 Obama begins to overhaul key US appeals court
 02.10.2009 21:16  31 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
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Five of the nation's 20 open circuit judgeships belong to the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The vacancies - fully a third of the court's 15 judgeships - make the 4th Circuit more ripe than any other federal appeals panel for a fundamental shift in ideology, and greatly increase the odds that the court will undo some of its recent rulings. Obama started his makeover of the court with the nominations of U.S. District Judge Andre Davis of Maryland, whose nomination to the circuit bench by President Bill Clinton died in the Senate, and Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Keenan. Should they win confirmation, Democratic appointees will outnumber Republicans 7-5 on the...
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| RI judge orders Texas-based Southern Union to pay $18 million in mercury storage case
02.10.2009 20:46 21 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Southern Union gas company was ordered Friday to pay $18 million for illegally storing mercury waste, which was exposed to the public five years ago when vandals stole the hazardous liquid from a rundown building and spilled it at an apartment complex. U.S. District Judge on Friday fined the company $6 million and ordered an additional $12 million in payments to the community, saying the company had committed a...
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| Obama begins makeover of nation's most conservative appeals court, venue for many terror cases
02.10.2009 20:46 24 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — has begun reshaping the nation's most conservative federal appeals court, one that has handled many high-profile terrorism and detainee cases and generally supported the anti-terrorism initiatives of former . Five of the nation's 20 open circuit judgeships belong to the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The vacancies — fully a third of the court's 15 judgeships — make the 4th Circuit more ripe than any other federal appeals panel for a fundamental shift in ideology, and greatly increase the odds that the court will undo some of its recent rulings. Obama started his makeover of the court with the nominations of U.S. District Judge...
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| Swiss ex-minister: Polanski should've been warned
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02.10.2009 18:55 26 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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 AP - Imprisoned director Roman Polanski should have been warned that he faced an international arrest warrant before he arrived in Switzerland, the country's former justice minister said Friday.
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| Swiss ex-minister: Polanski should've been warned
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02.10.2009 18:55 26 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: United, Many, District, Swine, Office, Polanski, Roman Polanski, Roman
AP - Imprisoned director Roman Polanski should have been warned that he faced an international arrest warrant before he arrived in Switzerland, the country's former justice minister said Friday.
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