Legal fight over Trinity Western University's law school hits appeal court

Edit Canada Dot Com 07 Apr 2016
The university's plans to open a law school in Langley have drawn criticism because students will be required to sign a so-called community covenant that forbids sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman ... ....

Ted Cruz Constitution activists' favorite to pick Supreme Court justice

Edit The Washington Times 07 Apr 2016
An army of modern-day American revolutionaries descended upon Washington over the weekend, armed not with muskets and bayonets, but with Ted Cruz campaign buttons and pocketbook Constitutions. The mission. Keep the Supreme Court out of enemy hands. FreedomWorks hosted nearly 60 grass-roots leaders from around the country at its Activist ... ....

Supreme Court judge speaks in Regina on access to justice

Edit Canada Dot Com 07 Apr 2016
"Most people cannot afford to hire lawyers, resulting in an ever-increasing load of unmet legal needs in Canada." ... ....

Attorney calls for sanctions against Passaic County Superior Court Judge

Edit North Jersey 07 Apr 2016
An attorney for a state judicial ethics committee on Wednesday called for sanctions against Passaic County Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli, saying the judge made insulting and sexual... ....

Church attorney disputes court's pot use ruling

Edit The Roanoke Times 07 Apr 2016
HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a federal court is ruling that a Native American church in Hawaii should not be excused from federal marijuana laws (all times local) ... ....

Mother-in-law of Poonam Litt tells court she knew who killed her son's pregnant wife

Edit CBC 07 Apr 2016
The mother-in-law of Poonam Litt told a Brampton courtroom Wednesday she knew who killed her son Manjinder’s pregnant wife but kept it a secret ... ....

Court: Native American church not excused from cannabis laws

Edit Denver Post 07 Apr 2016
HONOLULU (AP) — A federal court is ruling that a church for Native Americans in Hawaii should not be excused from federal marijuana laws despite the group's claim that ingesting cannabis is part of their sacred sacrament. The Native American Church of Hawaii had asked for relief from federal marijuana laws under the U.S....

Sharia court dispenses ‘justice’ in Lahore

Edit Dawn 07 Apr 2016
Sources say the organisation’s ‘Arbitration Court of Sharia’ has been taking up complaints of citizens approaching it for justice and summoning the ‘defendants’ in person or through a legal counsel with warnings of strict action under the Sharia laws in case of no response ... He says conventional courts of the country are working under Quran, Sunnah and Sharia laws....

Brett Ratner, Danis Tanovic, Yojiro Takita Join Beijing Festival Jury

Edit Variety 07 Apr 2016
Brett Ratner will head the jury at the Beijing International Film Festival which gets underway later this month ... ....

Brett Ratner to head Beijing film festival jury

Edit Screen Daily 07 Apr 2016
Director-producer Brett Ratner will head the competition jury of this year’s Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), which runs April 16-23. Ratner will preside over the jury for the festival’s Tiantan Awards, along with German ......

Widow of truck crash victim says justice not done after accused acquitted of dangerous driving

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 07 Apr 2016
The widow of a British tourist killed in a crash in Far North Queensland nearly five years ago says she does not feel justice has been done after the driver accused of causing his death was acquitted ... ....

Victim ‘betrayed’ by our justice system

Edit The Daily Telegraph Australia 07 Apr 2016
AN international airline hostess who spent two weeks in hospital with a ruptured liver and broken rib after an argument with her wealthy husband feels “completely betrayed” by the justice system after he got off scot free ... ....

Caileigh McDowell / Woodland Hills senior believed in equality, justice

Edit Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 07 Apr 2016
Caileigh McDowell was turning 18 this coming Monday, and she was looking forward to registering to vote ... ....
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