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Supreme Court rules government medical personnel can be sued for battery
March 5, 2013 by Julia Zebley
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Levin v. United States that the intentional tort exception in the Gonzales Act does not immunize individual government medical personnel against battery suits. Thus, instead of suing the entire government under the Federal Torts Claim Act (FTCA).... [more]
Supreme Court hears arguments on government immunity, takings
January 16, 2013 by Julia Zebley
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. The first, Levin v. United States concerned whether the Gonzales Act properly immunizes government medical personnel against battery suits. The Gonzales Act allows that certain medical malpractice suits may only be brought against.... [more]
Supreme Court rules habeas cases can proceed with lawyer, incompetent client
January 9, 2013 by Julia Zebley
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday in the combined cases Ryan v. Gonzales and Tibbals v. Carter that there is no right to stay a federal habeas corpus proceeding until an inmate becomes competent. The court held, rather, that the proceeding can continue with only the attorney..... [more]
Philippine president signs reproductive health bill into law
December 29, 2012 by Keith Herting
Philippine House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales III announced on Friday that Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had quietly signed into law on the 21st of December a bill which will make contraception, birth control, sexual education, and maternal care universally available to all.... [more]
Malaysia rights group finds Bush and associates guilty of war crimes in symbolic trial
May 11, 2012 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) on Friday found former US president George W. Bush and seven administration officials guilty of war crimes after a symbolic trial. The five-member tribunal convicted Bush, former vice president Dick Cheney, former defense secretary.... [more]
Supreme Court to rule on competence in capital cases
March 19, 2012 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in two capital cases. In Ryan v. Gonzales, the court will determine whether 18 USC § 3599(a)(2), which provides that an indigent capital state inmate pursuing federal habeas relief "shall be entitled to the appointment of one or more attorneys....... [more]
Supreme Court allowed deportation for aiding car theft [this day at law]
January 17, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On January 17, 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that an alien convicted for aiding and abetting a theft offense can be deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). In Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez, a permanent US resident, pleaded guilty to the unlawful d....... [more]
Gonzales left DOJ as AG resignation took effect [this day at law]
September 14, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On September 14, 2007, Alberto Gonzales officially resigned from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as the US Attorney General. Gonzales served a turbulent two-and-a-half years in the Bush administration after he was nominated in February 2005 to replace John Ashcroft. He was ultimately forced to.... [more]
Louisiana legislature approved partial-birth abortion ban [this day at law]
June 26, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On June 26, 2007, the Louisiana state legislature approved a ban on dilation and extraction (D&X) abortions — commonly referred to as "partial-birth" abortions. The legislation also established fines between $10,000 and $100,000 and a jail term ranging from one to ten years for any physicia....... [more]
Supreme Court upheld federal criminalization of marijuana [this day at law]
June 6, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On June 6, 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled that Congress has the power to criminalize the private growth and use of marijuana under the US Constitution. The court's decision in Gonzales v. Raich overturned an earlier decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which had determined.... [more]
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