When the former chief justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and his colleagues began bringing cases of unlawful disappearances before the court, President Pervez Musharraf concocted an excuse to impose a state of emergency, removed the justices and many other judges from the bench, and replaced them with his own handpicked cronies.
The call by Mr. Burns, former deputy attorney general in the second Reagan administration, to remove the Justice Department from the cabinet makes sense, although his remedy would be counterproductive.
Page A8 CASE AGAINST JUDGE RESTS In a surprise move, prosecutors seeking to remove the chief justice of the Philippines on corruption charges rested their case after presenting evidence on only three of eight articles of impeachment, which focused solely on allegations that he had enriched himself in office and failed to declare his assets.
See articleIn the Philippines the Senate voted to remove the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Renato Corona, for failing to declare up to $4.2m in 82 bank accounts.
His popularity plunged after March 9 when he tried unsuccessfully to remove the chief justice of the Supreme Court, which continues to hear opposition challenges against General Musharraf.
Last year, he led a successful effort to remove the chief justice of the Supreme Court for his failure to disclose assets, which allowed the president to appoint the current leader of the court.
MANILA — In a surprise move, prosecutors seeking to remove the chief justice of the Philippines on corruption allegations rested their case on Tuesday after presenting evidence on only three of eight articles of impeachment, which focused solely on accusations that he had enriched himself in office and failed to declare his assets.
DES MOINES — When Iowa became the first Midwestern state to legalize same-sex marriage a year ago, opponents said the issue would drive future political races, and some even pledged to work to remove the State Supreme Court justices behind the decision.
All three say they favor allowing a vote on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, but one of the candidates, Bob Vander Plaats, has gone further, calling for an effort to remove the three justices on the State Supreme Court, who are all on the ballot this November.
Unable to muster the votes to remove the hostile justices on the Court of Appeals, Relief partisans in the General Assembly passed legislation to abolish the entire court and create a new one, which Governor Desha promptly stocked with sympathetic judges.
