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BREAKING: Constitutional Court to rule on Public Protector, SA Reserve Bank matter
The Constitutional Court will rule on Monday in the matter between Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the SA Reserve Bank (SARB), a tweet from the country’s apex court read on Friday. The tweet was posted an hour after Mkhwebane made a series of adverse findings against President Cyril Ramaphosa, finding that he had deliberately misled …
Trump to nominate Gene Scalia, son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for secretary of labor
President Trump on Thursday night announced he’s nominating attorney Gene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to replace Alex Acosta as secretary of labor. The surprise move — which top Republicans privately pushed for — was a visible manifestation of the close personal bond Trump has forged with the Scalia …
Moroccan court orders death penalty for jihadists who beheaded tourists | World news
A Moroccan court has sentenced three Islamic State supporters to death for the murder of two Scandinavian women who were beheaded while on a hiking trip in the High Atlas mountains. The suspected ringleader, Abdessamad Ejjoud, and two other men received the maximum penalty for the murders in December of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old …
India-Pakistan spy case ruling due at world court
The International Court of Justice will decide Wednesday on India’s bid to remove an alleged spy from death row in Pakistan, in a case that has stoked tensions between the South Asian rivals. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, a former Indian navy officer, was arrested in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Baluchistan in March 2016 on charges …
John Paul Stevens has died; Retired Supreme Court justice who led court’s liberal wing dies at 99; Cause of death complications from stroke
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 as a moderate but later became a leading liberal voice, has died, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. He was 99. The cause of death was complications from a stroke he suffered on Monday, the Supreme Court said. His daughters …
Police discover more evidence in murder of Mackenzie Lueck as suspect appears in court for the first time – Crime Online
The man accused of murdering University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck appeared in court on Monday morning as police were tipped off to additional evidence in the presumed murder of the the 23-year-old California native. The Deseret News reports that police received a tip about additional evidence found along the Jordan River Parkway in Salt …
Arlington County Aims to Launch Mental Health Court / Public News Service
Many Virginia cities and counties began researching a decade ago to create programs to divert people with mental illnesses from incarceration. (Adobe Stock) July 15, 2019 ARLINGTON, Va. — Arlington County will hold a meeting this week to get public input on a new program designed to offer those with mental illnesses treatment instead of …
Appeals court hands Trump a victory over Democratic challenge to DC hotel
The District of Columbia and Maryland have claimed his Trump International Hotel in Washington harms hotels and other businesses the states partially own. The court’s decision effectively keeps the states’ attorneys general offices from gathering financial information from the Trump Organization and Trump himself. “Word just out that I won a big part of the …