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Court ruling could mean NJ budget scramble
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2011/04/10 12:05
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| pGov. Chris Christie is warning that if the state Supreme Court rules the way it usually does on a long-running school funding case, it could doom other state services. The build-up about the immediate consequences gives the chapter of the court case known as Abbott v. Burke even more significance than many of the 20 other decisions in the case dating back to the 1980s./ppThe question now before the court is whether the state's cuts in aid to schools for the current academic year were so deep that New Jersey didn't live up to its constitutional requirement of providing a thorough and efficient education to all students.It's not clear when it might be decided./ppBut lawyers for the state and for children in the poorest school districts filed legal papers last week laying out their sides. Oral arguments are scheduled for April 20. Over the long history of the case, the state Supreme Court has consistently ruled that New Jersey should provide more money to the state's poorest school districts./ppThe rulings have led to free preschools for 3- and 4-year-olds in those cities. Those programs are often cited as national models and given credit for improving test scores of grade-school students. The infusion of money has also brought replacements and repairs for many of their decrepit school buildings, extra help for teaching key areas such as reading./p |
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Lawyers for NFL, players talk mediation with judge
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2011/04/09 12:05
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| pThe locked-out NFL players don't want to go back to collective bargaining with the league. They have now made a move to allow their former union boss to be present if court-supervised talks take place between the two sides./ppAttorneys for the NFL and the players held a conference call Friday to discuss mediation with U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, who is currently deciding whether to lift the lockout./ppLeague spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed the call took place and said Nelson wanted details to remain private. Jeffrey Kessler, a lawyer for the players, declined to comment./ppThe most notable development Friday was the formal addition of DeMaurice Smith as an attorney for the players. Smith is the executive director of the NFL Players Association, which is now officially a trade association and not a union. Lawyers who practice in a different state must file for approval through the court./ppNFLPA spokesman Carl Francis confirmed that the move allows Smith to participate in any mediation sessions that might take place under Nelson's supervision./ppAfter a hearing Wednesday on the players' request for an injunction to stop the lockout, Nelson urged both sides to resume talks toward a new labor pact. Negotiations broke down last month./ppBoth sides expressed a willingness to talk again after the hearing, but the NFL wants to resume negotiations before a federal mediator in Washington while the players prefer to remain in Nelson's court./p |
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The US Supreme Court's Sanctions Injustice
Marketing |
2011/04/08 12:05
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The INSIDER EXCLUSIVE will produce a Network TV Special on this tragic story of Injustice... detailing the illegal activities of the New Orleans DA's Office, and examine the mindset of the five Justices who sanction prosecutorial misconduct in America today.... putting innocent people in jail.
Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywherenbsp; - as John Thompson personally tells his own nightmare story of injustice.
Last month, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 to overturn a case John had won against Harry Connick Sr's New Orleans DA Office who oversaw his case, ruling that they were not liable for the failure to turn over that evidence — which included proof that blood at the robbery scene wasn’t John Thompson's.
The prosecutors involved in his two cases, from the office of the Orleans Parish district attorney, Harry Connick Sr., helped to cover up 10 separate pieces of evidence. And most of them are still able to practice law today.
In addition, of the six men one of John's prosecutors got sentenced to death, five eventually had their convictions reversed because of prosecutorial misconduct.
In America today......This could happen to younbsp;
Because of that, prosecutors are free to do the same thing to someone else today.
Read John's personal NY Times Opinion essay The Prosecution Rests, but I Can’t.... and remember Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere.
a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/opinion/10thompson.html?pagewanted=2amp;src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FBhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/opinion/10thompson.html?pagewanted=2amp;src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB/a
Please visit John's website:nbsp; Resurrection After Exoneration nbsp; a href=http://www.r-a-e.org/homehttp://www.r-a-e.org/home/a |
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Immigration court: Troubled system, long waits
Headline News |
2011/04/08 12:04
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pEvery morning, they don their black robes, take their seats and listen to the pleas of a long line of immigrants desperate to stay in America. The pace is fast, the pressure intense, the stories sometimes haunting. The work, these judges say, is exhausting:/ppThe volume is constant and unrelenting.' ... 'There is not enough time to think.' ... 'Nobody gives a damn about us!' ... 'I know I couldn't do this job if I were not on medication for depression or did not have access to competent psychological care myself.' ... 'I cannot take this place anymore. What a dismal job this is!'/ppThese are the voices of immigration judges who determine the fate of tens of thousands of people every year - illegal border crossers, visa violators, refugees who flee China, El Salvador, Iran and other countries, each making a case to remain here./ppThese judges are at the heart of a bloated immigration court system saddled by explosive growth, a troubled reputation and a record backlog, according to one estimate, of nearly 268,000 cases. The problems are drawing increased scrutiny of a little-seen world where justice can seem arbitrary, lives can remain in limbo for years - and blame seems to be in abundance.
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Split over union law reaches Wis. court race
Court Watch |
2011/04/06 09:14
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| pThe slim margin between Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and his challenger, JoAnne Kloppenburg, has grown slightly in favor of the incumbent as late election numbers are tallied./ppBut the race that reflected Wisconsin's fight over union rights is still too close to call Wednesday morning. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, conservative-leaning Prosser is leading Kloppenburg by 835 votes. Final, official results could vary and a recount appears likely./ppThe race highlights the divide in the state over Republican Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining law, which would strip public workers of nearly all their union rights. The issue, which could ultimately be decided by the state Supreme Court, has propelled the relatively unknown Kloppenburg into prominence and heightened voter interest in the election. /p |
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2 charged with insider trading involving law firms
Topics |
2011/04/06 09:13
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pFederal authorities have charged two men with running an insider trading scheme that netted more than $30 million with information stolen from law firms.
Garrett Bauer is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday afternoon. Matthew Kluger will make his first appearance in federal court in Alexandria, Va. /ppThey're accused of trading on inside information stolen from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich amp; Rosati, a law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong. /ppAuthorities also allege the decades-long scheme used information stolen from prominent New York law firms Cravath Swaine amp; Moore and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher amp; Flom./p |
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