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• Obama: 'The Affordable Care Act is here to stay' – as it happened

  25-06-2015 20:47
  
  Justices uphold federal subsidies of Obama’s signature healthcare plan, also known as Obamacare, in major victory that dissenting justice says is ‘interpretive jiggery-pokery’Obamacare upheld by supreme court as conservative justices rescue law 2.47pm ET We’re going to wrap our coverage of the supreme court’s ruling to side with Barack Obama on preserving a key provision of his signature healthcare law. 2.15pm ET The Oval Office circa 10.10am ET, as seen by White House photographer Pet
  
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• John Roberts saved Obamacare again – and used Antonin Scalia's words to do it | Scott Lemieux

  25-06-2015 20:35
  
  The plaintiff’s arguments in King v Burwell were more laughable than the conservatives’ poorly-reasoned dissentFor all the time and money that fanatical opponents of providing health care to the uninsured poor and middle class have poured into their legal struggle against President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement, the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”),they’ve now failed twice to achieve their ultimate objective. Thursday, in a 6-3 vote, the US supreme court r
  
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• Cuts to legal aid exacerbate two-nation justice | Letters

  25-06-2015 20:18
  
  Michael Gove is perfectly correct to deplore a two-nation justice system, one for the rich and another for the poor (Justice system badly failing most users, says Gove, 23 June), but he promulgates just such a system by continuing to cut the provision of legal aid for the poor.A wealthy person accused of a crime can have access to top-flight counsel and expensive solicitors who practise from ivory towers surrounded by beavering assistants, and can provide the service our courts show as an e
  
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• Rwandan intelligence chief refuses extradition from UK to Spain

  25-06-2015 18:49
  
  General Karenzi Karake, accused of terrorism and ordering massacres in Rwanda, vows to fight extradition after being granted conditional bail by British courtThe British courts will hear a controversial legal battle after Rwanda’s intelligence chief said he would fight an extradition request from Spain over allegations of genocide and terrorism, charges the country’s government insists are politically motivated and insulting.Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, whose legal campaign is being led by Cheri
  
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• Obama: 'The Affordable Care Act is here to stay' – live

  25-06-2015 17:56
  
  Justices uphold federal subsidies of Obama’s signature healthcare plan, also known as Obamacare, in major victory that dissenting justice says is ‘interpretive jiggery-pokery’Obamacare upheld by supreme court as conservative justices rescue law 11.56am ET The president is not the only figure who has taken a victory lap to celebrate the supreme court’s decision. My colleague Jana Kasperkevic reports:“This ruling is a huge victory for women and their families,” said Gretchen Borchelt,
  
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• Barack Obama: 'The Affordable Care Act is here to stay' – live

  25-06-2015 17:48
  
  Justices uphold federal subsidies of Obama’s signature healthcare plan, also known as Obamacare, in major victory that dissenting justice says is ‘interpretive jiggery-pokery’Obamacare upheld by supreme court as conservative justices rescue law 11.47am ET He says “the whole point of public service” is to look after each other and improve the lot of fellow Americans. “So this was a good day for America. Let’s get back to work.”With that he shakes vice-president Joe Biden’s hand
  
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• Antonin Scalia decries 'jiggery-pokery' of 'SCOTUScare' in scathing dissent

  25-06-2015 17:32
  
  Conservative justice calls the supreme court’s decision in King v Burwell ‘pure applesauce’, arguing the 6-3 vote proved ‘words no longer have meaning’ Related: Supreme court upholds key element of Obama's healthcare law – live Antonin Scalia is ready to rename the Affordable Care Act.Related: Obamacare upheld by US supreme court as conservative justices rescue lawRelated: Supreme court justice weaves web of Spider-Man quotes in patent case rulingContinue reading...
  
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• Antonin Scalia decries 'jiggery-pokery' of 'SCOTUS-care' in scathing dissent

  25-06-2015 17:32
  
  Conservative justice calls the supreme court’s decision in King v Burwell ‘pure applesauce’, arguing the 6-3 vote proved ‘words no longer have meaning’ Related: Supreme court upholds key element of Obama's healthcare law – live Antonin Scalia is ready to rename the Affordable Care Act.Related: Obamacare upheld by US supreme court as conservative justices rescue lawRelated: Supreme court justice weaves web of Spider-Man quotes in patent case rulingContinue reading...
  
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• Barack Obama set to speak on supreme court victory for healthcare law – live

  25-06-2015 17:21
  
  Justices uphold federal subsidies of Obama’s signature healthcare plan, also known as Obamacare, in major victory that dissenting justice says is ‘interpretive jiggery-pokery’Obamacare upheld by supreme court as conservative justices rescue law 11.21am ET Yet more prominent Republicans vying for the country’s top job say they are “disappointed” by the decisions of the supreme court.“This decision is not the end of the fight against Obamacare,” said Republican presidential candida
  
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• Cardiff practitioners join legal aid protest wave

  25-06-2015 17:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Unanimous vote in favour of ‘effective individual action’. 
  
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• Supreme court upholds financial heart of Obama's healthcare law – live

  25-06-2015 17:08
  
  Justices uphold federal subsidies of Obama’s signature healthcare plan, also known as Obamacare, in major victory that dissenting justice says is ‘interpretive jiggery-pokery’Obamacare upheld by supreme court as conservative justices rescue law 11.08am ET Justice Antonin Scalia, a man who appreciates words, has written a colorful and withering dissent of the majority decision that context in this case overcomes the plain and literal language of the law. “Pure applesauce,” Scalia says.I
  
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• Obamacare upheld by US supreme court as conservative justices rescue law

  25-06-2015 16:32
  
  Six-to-three decision on federal subsidies all but guarantees Obamacare will survive intact until at least the 2016 election in major victory for Barack ObamaChief justice John Roberts has come to the rescue of Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms for a second time as the US supreme court struck down a Republican-led challenge to Obamacare that could have gutted the legislation and stripped millions of Americans of their health insurance.Related: Supreme court upholds key element of Obama's healt
  
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• Hague climate change verdict: 'Not just a legal process but a process of hope'

  25-06-2015 16:30
  
  A Dutch NGO has won an historic climate change victory in court, persuading a judge to order the state to cut emissions. Here the NGO’s director Marjan Minnesma explains how they did it
  Dutch government ordered to cut carbon emissions in landmark rulingRelated: Hague climate change judgement could inspire a global civil movement It all came about as the result of an online discussion. We have a platform on our website that acts as a sort of thinktank for sustainability experts. One of the user
  
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• Supreme court upholds key element of Obama's healthcare law – live

  25-06-2015 16:14
  
  Justices rule to uphold federal subsidies of Barack Obama’s signature healthcare plan, also known as Obamacare, in major victory for the president 10.14am ET Chief justice John Roberts wrote the 6-3 majority opinion that ruled in favor of allowing the federal government to provide subsidies in states that have not set up their own marketplaces for healthcare.The ruling means that some six million Americans will still be able to afford health insurance thanks to the subsidies provided by their
  
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• Lawyers to refuse criminal cases in protest at cuts to legal aid fees

  25-06-2015 15:18
  
  Solicitors and barristers to reject new work in protest against further 8.75% reduction in feesSolicitors and barristers in Liverpool are threatening to refuse all new criminal cases from 1 July, as lawyers across the country meet to coordinate protests against cuts in legal aid fees.
  Around a hundred of the city’s leading prosecutors and defenders agreed to take direct action against the the latest 8.75% reduction – the second such cut in a year. Meetings to consider similar action, involvi
  
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• Lawyers to refuse criminal cases in protest against cuts in legal aid fees

  25-06-2015 15:18
  
  Decision by solicitors and barristers in Liverpool to take direct action against a further 8.75% reduction in fees may spread to other part of the countrySolicitors and barristers in Liverpool are threatening to refuse to handle any new criminal cases from 1 July, as lawyers across the country meet to coordinate protests against cuts in legal aid fees.About a hundred of the city’s leading prosecutors and defen ce lawyers agreed to take direct action against the latest 8.75% reduction, the seco
  
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• Judge warns of ‘wasteful’ mis-deployment in higher courts

  25-06-2015 14:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Chancellor of the High Court calls for further investment at the county court level.
  
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• Syrians respond to 'summer in Syria' tweet with photographic realities of war

  25-06-2015 14:31
  
  Users hijack hashtag of PR tweet from state news agency to share images of injured civilians and devastation from four-year conflictPictures of colourful Damascus markets, squad photos at pool parties, or panoramas of festival crowds holding glow sticks were not what Syria’s state news agency got when it tweeted asking for Syrians to share their summer snaps. Instead, users have been sharing photographs of the country’s conflict in response to the tweet sent out this week as part of a social
  
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• A moment that changed me – seeing how Larry Lonchar faced execution | Clive Stafford Smith

  25-06-2015 13:00
  
  Before the state of Georgia killed Larry, he became a Christian. Religion may be the opiate of the masses, but in his place, we might all take the first pill on offer13 November, 1996. A Wednesday, not a Friday, but still not so lucky for Larry Lonchar. He was electrocuted just after midnight. I got to watch. The very next day they were going to kill Ellis Wayne Felker. We got his case stopped, but only for 24 hours. Then they killed him too. Meanwhile the Feds re-arrested Clarence Smith. I’d
  
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• A moment that changed me – seeing a man executed | Clive Stafford Smith

  25-06-2015 13:00
  
  Before the state of Georgia killed Larry, he became a Christian. Religion may be the opiate of the masses, but in his place, we might all take the first pill on offer13 November, 1996. A Wednesday, not a Friday, but still not so lucky for Larry Lonchar. He was electrocuted just after midnight. I got to watch. The very next day they were going to kill Ellis Wayne Felker. We got his case stopped, but only for 24 hours. Then they killed him too. Meanwhile the Feds re-arrested Clarence Smith. I’d
  
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• Slater and Gordon share price plummets after Quindell FCA probe

  25-06-2015 12:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Australian firm seeks to ease investors’ concerns with a fresh statement.
  
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• South Africa to review membership of world court after Bashir row

  25-06-2015 12:43
  
  Minister says quitting international criminal court would be a last resort, after criticism for allowing Sudanese president to leave countrySouth Africa will review its membership of the international criminal court (ICC), a cabinet minister has said, in the wake of a dispute over Pretoria’s failure to arrest the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir. The row erupted on 15 June when Bashir flew out of South Africa as world powers and activists urged the government to arrest him under an ICC warra
  
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• Legal privilege ‘inviolable’, MPs told in snooping debate

  25-06-2015 11:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Law Society and Bar Council assert importance of legal privilege ahead of a parliamentary debate on investigatory powers.
  
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• Taunton law firm Clarke Willmott one of only 50 in the UK to become member of ... - Western Morning News

  25-06-2015 10:38
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  Taunton law firm Clarke Willmott one of only 50 in the UK to become member of ...
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  Taunton law firm Clarke Willmott one of only 50 in the UK to become member of... X. Share Tweet Share Pin It Email. Copy link to paste in your message. /. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in your message. Peter Swinburn, who heads up Clarke Willmott's ...
  
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• Ombudsman win could let banks off hook, says lawyer - Belfast Telegraph

  25-06-2015 10:18
  
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  Ombudsman win could let banks off hook, says lawyer
  Belfast Telegraph
  Businesses and individuals who take action against their bank through the Financial Ombudsman Service could be jeopardising their chances of recovering more money back through the courts, one lawyer has warned.
  
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• And, Of Course, UK Law Enforcement ALSO Using Cell Tower Spoofers ... - Techdirt

  25-06-2015 10:04
  
  And, Of Course, UK Law Enforcement ALSO Using Cell Tower Spoofers ...
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  An investigation by the British news channel Sky News claims to have found evidence of fake cellphone towers operating in London and elsewhere that acts similarly to devices known as IMSI catchers, the most famous of which is manufactured under the ...
  
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• Community legal centres accept federal funding cuts 'with gun at their heads'

  25-06-2015 08:36
  
  Legal advocate says Queensland centres accepted under duress a $1.5m boost over two years before a 25% cut from 2017 Community legal centres “had a gun pointed to their heads” to accept commonwealth funding cuts while thousands of vulnerable clients were in limbo, a leading Queensland advocate says.On Tuesday the prime minister, Tony Abbott, signed an agreement cutting 30% of funding to centres across the country from 2017, despite the productivity commission finding last year that every $1
  
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• Outrage as number of illegal immigrants deported under EU law HALVES in five ... - Express.co.uk

  25-06-2015 07:40
  
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  Outrage as number of illegal immigrants deported under EU law HALVES in five ...
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  BRITAIN has deported 50% fewer illegal immigrants under a key EU law in five years, new figures have revealed. By Tom Parfitt Tom Parfitt. PUBLISHED: 05:58, Thu, Jun 25, 2015 | UPDATED: 06:37, Thu, Jun 25, 2015. EU flag GETTY. Britain deported just ...
  
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• Defence spending: Private Member's Bill calls for 2% UK law - BBC News

  25-06-2015 05:11
  
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  Defence spending: Private Member's Bill calls for 2% UK law
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  A former Conservative defence minister wants to make it law for the UK to spend at least 2% of its national income on defence. Sir Gerald Howarth will set out the proposal in a Private Member's Bill. Ministers are under pressure to commit to Nato's ...en meer »
  
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• More people than ever being convicted of violence against women, figures show

  25-06-2015 01:01
  
  Crown Prosecution Service reveals 78,773 were convicted in England and Wales in the past year, but the rate of conviction has fallen Record numbers of people are being convicted of violent crimes against women in England and Wales, but the rate of conviction has still fallen, figures show.Convictions increased to 78,773 in the past year, up 16.9% on the previous year, data released by the Crown Prosecution Service revealed on Thursday. But those figures also showed the conviction rate for rape f
  
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