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• Irish courts to be asked to intervene in Brexit legal process

  09-12-2016 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Jolyon Maugham QC to go through Irish courts with issue of whether Brexit can be reversed after article 50 is triggeredIrish courts are to be asked to intervene in the UK’s legally complex Brexit process in a new appeal aimed at reaching the European court of justice in Luxembourg.The application, which is seeking crowdfunding, will be on the issue of whether once Brexit is triggered, by giving formal notice to Brussels under article 50 of the treaty on European Union, it can be reversed.
  
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• The Power Rangers Beat Up Batman in DC Crossover Comic - Inverse

  09-12-2016 22:02 via inverse.com
  
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  The Power Rangers Beat Up Batman in DC Crossover Comic
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  The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will cross paths with the Justice League of DC Comics, and their first impressions will be hostile. In a preview of Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1 coming in January from DC Comics and BOOM! Studios ...
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• UK can lead the way on human rights | Letters

  09-12-2016 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  After a week of intense scrutiny of Brexit arrangements, this Saturday’s observance of Human Rights Day provides a welcome pause to reflect on the role the UK should play on the international stage. This is especially important when we consider how global businesses based in the UK or listed on the London Stock Exchange impact on the world’s poorest people. There are real examples of UK leadership on human rights, from support for the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Hum
  
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• Making Justice Clarence Thomas Invisible - American Spectator

  09-12-2016 20:07 via spectator.org
  
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  Making Justice Clarence Thomas Invisible
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  “The persistent efforts to undermine Justice Thomas and his compelling body of jurisprudence, and to ignore the spectacular Horatio Alger [read: rags to riches] story of his life, are part of a deliberate strategy to silence a conservative voice from ...
  
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• Justice Katju apologises for slamming Supreme Court judges on ... - Hindustan Times

  09-12-2016 20:05 via hindustantimes.com
  
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  Justice Katju apologises for slamming Supreme Court judges on ...
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  Former SC judge Justice Markandey Katju tendered his unconditional apology before the Supreme Court on a Friday for writing a facebook post criticising the ...
  Justice Katju moves SC for early hearing of contempt caseThe Hindu
  Justice Katju offers to apologise `unconditionally` to Supreme Court for criticising judges, verdictZee Newsall 14 news articles »
  
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• Justice Katju apologises for slamming Supreme Court judges on Facebook - Hindustan Times

  09-12-2016 20:05 via hindustantimes.com
  
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  Justice Katju apologises for slamming Supreme Court judges on Facebook
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  Katju has urged the court to close the contempt case initiated against him after the SC issued a notice against him on November 11. (HT File Photo). Former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju apologised to the top court on Friday for writing a ...
  Justice Katju moves SC for early hearing of contempt caseThe Hindu
  Justice Katju offers to apologise `unconditionally` to Supreme Court
  
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• Ryanair says woman’s delay claim must go through Irish courts

  09-12-2016 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Airline to argue case cannot be heard in UK, in move that threatens passengers’ rights under EU rulesRyanair has told lawyers acting for a woman claiming compensation that it will no longer accept the jurisdiction of the English courts, in a case that has raised concerns over air passenger delay rights.Every year thousands of UK passengers file legal claims against airlines in the UK courts, seeking compensation they believe they are owed under the EU delay rules.Continue reading...
  
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• Will justice in America be Trumped? - The Hill (blog)

  09-12-2016 19:00 via thehill.com
  
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  Will justice in America be Trumped?
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  His Nixonian campaign mantra of “law and order” demonstrates no empathy for those ensnared in the criminal justice system. Trump is not the first presidential candidate who, while running, assured his followers he would address the nation's perceived ...
  N.C. Supreme Court justice call-back rule rescindedAsheboro Courier Tribune
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• Justice Department: President can't use emergency powers in secret - USA TODAY

  09-12-2016 18:17 via usatoday.com
  
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  Justice Department: President can't use emergency powers in secret
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  WASHINGTON — The president of the United States can't exercise emergency powers without publicly declaring a state of emergency and notifying Congress, the Justice Department has concluded in a newly released legal opinion. That interpretation ...and more »
  
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• Chief Justice of India TS Thakur pained at lawyers outshouting each other during demonetisation hearing - Times of India

  09-12-2016 17:54 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Chief Justice of India TS Thakur pained at lawyers outshouting each other during demonetisation hearing
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  NEW DELHI: "What kind of memory would I take with me," was how a dejected Chief Justice of India TS Thakur, who is demitting office early next month, reacted when lawyers tried to outshout each other during the hearing on demonetisation+ .and more »
  
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• Repressive regimes send diplomats to launch of UK human rights report

  09-12-2016 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Representatives of countries including Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will attend launch of report on Britain’s human rightsDiplomats from repressive regimes including the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Algeria are planning to attend the launch of an official report into Britain’s human rights to be hosted in London on Monday.
  The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) invited representatives from the countries, which face investigations into torture and other abuses, to att
  
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• With Liberty And Justice For Y'all - MTV.com

  09-12-2016 17:32 via mtv.com
  
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  Dorsey Montgomery II, the jury foreman in the murder trial of Michael Slager, says we got it all wrong. We thought that there was one stubborn juror who provoked a mistrial on Monday by refusing to convict the former North Charleston, South Carolina ...
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• 'It could be any of these men': how we learned to take stalking seriously

  09-12-2016 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Of the 1.1m people stalked in the UK each year, only a thousand or so see their cases prosecuted. As the home secretary takes steps to start filling that gap, victims explain why ‘wait and see what happens’ is no longer good enough Related: Amber Rudd to introduce asbo-style bans for stalkers About five years after the first emails arrived, the death threats started. When Sarah first began receiving messages from a man expressing a romantic interest, she shrugged them off. “I d
  
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• Brexit blamed for delay in 'imprisoned' daughter's court case

  09-12-2016 16:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Solicitor was unable to travel to Saudi Arabia to meet client because of passport office backlog, court toldA high court case involving a young woman who claims she is being imprisoned by her father has faced delays because of Brexit, a judge said.Amina al-Jeffery, 21, who grew up in Swansea and has dual British and Saudi Arabian nationality, has complained that her Saudi academic father locked her up in his flat in Jeddah because she had “kissed a guy”. Her father, Mohammed al-Jeffe
  
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• UK bill of rights delayed further by Brexit and supreme court case

  09-12-2016 14:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Attorney general Jeremy Wright tells Commons the government has a ‘few other things on our plate’ when asked about billThe long-anticipated British bill of rights has been further delayed because of the legal complications from Brexit and the supreme court case.Answering questions in the House of Commons on Thursday, the attorney general, Jeremy Wright QC, confirmed that the government would not attempt to repeal the 1998 Human Rights Act until it had finalised Brexit negotiations. C
  
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• How do you change a macho parliament? Talk about the reality of rape | Emer O’Toole

  09-12-2016 13:39 via theguardian.com
  
  By describing traumas they have suffered, brave female MPs are challenging the apathy of mainstream politics and proving that the personal is political
  Michelle Thomson’s measured, moving account of being raped when she 14, given at a House of Commons debate yesterday, was testament not only to her great bravery but also to the importance of the personal in parliamentary politics. In her speech, on the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Thomson, a Scottish
  
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• Ohio 'heartbeat' abortion bill could be test case for overturning Roe v Wade

  09-12-2016 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Just-passed bill stops short of banning abortion from the time a fetus’s heartbeat is detectable and may test the limits of constitutional protections of abortionThe Ohio state legislature threw down the gauntlet this week to the supreme court, passing a new anti-abortion “heartbeat” bill that would ban terminations from as early as six weeks, the most severe restrictions in the country.Ohio politicians say they were motivated to push through the bill by Trump’s win, beli
  
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• Calls for American unity are misplaced. We must fight on for justice - The Guardian

  09-12-2016 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
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  Calls for American unity are misplaced. We must fight on for justice
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  It's hard to know where to start when faced with the prospect of Donald Trump's presidency. The answer is not seeking alliance with those who devalue our lives. Three New Yorkers selling NASTY WOMAN tee shirts on election day 2016 with the proceeds ...
  
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• 'The job used to have integrity': readers on Britain's probation services

  09-12-2016 13:05 via theguardian.com
  
  We asked those working in probation services across the UK to tell us how they have been affected since the 2014 privatisation
  An official review into the failing performance of the government’s privatisation of the probation service, has been called for by justice secretary Liz Truss.
  The probation service was split in 2014 into 21 private community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) and a public National Probation Service (NPS), replacing the former 35 probation trusts.
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• Glasgow bin lorry crash: private prosecution against driver rejected

  09-12-2016 12:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Judges at appeal court in Edinburgh say putting Harry Clarke on trial would open the floodgates for similar prosecutionsRelatives of those who died in the Glasgow bin lorry crash have failed in their attempt to bring a private prosecution against the driver who killed six people after he fainted at the wheel.Senior judges at the appeal court in Edinburgh rejected the case – brought by the family of three of the crash victims – that 59-year-old Harry Clarke should be put on trial in a
  
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• Congolese rape survivor finds justice elusive: 'I'm afraid my father ... - The Guardian

  09-12-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Congolese rape survivor finds justice elusive: 'I'm afraid my father ...
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  Eve was repeatedly raped by her father. Her long, lonely battle for redress exposes deep flaws in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's legal framework.and more »
  
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