Israel’s Supreme Court. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – Reactions to this week’s Israeli Supreme Court ruling about recognizing the validity of conversions to Judaism by non-Orthodox denominations are all out of proportion to its actual significance in terms of the number of those affected by the decision. Representatives of both Reform and Conservative Judaism, as […]
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As Macron Courts the Far-Right, France Launches Crackdown on “Islamo-Leftism”
By Alan Macleod Source Islamo-leftism is a label coined by the far-right, with many pointing out the distinct similarities between it and “Judeo-Bolshevism,” a term created by German Nazis linking religion with a set of political beliefs. Yet it has quickly been taken up by many in France’s political center. PARIS — France’s Minister for Higher […]
European tribunal: Bulgarian courts failed to punish Holocaust denier
Bulgaria’s judicial system erred when it ignored complaints that a far-right politician was inciting to discriminate against Jews and Roma people, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The ruling Tuesday was on appeals to the European court by two Bulgarian Jews, Gabriela Behar and Katrin Gutman, and two Roma citizens, Kremena Budinova and […]
Hotel Workers Turn To Courts To Fight Pandemic Firings
By Alex Nguyen, The Tyee. January 25, 2021 Above photo: BC hotel workers protested their treatment last summer, calling for better job protection in the pandemic. Unite Here Local 40. A former Pan Pacific employee’s bid to launch a class action lawsuit is the latest effort to protect workers in the sector. A former worker […]
Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis Denounces Courts, State Legislatures For Not Overturning Swing State Results
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When evil sustains a blow to the ego, a rarity in Israel’s military courts
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Rabbi Schwartz, leader of Orthodox rabbinical courts, dies at 95
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, a longtime judge in Orthodox rabbinical courts and a leading authority in Jewish law, died Thursday. He was 95. Schwartz served as the lead judge for the Beth Din of America, one of the major Jewish courts in the United States, for nearly 30 years. He also led the court of […]
Members of Parliament, Police And Courts Are Private For Profit Corporations Under Cult-Created Corporate Contract Statute Law – Humanity By Complying With Statute Law Is Living A Fiction. Common Law Is the REAL Law Of The Land – How To Correct This!
Truth To Power Common law Is The Real Law Of The Land. Common Law Is The Real Law Of the Land, The Law they Don’t Want You To Know About. Your Governments, The Police And The Courts Are Private For Profit Corporations. If You refuse To Contract With Them They Are Powerless. Simply Say….”I am a […]
How Lebanon’s Kafkaesque military courts target anti-government protesters
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Sudan, US ink deal blocking further compensation claims in American courts
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan says it has signed an agreement with the US that could effectively stop any future compensation claims being filed against the African country in US courts, following Washington’s decision to remove the country from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. The deal restores in US courts what is known as […]
Pelosi: ‘Let’s Take a Look and See’ Whether We Should Pack SCOTUS, ‘Maybe We Need More District Courts’
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that we should “take a look and see” whether we should expand the size of the Supreme Court and “maybe we need more district courts as well.” Pelosi said, “I think that Joe Biden has given us a good path. He’s going […]
Jews Demand German Courts Recognize Economic ‘Crimes’ Against Jews As Acts Of ‘Genocide’
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is raising concerns over efforts by the German government to petition the Supreme Court to dismiss a case involving property legally purchased from Jews by the Nazis in 1935: In a strongly worded letter to German Ambassador to the U.S. Emily Haber, members of Congress expressed concern about Berlin’s petition […]
Mark Levin: Pennsylvania, Michigan Legislatures Must Undo Courts’ Election Decisions
Conservative radio host Mark Levin said Friday that the Republican-controlled legislatures of Pennsylvania and Michigan should meet in emergency session to undo recent court rulings that could compromise the election in both of those states. “As in Pennsylvania, the Michigan legislature is controlled by the Republicans. They must meet in emergency session and exercise their […]
Israeli Courts Administration tried to remove articles critical of judges from internet
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Colorado Eviction Courts Overwhelmed As Housing Crisis Unfolds
It is official. Consumers in Colorado appear to be tapped out. This comes at a time when the recovery is now tied for the second-longest economic expansion in American history. The stock market is near an all-time high, unemployment is the lowest in two decades, consumer confidence is beyond euphoric, and Trump […]
Israeli threats fail to end detainees’ boycott of military courts
Tamara Nassar Rights and Accountability 18 April 2018 Palestinian women protest in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day, 17 April. Anne Paq ActiveStills Israeli occupation forces are threatening and beating Palestinian detainees in an attempt to pressure them to end their boycott of Israeli military courts. Some have been […]
It’s Not Only The Vegas Casinos Which Reap Financial Gain But Also The Courts
March 21, 2018 By Janet Phelan In 2006, the Los Angeles Times ran a series on judges in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Times found that Las Vegas judges were regularly influenced by monied parties and that there existed “an extensive pattern of financial and personal links among Las Vegas judges, lawyers […]
In israeli military courts, Palestinian minors always lose
In Israeli military courts, Palestinian minors always lose In Israeli civilian courts, detention is always a last resort for a minor. But when it comes to Palestinian minors in Israeli military courts, prison is almost guaranteed. By Yael Marom Ahed Tamimi in the Ofer prison military court. December 20, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills) Israeli authorities have […]