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Political, Legal & Financial Muddles
The political scene is getting more and more important to the average American, whether they know it or not. At the same time, issues are getting more and more muddled.
As the countdown to the Democratic National convention ticks on, Hillary Clinton has joined Barack Obama on his fundraising tour. My understanding is that, in return for [...]
Justices Uncharacteristically Reticent in Title IX Arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court took up arguments today in a case that will determine whether Title IX is the exlusive remedy for claims of sex discrimination in education. That much we knew going into Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee (Case No. 07-1125). We don't know that much more about how the case will turn out after the hourlong arguments, much of which were bogged down by threshold questions about whether the court granted the right case to decide the issue. While three or four of the just
High Court Hears Argument On Power Plants
Utilities want the Supreme Court to reinstate a Bush administration regulation that was overturned by lower courts. The regulation allowed utilities to consider the cost of the cleanest technology and not install it if fails a cost-benefit analysis.
The SCOTUS water case and North Carolina
The SCOTUS water case and North Carolina As the AP and Bloomberg report, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that has to do with whether the EPA can or should regulate water withdrawals by power companies. From the AP story: The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to let the nation's older power plants draw in billions of gallons of water for cooling without installing technology that would best protect fish and aquatic organisms. Lawyers for the governm
Government Throws in Towel
From the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog: It’s over. The Justice Department declined to ask the Supreme Court to review the 2nd Circuit’s ruling in U.S. v Stein. That’s the case, once billed by the government as the largest tax-fraud prosecution in history, in which U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of Manhattan dismissed the indictments of 13 former KPMG executives because prosecutors violated their rights. The violation? Pressuring KPMG not to pay the defendants’ legal fees. More than three
Motion Seeks Recusal of 4 Ill. Justices Getting Corboy Campaign Cash
A motion filed in a legal malpractice appeal contends that four of Illinois’ seven Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves because of campaign contributions by the defendant law firm, Corboy & Demetrio. If the motion is granted, the court would not have enough votes to issue an official ruling, the…
Donald Trump gets sued!
If a man as rich as Donald Trump can’t pay his bills on time then there must really be something wrong with the economy! Deutsche Bank Trust Co. has sued The Donald Trump for not paying his $640 million loan on time. Bank executives, who filed the suit in the Supreme Court of New York State last Friday, claimed that Trump violated the terms of his contract with the company involving the Trump International Hotel + Tower and that he owes them $40 million. The legal battle came in the middle o
Flattery in a Faux Pas at the Supreme Court
It happened again at the Supreme Court. During oral arguments Monday morning in the original jurisdiction case of , Justice David Souter asked a question of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, who paused and answered, "Justice Ginsburg ... " Amid nervous laughter, Souter said with a smile, "I'm greatly flattered," and as Suthers apologized, Souter added, "You're not the first to have done that."
Court urged to side with power plants against fish
Associated Press - December 2, 2008 1:45 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration has asked the Supreme Court to let New York's Indian Point and other older power plants draw in billions...
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