In 1998, a lawyer testified to the judicial ethics committee that Justice Michael Garson, in violation of judiciary rules, had asked associates to work on his brother Joel Garson's campaign for State Assembly.
"If the judiciary rules that there should be more counts and somehow, hypothetically, Al Gore was certified the winner, I don't think the Legislature should overturn that and I don't think they should try to overturn the fact that my brother is certified the winner now".
Behind one such door -- marked "Judiciary, Rules & Administrative Committee," "Revenue & Taxation Committee and Health & Welfare Committeeee" -- a lobbyist argues for the Idaho Common Sense Consumption Act, a bill that would protect a miscellany of special interests (cattle, sugar beet) from civil liability caused by weight gain or, as the bill put it, "the long-term consumption of food".
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had said that the hikers, Shane M. Bauer and Joshua F. Fattal, would be freed by Thursday, but Iran's judiciary ruled otherwise.
RIO DE JANEIRO — The council overseeing Brazil's judiciary ruled on Tuesday that notary publics cannot refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies, a decision that opens the way for gay couples across Latin America's largest country to marry.
In addition, as in the United States, judges have played an important role in advancing the cause of gay equality, as evidenced this week in Brazil, where the National Council of Justice, which oversees the judiciary, ruled that notary publics may not refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies.
canceled an event after it came out that the invitation listed "the Select Committee on Intelligence for the first course" for dinner and the "choice of Appropriations, Judiciary or Rules committees" for the other courses.
(Guests who made contributions between $1,000 and $2,500 could order up Feintstein's "Select Committee on Intelligence for the first course" and "your choice of Appropriations, Judiciary or Rules committees" for other courses).
This included guaranteeing: independence of the judiciary, the rule of law and our rights and freedoms and, in particular, that we would move steadily towards genuine universal suffrage.
It also means "a strong legislature, an independent judiciary, the rule of law, a vibrant civil society, a free press, and an honest police force".
Mr Klein says that Bosnia, four years into its reconstruction, has "no independent judiciary, no rule of law, and no economic activity to speak of .Bosnians complain about all this less than they might.
