Why our forefathers fought so hard for a Bill of Rights
Payson RoundupSeptember 30, 2011
This you will hardly believe. Reading about Boston in 1761 I learned that British law included something called a Writ of Assistance. With such a writ you could search anybody, anywhere. To show you what I mean, and to demonstrate that a writ could be ...more »
For "Occupy Wall Street," Radiohead just a sideshow
CBS NewsSeptember 30, 2011
Federal Government and State Tax Payers; Billions of Dollars every year; and several other "serious crimes," on related charges . That you paid into for a period of several years!! Then suddenly the funding is no longer their, suddenly, everything you ...more »
Was Killing Al-Qaida's YouTube Preacher Illegal?
Wired NewsSeptember 30, 2011
Under its broad definition, the Authorization's writ makes Planet Earth a battlefield, legally speaking. “It is only during the intense fighting of an armed conflict that international law permits the taking of human life on a basis other than the ...more »
IN RE MILLER
Leagle.comSeptember 30, 2011
1 A writ of mandamus will issue to correct a clear abuse of discretion or the violation of a duty imposed by law when there is no adequate remedy at law. Canadian Helicopters Ltd. v. Wittig, 876 SW2d 304, 305 (Tex. 1994) (orig. proceeding). ...more »
STATE EX REL. VANSICKLE v. INDUS. COMM.
Leagle.comSeptember 30, 2011
The magistrate issued a decision which is appended to this decision, including findings of fact and conclusions of law, recommending that this court issue a writ of mandamus ordering the commission to vacate the order of its staff hearing officer, ...more »
U.S. v. GARCIA
Leagle.comSeptember 30, 2011
Roque Garcia, federal prisoner # 49905-079, appeals the denial of his motion for writ of error coram nobis pursuant to 28 USC § 1651(a). He contends that the district court erred in not making findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Rule ...more »
MORGAN v. STATE
Leagle.comSeptember 30, 2011
On February 24, 2011, appellant filed in the county in which he was incarcerated a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated sections 16-112-101 to -123 (Repl. 2006). In the petition, appellant argued that the ...more »
Tiruverumbur-Tiruchy merger upheld
IBNLive.comSeptember 30, 2011
“The delimitation order, which has been notified in the gazette, shall have the force of law and shall not be called in question before any court and Article 243ZG of the Constitution operates as a bar for entertaining a writ petition and the writ...more »
Plea to restrain State from interfering in cable TV business dismissed
The HinduSeptember 30, 2011
The judge said it was a well settled proposition of law that disputed questions of facts could not be agitated in writ proceedings filed under Article 226 of the Constitution. Applying decisions of the Supreme Court, he said that he was of the view ...more »
Hot water & 'grafting' keep Singur law afloat
Calcutta TelegraphSeptember 29, 2011
But some senior lawyers said rectification by “grafting” the principles of one law into another, as Justice Mukerji had done, was rare in writ courts. Arunava Ghosh, a senior Calcutta High Court advocate, described such “grafting” as “unprecedented in ...more »
26 States Go to US Supreme Court to Challenge Federal Health Care Law
Wilson County NewsSeptember 28, 2011
AUSTIN -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and officials from 25 other states today asked the US Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the Obama Administration's unprecedented and overreaching healthcare law. In a petition for writ of ...more »
IN RE GRANT
Leagle.comSeptember 28, 2011
On September 15, 2011, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. Relator complains that respondent, the Honorable Vanessa Valasquez, presiding judge of the 183rd District Court ...more »
STATE EX REL. WOODHULL v. INDUS. COMM.
Leagle.comSeptember 28, 2011
The magistrate issued a decision, which includes findings of fact and conclusions of law and is appended to this decision, recommending that this court deny the writ. {¶3} In his decision, the magistrate concluded that Antony M. George, MD, ...more »
WHITING v. SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Leagle.comSeptember 28, 2011
We have determined that resolution of the matter involves the application of settled principles of law, and that issuance of a peremptory writ in the first instance is therefore appropriate. (Palma v. US Industrial Fasteners, Inc. (1984) 36 Cal.3d 171, ...more »
Tinubu's Trial: Tribunal Warns Prosecution Against Substitution Of Charges
Osun DefenderSeptember 28, 2011
The Justice Umar Danladi-led three-man panel also commended Tinubu and described him as somebody who has respect for the judiciary and the rule of law for appearing before the court without insisting on proper service of the writ of summons, ...more »
