... the incident in sworn affidavits used in litigation, she subsequently was fired from her job. David Cobb, the 2004 Green presidential candidate, raised hard disk incident when testifying at a congressional field hearing by the House Judiciary Committee's Democratic staff in Ohio in December 2004. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who now chairs the committee, asked the FBI to investigate at that time, but nothing came of the investigation. ...

... and come as a September 8 deadline for public comment has just passed. Created in 1984, the Sentencing Commission consists of seven presidential appointees who are then confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel is charged with making sentencing recommendations which automatically take effect unless Congress proactively votes to reject them. While Congress has repeatedly enacted tough new sentences in bouts of anti-crime ...

...a "now what" ??? <smile> Take power away from the monarch (executive) and balance it with the other two branches of representation, the representatives of the elite (legislature) and the rights of each individual (judiciary). It seems that like the article implies, the tug of war between conservative and liberal elites has diminished the rights of each individual as the final judge of worth. From the article below it is easy to tell...

...a "now what" ??? <smile> Take power away from the monarch (executive) and balance it with the other two branches of representation, the representatives of the elite (legislature) and the rights of each individual (judiciary). It seems that like the article implies, the tug of war between conservative and liberal elites has diminished the rights of each individual as the final judge of worth. From the article below it is easy to tell...

...Official: Kill Broadcasters Who Show Immoral Content: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of...any particular channels. Al- Lihedan is chief of the kingdom's highest tribunal, the Supreme Judiciary Council. Saudi Arabia's judiciary is made up of Islamic clerics whose decrees, or fatwas, on everyday issues are widely respected. Their fatwas do...

.... She was sentenced to an unprecedented 20 years in an Indonesian prison cell. Quite naturally, there was uproar in her own country. All this, and more, was visible to the public. The refusal by the police and judiciary to test the drugs for origin, which could have cleared her instantly, was open information. The refusal to fingerprint or DNA test, was known by all. The record of the show trial judge, of never having acquitted anyone ...

... and come as a September 8 deadline for public comment has just passed. Created in 1984, the Sentencing Commission consists of seven presidential appointees who are then confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel is charged with making sentencing recommendations which automatically take effect unless Congress proactively votes to reject them. While Congress has repeatedly enacted tough new sentences in bouts of anti-crime ...

... below) Singapore claimed, ... two editorials published in the Asian Wall Street Journal titled "Democracy in Singapore" and "Judging Singapore's Judiciary," allege that the judiciary is "not independent" and "is biased and lacks integrity." Is the court of Singapore bias, lack of integrity and lack of independent ? http://www....

... was announced. Despite the guilty verdict, Samak retains all of his political rights and his coalition partners have until now supported his stance not to dissolve parliament and call for new polls. What is clearer is that Thailand's judiciary is showing unprecedented muscle in arbitrating the country's political problems. Shawn W Crispin is Asia Times Online's Southeast Asia Editor. He may be reached at swcrispin@atimes.com.

... the life of the mother is in danger. She calls abortion an "atrocity" and pledges to reshape the judiciary to fight it. Ironically, Palin's views on the matter are to the right of those in the Muslim ... statecraft wherever they have the opportunity to do so. That is the point of her pledge to shape the judiciary. Such a theocratic impulse is incompatible with the Founding Fathers' commitment to tolerance and democracy, which is why ...