In a radio interview Monday, Javier Tejado, a company spokesman, said that a barrage of lawsuits by a small competitor, Grupo Iusacell, contesting the government auction of radio spectrum had created "judicial complications" that had forced Televisa to reconsider its NII Holdings partnership.
Elders maintain general responsibility for congregational governance, setting meeting times, selecting speakers and conducting meetings, directing the public preaching work, and creating "judicial committees" to investigate and decide disciplinary action for cases involving sexual misconduct or doctrinal breaches.
The judge agreed, saying to go ahead now would create "a judicial nightmare".
That position, he said, would enable government officials to flout the warrant law, even though Congress had enacted it "specifically to rein in and create a judicial check for executive-branch abuses of surveillance authority".
"We will create a judicial system that is fair and this will prove our commitment to the rule of law," Jehani said of his country's burgeoning post-revolutionary administration.
Would moving to a system where both trial and appellate court judges are appointed and confirmed, rather than elected, create a judicial branch with better-qualified, less political judges?
In a 5-to-1 decision, the Court of Appeals found that by refusing to consider a judicial pay raise on its own merits, the legislative and executive branches had created a "judicial pay crisis," undermining the independence of the judicial branch and violating the separation of powers doctrine.
On average, it has taken 188 days to confirm a judicial nominee during the current Congress, creating 32 "judicial emergencies," as designated by the Office of U.S. Courts.
According to Sheila Jasanoff, a lawyer and professor of science and technology studies at the Kennedy School at Harvard, scholars and officials have from time to time also proposed creating a judicial or quasijudicial "science court" to resolve factual disputes.
