supreme Court vacancy next year, one prominent pool of potential candidates consists of sitting federal appellate judges. (Since Justice Alito replaced Justice O’Connor in 2006, the Court has been composed entirely of justices who have had previous service on the federal courts of appeals—a historic...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The latest in the Tavern on the Green fiasco ? The city now wants to take the LeRoys to federal court, since it says the debate over who gets to keep the name doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the district bankruptcy court that is currently considering it. Meanwhile, in more fun trademark-lawsuit news, courtesy of Scripps: A Minnesota burger joint has seemingly...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City wants to take its trademark fight with operators of bankrupt restaurant Tavern on the Green to federal district court, according to court papers on Friday.
Our Freedom (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Court rules against government in 1975 AIM slaying case The Associated Press | Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 A federal appeals court says it won’t review failed appeals by government prosecutors who want to try a Canadian man for a 1975 slaying on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. John Graham of Yukon territory is one of two men charged [...]
ACLU (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted to table, thus defeating, an amendment, S.A.2669, to the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act today which would have prohibited the use of Justice Department funds for the prosecution of detainees charged in connection with the September 11 attacks in Article III courts, the federal courts that have been used for nearly...
FIRE (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In a victory for First Amendment rights on campus, a federal district court in Texas has granted two students at Tarrant County College (TCC) a temporary restraining order prohibiting TCC from censoring an "empty holster" protest scheduled for next week. The court's decision to grant the order came two days after the students filed a motion requesting a temporary restraining...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A Sudbury man indicted this week on terrorism charges confided to a friend three years ago that he stopped speaking during prayer sessions at a Sharon mosque because someone complained that he sounded like an Al Qaeda operative, according to documents filed in federal court Thursday.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A federal court decision will let Tarrant County College students wear empty holsters in public areas when they protest a ban of concealed weapons on campus next week.
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Chad Griffin, Board President of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which is leading the federal court challenge to California's Proposition 8 being argued by attorneys Theodore Olson and David Boies, made the following statement today in response to the results of the Maine election on same sex marriage: "Our founding fathers did not intend for people's Constitutional rights...
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal court has ruled that Tyson Foods Inc. violated federal labor stan...
