Incoming House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tx) appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show today. When asked about the Pigford Settlement the congressman said “There are still a lot of questions about that money that was spent and whether individuals were discriminated against or not and that would be a right subject for an oversight hearing.” [...]
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Incoming Judiciary Chair: Pigford ‘Right Subject for Oversight Hearing’
Monday, December 27, 2010
Incoming House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tx) appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show today. When asked about the Pigford Settlement the congressman said “There are still a lot of questions about that money that was spent and whether individuals were discriminated against or not and that would be a right subject for an oversight hearing.” [...]
Bangladesh: Integrity Of Judiciary Questioned
Sunday, December 26, 2010
By Rezwan Rumi at In The Middle Of Nowhere accuses the judiciary of Bangladesh as corrupt and Partisan. Global Voices in English
Both Co-Chairs At Judiciary Committee To Work For Malloy; Family Institute Views Changes As Early Christmas Present
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The legislature’s judiciary committee will undergo drastic changes next year as both longtime co-chairmen are taking jobs in the new Malloy administration. Rep. Michael P. Lawlor and State Sen. Andrew McDonald - the leaders in the thick of the battle on controversial issues like same-sex civil unions, gay marriage, and the death penalty - will both step [...]
Why the 2010 election was good for the federal judiciary
Friday, December 10, 2010
The 112th Congress will convene next January with Republicans holding 47 seats in the Senate, having gained six seats in the November election. This is good news for the federal judiciary. With Democrats and Independents holding just 53 seats, there will be no strategic retirements at the Supreme Court. There is thus little likelihood of [...]
COICA Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee – A Good Idea Gone Government
Saturday, November 20, 2010
The setup U.S. agencies and officials would get new powers to go after foreign websites that sell counterfeit goods and pirated music, movies and books under a bill passed on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, which supporters hope will set the stage for action next year, targets “rogue websites” in countries such [...]
Secret Holds Jeopardize Federal Judiciary
Monday, September 27, 2010
Fewer judicial nominees have been confirmed in the first 20 months of the Obama administration than at any time in more than 40 years. Nearly 10% of federal judgeships are currently vacant. In addition to the 103 open seats, 20 other federal judges have announced plans to retire. There are currently 23 judicial nominees who [...]
Judiciary Committee taking up confirmations of controversial bench nominees
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Warning on five. Jeff Sessions is ringing the alarm bells on Judiciary Committee hearings set to take place today for five Barack Obama nominees to the federal bench. The Senate, which has few days left on its pre-midterms legislative calendar, wants to quietly move these five picks to floor votes while Republicans will still have [...]
Iran judiciary top dog: Qur’an-burning “a new plot by the World Arrogance led by international Zionism”
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Of course! Who else could be behind it? “Iran says Quran burning shows new Zionist conspiracy emerging,” from the Iranian Students News Agency, September 14 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani condemned insult to the Holy Quran, saying that a new Zionist conspiracy is emerging. “Insult to the Holy [...]
Turkey: Referendum on track to pass, eroding independence of secular-minded judiciary
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Erdogan advances his agenda in the name of democracy. The European Union, still eying Turkey as an eventual member, may applaud “democratic reforms” for their own sake, without a thought to how they may be misused to the detriment of Turkey and to Europe, and by those with an agenda to advance the Islamization of [...]
Soros Watch: $45 million to sabotage America’s judiciary
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Earlier this week, I noted George Soros’s $ 100 million contribution to open-borders, anti-Israel, anti-U.S. Human Rights Watch. Guess what he is up to now? Prepare yourselves for a $ 45 million, Soros-driven drive to undermine America’s independent judiciary. The American Justice Partnership revealed the details today: Over the past 10 years, a highly-coordinated, well-funded [...]
Judiciary Committee hearing next week on ATF modernization bill
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
No worries? This morning, I received a number of e-mails regarding a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for next Tuesday with the ambiguous title, “Firearms in Commerce: Assessing the Need for Reform in the Federal Regulatory Process.” It gives no other description except for the date and time (September 14, 10 ET in the Dirksen [...]
Court Vacancies A Pox On Our Judiciary
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
One might suspect that presidential nominations of judges to lifetime appointments to the federal courts were a bunch of incompetent, rabble-rousing, political hatchet people unversed in the rule of law. What other reason can one assess to the backlog of nominees sitting on their hands and dangling in limbo before the Senate performs its constitutional [...]
