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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Biden has said that rushing a nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg through the Senate before the election would be an “abuse of power”.
The towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice died aged 87 at her home in Washington.
She died of pancreatic cancer.
Meanwhile, former Kildare junior minister Áine Brady has apologised for her attendance at the event.
The Supreme Court justice was at the controversial event in Galway on Wednesday night.
David Kenny, Assistant Professor of Law at Trinity College, says the Supreme Court’s ruling has major implications for environmental policy and the court.
The case was brought to the Supreme Court by Friends of the Irish Environment after the High Court rejected its case in September.
The judge said the “tragic circumstances had most sadly, come to fruition”.
Trump’s lawyers had claimed the president was immune from criminal investigation – a claim rejected by the court.
The Supreme Court is hearing an important appeal by Irish climate activists today and tomorrow.
The justices rejected administration arguments that the eight-year-old DACA programme is illegal.
The court voted that Title VII, that bars job discrimination because of sex, encompasses bias against LGBT workers.
Claims made in a Facebook post are confirmed to be false by Department of An Taoiseach
Gerry Adams welcomes the UK Supreme Court quashing today of his conviction for attempted Maze Prison escapes in the 1970s.
Adams attempted to escape from the Maze on Christmas Eve 1973 and again in July 1974.
Other courts such as the High Court and the District Courts will roll out a similar initiative in the coming weeks.
Mr Justice Peter Charleton said the alteration of the original sentence by the Court of Appeal “did not accord with law”.
Dwyer was convicted of the murder of Elaine O’Hara in 2015.
Chief Justice Frank Clarke said the three central questions in the case “each involve difficult issues”.
When the Supreme Court decides on the future of FOI in Ireland, it will be the end of a glacial process.
The Courts Service said the presence of females on the bench has increased greatly in Ireland over the past 25 years.
The claim was made during appeal against two rulings last year brought by the Information Commissioner.
An appeal against two rulings last year has been brought by the Information Commissioner.
Trump has been seeking to block access to his tax returns and other financial records in lawsuits.
The NGO claims the National Mitigation Plan is flawed on several grounds and had asked the court to quash its adoption.
The former Sinn Féin leader claims two convictions he received in the 70s were unlawful.
Hindu movs destroyed the 460-year-old mosque in 1992.
Lula led Brazil through a historic boom from 2003 to 2010.
From transforming prorogation into a black sheet of paper, to eagles picking out livers – there were some wild things said this week.
Johnson was speaking after the Supreme Court said he had acted unlawfully.
“The time is coming when even these turkeys won’t be able to prevent Christmas,” Attorney General geoffrey Cox told MPs.
The ruling has been hailed as “a great victory for Spanish democracy” by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Johnson said his hope to get a Brexit deal isn’t “made much easier by this kind of stuff in parliament or in the courts”.
The decision is a major defeat for Boris Johnson’s government.
The Prime Minister has insisted that proroguing parliament was a routine thing to do.
Lord Pannick argued prorogation was triggered because Johnson saw parliament as a threat to his policies.
It’s being reported this evening that the UK side are refusing to submit a written document in the ongoing talks.
A Scottish court ruled last week that proroguing parliament was unlawful, and it’s been appealed to the UK Supreme Court.
Democrats have said the ruling puts people’s lives at risk.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer denounced the ruling.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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