Religion & Law

"Justices to leave office despite state legal challenge"
"Justices to leave office despite state legal challenge": Grant Schulte of The Des Moines Register has a blog post that begins, "Three Iowa Supreme Court justices voted out of office last month will leave as scheduled, despite a legal challenge that had sought to keep them on the bench...

"Justices are chummy even in death"
"Justices are chummy even in death": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has heard it over and over in recent weeks: A Supreme Court appointment is for life...

Charron and Binnie Announce Retirement: Harper Set to Handpick Supreme Court Majority
On May 13, Chief Justice McLachlin announced the imminent retirement of Justices Ian Binnie and Louise Charron from the Supreme Court of Canada. Both departures are set to take effect at the end of August; however, Binnie has apparently agreed to remain on the Bench until his successor has been officially appointed...

Seventy is far too early for a supreme court judge to retire . . .
The Lord Chancellor will soon be announcing who will fill the vacancies on the new supreme court, which begins work in October when the law lords move across Parliament Square to Middlesex Guildhall...

Lawsuit Hits KS Merit System for Picking Justices
Several Kansans, represented by activist lawyer James Bopp of Indiana, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the way state Supreme Court justices are selected under Kansas’ merit-based selection system...

Shelly Chappell sent this interesting quote about the colonial Supreme Court to LawReader:
1789: The First Supreme Court The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were to serve on the court until death or retirement...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Legal Malpractice
legal malpractice lawsuits.

OfficeMax Recalls Office Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
OfficeMax Recalls Office Chairs Due to Fall Hazard

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

AIG
and Ex Execs to pay $115 Million to Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.