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- Belgian communities still poles apart five months after elections
- BRUSSELS AFP — Five months after elections in Belgium, the country's two main linguistic communities appear as entrenched as ever in their positions with no clear way to form a government in sight. The ability of would-be prime minister Yves Leterme, a federal political novice, to end the crisis...
- Research articles 2007-11-10
- LEDBETTER V. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.: SUPREME COURT PLACES ROADBLOCK IN FRONT OF TITLE VII PAY DISCRIMINATION PLAINTIFFS
- During her nineteen-year tenure at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant, Lilly Ledbetter did not suspect that she was being paid at a lesser rate than her male counterparts and that this might be due to sex discrimination. For most of that time she was an area manager, a position...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Brand X Constitution, The
- ABSTRACT In recent years, the Supreme Court's claim to be the final, definitive interpreter of the Constitution has come under sustained attack from across the political spectrum from scholars pushing for a more "popular" constitutionalism. This Article contributes to popular constitutionalism by deploying recent developments in the Supreme Court's own...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- CWB seeks To Recoup Wheat Tariffs, Set Precedent In US Court.
- Byline: Dwayne Klassen, Resource News International WINNIPEG, MB, Mar 16, 2007 Resource News International via COMTEX -- Canada has launched action against the US Government aimed at recovering duties paid on Canadian wheat shipments to the US and in hopes of establishing a precedent...
- Research articles 2007-03-16
- Douglas, Zeta-Jones privacy case could set legal precedent
- LONDON, AFP — A claim for intrusion of privacy by Hollywood super-couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones went to Britain's House of Lords, in a case which could set a landmark precedent. Just a few days after their sixth wedding anniversary, lawyers for the star pair joined forces with celebrity...
- Research articles 2006-11-20
- Termination turnaround.
- Byline: Karli Evans Sep 11, 2006 (HR Monthly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Employers are advised to observe the rules they promise to adhere to in their manuals and policies. In a recent case heard by the Federal Court of Australia, a long-held...
- Research articles 2006-09-11
- Hair's offer and ICC disclosure bad for cricket: Miandad
- KARACHI AFP — Pakistani cricketing great Javed Miandad said umpire Darrell Hair's offer to resign in return for 500,000 dollars, and its disclosure by the International Cricket Council, had set a bad precedent. He said the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Hair had strengthened Pakistan's case regarding allegations of...
- Research articles 2006-08-26
- Washington Post warns against generals ousting Rumsfeld
- WASHINGTON AFP — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should have resigned when the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, but stepping down now under pressure from the military would set "an ugly precedent," The Washington Post said Tuesday. "In our view Mr. Rumsfeld's failures should have led to his departure long...
- Research articles 2006-04-18
- House democrats continue quest for outsourcing report
- Democrats on the House Science Committee are planning to introduce a Resolution of Inquiry asking Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez to send the committee the original draft of a controversial report produced by the Commerce Department's Technology Administration TA on the offshoring of U.S. high-tech jobs. The Democrats decided...
- Research articles 2006-02-17
- Late pope considered resigning
- ROME AFP — The late Pope John Paul II, plagued by ill-health in his final years, had considered resigning but dismissed the idea because it would have set a "dangerous precedent," his private secretary is quoted as saying in a new book. According to the book by Spanish Cardinal...
- Research articles 2006-02-02
- Alito Tops Feinstein on Roe
- Legislative Lowdown Your Inside Report From Capitol Hill Perhaps the most revealing and underreported exchange during Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation hearings began when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D.Calif.) tried to pin Alito down on whether Roe v. Wade is so powerful as to be a permanent fixture in our...
- Research articles 2006-01-23
- Nominee speaks softly and sticks to the big picture in his responses
- WASHINGTON -- During his first day of Senate questioning, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito portrayed himself as a cautious federal judge who accepts a constitutional right to privacy, respects congressional power and will not be a rubber stamp for the president. His style differed markedly from that of John...
- Research articles 2006-01-11
- Lessons from the Alito Hearings
- Little pig, little pig, let me come in," the hungry wolf called out to his potential dinner in the straw house. "Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin," the little pig bravely replied. "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in," the wolf roared. And he...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Roberts avoids specifics on abortion
- WASHINGTON -- In a sometimes testy hearing marked by tart exchanges with Democrats, chief justice nominee John Roberts would not say Tuesday if he'd vote to overturn the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. But Roberts did say he believes there is a constitutional right to privacy, and he...
- Research articles 2005-09-14
- Roberts says he'd respect precedents
- WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee John Roberts told senators Tuesday that he would respect judicial precedents and would refrain from encroaching on the role of the legislative branch if he is confirmed to the high court, in response to written questions submitted by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Roberts...
- Research articles 2005-08-03
- The perils of bright lines: section 6110 and the ambiguous precedential status of written determinations
- I. INTRODUCTION Internal Revenue Code Code section 6110k(3) states that, with certain minor exceptions, "a written determination may not be used or cited as precedent." (1) Overlooked in popular abridged versions of the Code, (2) this deceptively simple provision derives much of its visibility from ominous-sounding boilerplate usage by...
- Research articles 2005-03-22
- Saving the Pledge.(Opinion)
- What can you do when the Supreme Court is wrong? Amend the Constitution? It's nearly impossible. Appoint new judges? That can take years and may not work. How about strip the Court of its jurisdiction? The House of Representatives voted to do just that in September...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- US Supreme Court to hear appeal on music-swapping, copyright
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case to determine whether music-swapping services can be held liable for copyright infringement if their networks are used for illegal digital copies. The highest US court said it would hear the appeal from the music and entertainment industries,...
- Research articles 2004-12-10
- FCC Issues 'Alien Ownership' Bible, But Don't Quote It
- The Federal Communication Commission's FCC International Bureau issued an early Christmas present for junior associates belonging to the federal communications bar in the form of an instructive 35-page guidebook to navigating the arcane precedents associated with interpreting the foreign ownership restrictions of Section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934....
- Research articles 2004-11-24
- Adrift on a Sea of Uncertainty: Preserving Uniformity in Patent Law Post-Vornado Through Deference to the Federal Circuit
- INTRODUCTIONCongress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1982. In doing so, Congress granted that court exclusive, nationwide jurisdiction over all appeals from final decisions of federal district courts in cases where the jurisdiction of the district court was based, "in whole or in part,"1...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
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