Whatever the motivation, a complaint is filed with the pastor's bishop, who can dismiss the accusation of misconduct, seek a "just resolution" through meditation, or refer the complaint to counsel to see whether it merits an administrative or judicial charge.
The ministers, who served under King Gyanendra, were detained on the recommendation of a judicial commission investigating accusations of human rights violations during anti-monarchy protests in April.
Since leaving office he has been tangled in judicial investigations and accusations, and he faces preliminary charges in a party-financing investigation linked to Liliane Bettencourt, a billionaire heiress.
The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, has a grand jury looking into judicial selection, including accusations that candidates have been forced to spend campaign money on politically connected consultants and other contractors.
TORONTO — An Iranian judicial committee rejected accusations put forward by the opposition that its supporters had been raped at detention centers, calling them baseless, and ruled that documents presented as evidence of rapes and other abuse were fabricated, Fars news agency reported Saturday.
The Democrats yesterday pressed for what might be called judicial activism, an accusation usually leveled at members of their party, while the Republicans urged what might be summarized as judicial restraint, a label often claimed by Republicans.
Rather than making baseless accusations of judicial activism, defenders of limited government should insist upon judicial engagement in every constitutional case.
Accusations of judicial excess are slippery and imprecise concepts.
In our day, accusations of judicial activism arise whenever the court overturns the will of elected representatives in Congress or a state legislature.
We are of course aware that in Lebanon, as elsewhere, justice has to operate within a political environment, which inevitably leads to baseless accusations of judicial bias.
