How Down Syndrome Became a New Front in the Abortion Wars
Credit to Author: Carter Sherman| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:05:32 +0000
Families are being caught in the crossfire as states enact laws to ban Down syndrome-related abortions.
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Supreme Court to ABS-CBN: Explain why franchise shouldnt be revoked
Credit to Author: Jomar Canlas, TMT| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:43:04 +0000
THE Supreme Court has ordered television network ABS-CBN Corp. to comment within 10 days to the Quo Warranto petition of Solicitor General Jose Calida seeking the revocation of its franchise. READ: Govt seeks to strip ABS-CBN franchise Spokesman Brian Keith Hosaka said the time to file the comment would not be extended. “Acting on the […]
Read moreDe Lima asks SC to reconsider ruling on petition for protection vs Duterte tirades
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:15:40 +0000
INSISTING that her rights were violated, opposition Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reconsider its resolution dismissing her habeas data petition which seeks to protect her from President Rodrigo Duterte’s continued threats and verbal attacks. In a 20-page motion for reconsideration filed on Wednesday by counsel Manuel Diokno, de Lima argued that the resolution […]
Read more9th Circuit Court Rules Against Young Plaintiffs In Landmark Climate Suit
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 04:40:39 +0000
In 2015, a group of young Americans, some of them only 7 or 8 years old, sued the United States government, claiming the federal government “through its affirmative actions in creating a national energy system that causes climate change, is depriving them of their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, and has failed to protect essential public trust resources.” That’s according to Our Children’s Trust, which is sponsoring the suit. The “public trust” theory was first conceived by OCT attorney Julia Olson
Supreme Court of Canada rejects Crown appeal over provocation defence in B.C. case
Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:27:35 +0000
Michael Philip Simard was convicted in 2019 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in Courtenay in 2016
Read moreSupreme Court of Canada rejects Crown appeal over provocation defence
Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:52:25 +0000
Michael Philip Simard was convicted in 2019 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in Courtenay in 2016
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Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:52:25 +0000
Michael Philip Simard was convicted in 2019 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in Courtenay in 2016
Read moreIt’s Official: The Supreme Court Just Killed the ‘OK, Boomer’ Meme
Credit to Author: Paul Blest| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:24:39 +0000
Chief Justice John Roberts dropped a tentative “OK, Boomer” during arguments in a case about age discrimination.
Read moreTrump Still Wants to Take Away Your Healthcare—But After the Election
Credit to Author: Susan Rinkunas| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:46:38 +0000
The Department of Justice sees no need for the Supreme Court to hear a hugely important Obamacare lawsuit before November.
Read moreArsenic Blankets This Tiny Montana Town. Its Residents Are Asking the Supreme Court to Let Them Clean It Up.
Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:02:13 +0000
The case could affect the cleanup of hundreds of other polluted sites in the U.S.
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