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The French Council of State, which advises the government on legislation and acts as a supreme court for administrative justice, overturned on December 29, 2022, a ban on the sale of CBD flowers in France, stating that a general and absolute ban on the marketing of the product was "disproportionate. (forbes.com)
Women from the Mahan forest region walk through the village towards a local shrine in celebration of the Supreme Court of India's decision to cancel the licenses of 214 coal blocks, including those of Essar and Hindalco s Mahan. (mongabay.com)
In a case with big implications for B.C.'s health care system and collective bargaining across the nation, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unconstitutional key parts of Bill 29, a law passed by the BC Liberals in 2002. (thetyee.ca)
As usual, the Supreme Court has given the government a year to replace the discredited law, but Bill 29 has already caused far too much damage and chaos," Darcy said. (thetyee.ca)
Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City. (law.com)
Expanding the state's public-importance exception to standing, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that the Nevada Policy Research Institute can pursue a claim that members of the state Legislature who are also employed by state and local government are in violation of the Nevada Constitution's separation-of-powers clause. (law.com)
FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 9, 2022. (columbian.com)
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Wednesday that the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments to hospitals and clinics that serve low-income communities, a reduction that cost the facilities billions of dollars. (columbian.com)
El Salvador's government has rejected a Supreme Court ruling ordering the president to testify about the disappearance of a South African ambassador to the country. (bbc.com)
The Supreme Court ruling followed a lawsuit brought by Dunn's relatives, who are trying to find out what happened to the ambassador. (bbc.com)
The UK will be forced to improve its plans for tackling air pollution after the Supreme Court today ruled the government has breached the law in drawing up inadequate plans to tackle high levels of nitrogen. (businessgreen.com)
The Government has lost its case in the Supreme Court after Justices ruled 8 to 3 in favour of MPs being given a vote on triggering Brexit . (telegraph.co.uk)
An undated photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (go.com)
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court reversed the federal fraud convictions of former New Jersey officials Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni for their part in the 2013 'Bridgegate' scandal that caused a traffic nightmare on the world's busiest bridge. (go.com)
The Supreme Court disagreed. (go.com)
The United States Tax Court is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 providing (in part) that Congress has the power to "constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. (gpo.gov)
Following PI's landmark UK Supreme Court win in 2019, in which the Supreme Court held that decisions of the IPT cannot escape judicial review, PI challenged the aforementioned 2016 decision on public law grounds. (privacyinternational.org)
ISLAMABAD: The Sup-reme Court on Thursday decided to take a recess for a week after Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan apprised it of the government's intention to harmonise some "overlapping provisions" of the Supreme Court (Practice & Procedure) Act 2023 and the Supreme Court (Review of Judgments and Orders) Act 2023. (dawn.com)
On April 13, the same bench suspended the enforcement of the Supreme Court (Practice & Procedure) Act 2023 after it was passed by parliament to regulate the suo motu powers of the CJP. (dawn.com)
Scottish ministers last year lost a battle in the Supreme Court over whether Holyrood could stage its own independence referendum. (scotsman.com)
Ms Dance and Paul Battersbee, who are separated but both live in Southend, Essex, failed to persuade Court of Appeal judges to overturn that ruling and Supreme Court justices have refused to intervene. (stv.tv)
The Wall Street Journal reports that in April, India's Supreme Court in a landmark ruling granted transgender people legal protections and access to affirmative-action type programs. (lavendermagazine.com)
The Supreme Court announced recently it would rule on the issue. (heartland.org)
In May the ACLU of Delaware filed a brief with the state's Supreme Court stating law enforcement agents should not be permitted to attach GPS devices on vehicles without a search warrant. (heartland.org)
The DOJ claimed in a petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court this past April that people have no reasonable expectation of privacy on a public road "even if scientific enhancements allow police to observe this public information more efficiently. (heartland.org)
The Obama administration appealed the 4th Circuit Court's ruling, and the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would take on the case. (heartland.org)
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory has a supervisory role over the court, and may review, quash or direct inquests. (wikipedia.org)

Kareem's solo lawsuit demanding confirmation that he had been placed on the government's kill list was terminated by the DC Circuit Court in 2019 , which held that the information was too sensitive to share with US citizens possibly marked for death by their own government. (techdirt.com)

The case was appealed to the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence, which suspended the proceedings and referred the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to determine the compatibility of French law with EU law. (forbes.com)
The New Brunswick government has withdrawn its request for the Court of Appeal to rule on whether the provision of separate school bus systems for English and French students is a constitutional requirement. (cbc.ca)
It's a stunning reversal for a government that said last year it wanted the New Brunswick Court of Appeal to clarify whether dual bus systems for English and French school systems were required by the Constitution. (cbc.ca)
Kenny said the Court of Appeal clearly had 'reservations' about ruling in the case. (cbc.ca)
So basically we're just back to where we were a year and a half ago, before the reference was made to the Court of Appeal,' he said. (cbc.ca)
The Gallant government decided to send the dual busing issue to the Court of Appeal for a reference ruling last year, after weeks of controversy. (cbc.ca)
An MSPB administrative judge, however, ruled in VA's favor, leading him to appeal the decision in the federal circuit court. (govexec.com)
Per the judge's ruling, the federal government has until 5 p.m. on Friday (April 12) to appeal the decision. (colorlines.com)
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the government's surveillance regime is unlawful, in a decision that could force a major rethink of the Investigatory Powers Act and impose tighter controls on the government's access records of the population's browsing, email and phone use. (computerweekly.com)
In a 10-page judgment , the Court of Appeal ruled that it is unlawful for the government to access private communications data retained by phone companies and internet service providers, for reasons that fall short of fighting serious crime, or without a prior review from a court or an independent watchdog. (computerweekly.com)
If the Government cannot be trusted to follow its own rules, or an order from the Court of Appeal, then it must immediately end all arms exports to the Saudi regime and cease all support for this devastating war. (mirror.co.uk)
Now it is clear that they cannot even abide by the rulings of the Court of Appeal. (mirror.co.uk)
Similarly, Section 2 of the law on review overlapped with Section 5 of the practice and procedure law as sections dealt with the jurisdiction of the court by considering the review of a judgment to be an appeal. (dawn.com)
On 28 April, the Court of Appeal upheld the prison sentence against activists and journalists Sherwan Sherwani, Guhdar Zebari, Hariwan Isaa, Ayaz Karam and Shvan Saeed. (amnesty.ca)
Moving forward from here the Court has given the appellants until midday on 9 December 2016 to make any application for permission to appeal. (who.int)

This presentation included an update to the Walter Reed Outdoor Pickleball Court project, as well as, plans to restripe existing athletic courts at Fort Scott Park , Marcey Road Park , Hayes Park and Virginia Highlands Park for multi-use (tennis and pickleball) between June and September of 2023. (arlingtonva.us)
The September 2023 US Edition of SNOMED CT is based on the content published in the June 2023 SNOMED CT International Edition and includes any SNOMED CT COVID-19 Related Content published in the June 2023 International Edition. (medlineplus.gov)

The court's decision comes as world leaders prepare for the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next month and as the U.K. government is in turmoil following the Thursday resignation of Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss. (commondreams.org)
In November last year, the government proposed a series of amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act - which are now out for public consultation - in an apparent move to pre-empt the court's decision by introducing new restrictions to government surveillance. (computerweekly.com)

Two journalists who had appeared to have been mistakenly targeted by drone strikes sued the government in 2017 , seeking an injunction forbidding their own government from extrajudicially killing them. (techdirt.com)
The Ontario government and the MNO announced the identification of six new historic Métis communities throughout the province in 2017 through a joint research project. (yahoo.com)

The district court is located in 62 courts across the Commonwealth. (mass.gov)
The Chief Justices of the District and Boston Municipal Courts Invite Comments on a proposed Joint Standing Order of the Boston Municipal Court and District Court Departments concerning electronic filing in summary process cases in their courts. (mass.gov)
The U.S. government, however, has opposed the court's involvement in this case, repeatedly arguing that the executive branch has unfettered authority to determine that the diplomatic assurances are sufficiently reliable to remove Khouzam, and that the federal courts lack jurisdiction to review its decision. (aclu.org)
The former employees contend that they have tried in vain to get the matter resolved amicably before going to the courts and the United States government did not want to listen to them and failed to show up at the mediation meeting arranged by the Department of Labour in Gaborone. (sundaystandard.info)

Five scientists who participated in an Extinction Rebellion action against fossil fuel exploration were acquitted of related charges by a London-based court on October 21, 2022. (commondreams.org)

The High Court ruled against Big tobacco in favour of the Australian government implementing a plain packaging policy on all cigarette packs. (who.int)

A French court has overturned the government's ban on the sale of CBD flowers, paving the way for a lucrative market that has been held back by strict legislation in recent years. (forbes.com)
This morning, the Court struck down sections of the legislation because they deny the freedom of association guarantee of the Charter of Rights' section 2(d). (thetyee.ca)
However, as is common when the court strikes down legislation, the ruling will not come into effect for a year. (thetyee.ca)
During the hearing on Thursday, CJP Bandial welcomed the initiative to review the legislation and said that he was glad to know that the government and parliament will be reviewing the two laws to remove the overlapping of some provisions. (dawn.com)
The UK Government blocked the legislation earlier this year using a section 35 order - a never-before-utilised section of the 1998 Scotland Act - to prevent it from gaining royal assent. (scotsman.com)
If unchallenged, it sends a signal that the UK Government can veto any legislation they disagree with, at a whim. (scotsman.com)
ACT Government Legislation Database. (wikipedia.org)

Now, India's government is asking the justices to reconsider some aspects of their judgment. (lavendermagazine.com)

That stay remained in place pending the outcome of the court proceedings. (aclu.org)
Enter and leave the courtroom quietly, so you do not disturb court proceedings or others. (seattle.gov)
Yahoo said in a filing to the court last week that disclosure of the information would show that it objected at every stage of the proceedings, but the objections were overruled and a stay denied. (csoonline.com)
During the proceedings, the government asserted that it could rely on broad 'general warrants', not based on reasonable individual suspicion, to conduct hacking. (privacyinternational.org)
When Advocate Imtiaz Rashid Siddiqui, representing petitioner Raja Amer Khan, reminded the court about its earlier directives seeking proceedings of the standing committee where the practice and procedure bill was discussed, the CJP observed, "We have read in newspapers that they have declined the request yet we have retrieved the information from their website. (dawn.com)

District Court criminal jurisdiction extends to all felonies punishable by a sentence up to 5 years, and many other specific felonies with greater potential penalties, all misdemeanors, and all violations of city and town ordinances and by-laws. (mass.gov)
The Government's response was to argue that Tribunal decisions were not subject to judicial review because the jurisdiction of the court was ousted by a provision of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act ("RIPA") 2000. (privacyinternational.org)
The Municipal Court is considered a court of limited jurisdiction, responsible for all adult misdemeanors in the City of Kansas City, Kansas, with a few exceptions. (wycokck.org)
If a foreign power defaults, then it succumbs to the jurisdiction of a domestic Court of the receiving state like all other persons," lawyers representing the former employees proffer. (sundaystandard.info)
The Coroner's Court of the Australian Capital Territory is a court which has exclusive jurisdiction over the remains of a person and the power to make findings in respect of the cause of death of a person or fire in Australian Capital Territory. (wikipedia.org)

Thursday's decision reversed a July 2014 ruling by then-Chief Judge Loretta Preska of U.S. district court in Manhattan requiring Microsoft to turn over the emails. (businessinsider.com)
President Sánchez Cerén has not yet commented on the court ruling ordering him to give evidence over Dunn's disappearance. (bbc.com)
Federal agencies can launch retaliatory investigations against employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing without violating anti-reprisal laws, a federal court has said in a precedent-setting ruling. (govexec.com)
There are several problems with the Spanish National Court ruling. (newsblaze.com)
Liz Truss apologised - saying her department had "inadvertently" granted licences in breach of a High Court Ruling in June. (mirror.co.uk)
The Government has broken a court ruling banning them from granting licences to export weapons and equipment to Saudi Arabia. (mirror.co.uk)
A spokeswoman for NTEU said there is currently no timetable for when the court will issue a ruling on OPM's motion to dismiss the lawsuit. (govexec.com)

The Washington Post reports that the timing of the government's request and other references in court documents suggest the search warrants relate to demonstrations during President Donald Trump's inauguration, when more than 200 people were charged with rioting. (ksl.com)
A court order blocks Facebook from letting users know when law enforcement investigators ask to search their online information, particularly their political affiliations and comments. (ksl.com)
Our lawsuit charges the government with violating Mr. House's First Amendment right to freedom of association and Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. (aclu.org)
In July, the government moved to dismiss our case by claiming that it has the blanket authority at the border to search and seize any person's electronic device for as long as it wants , regardless of whether or not it has any suspicion whatsoever that a person is engaged in wrongdoing. (aclu.org)
This means the government's authority goes totally unchecked - without requiring an articulable reason for a search, the government evades accountability for searches that violate our most fundamental constitutional protections. (aclu.org)
The Court referred to cases dating back to the 18th century, which demonstrate the common law's insistence that the Government cannot search private premises without lawful authority even in the national security context. (privacyinternational.org)
Citing the Fourth Amendment, CAIR is asking the court to bar the FBI from using a GPS tracking device without a search warrant. (heartland.org)
The court stated, "[A]bsent exigent circumstances, the warrantless placement of a GPS device to track a suspect 24 hours a day constitutes an unlawful search. (heartland.org)

The 3-0 decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan is a defeat for the U.S. Department of Justice and a victory for privacy advocates and for technology companies offering cloud computing and other services around the world. (businessinsider.com)
As The Washington Times reported yesterday (March 8), "A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected the government's request for an order directing a lower court to dismiss the case. (colorlines.com)
The U.S. 7th and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals both ruled law enforcement is allowed to use a GPS device without a warrant, whereas the 4th Circuit Court ruled such warrant searches violate the Fourth Amendment. (heartland.org)

United States District Judge Richard Seeborg granted an injunction that blocks the federal government from using its Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy, NPR reports. (colorlines.com)

This would be a matter for the Court of Justice of the European Union to decide, following a referral by the UK's secret surveillance court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, he said. (computerweekly.com)
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ordered the government to declassify its secret order and parties' briefs in a case which Yahoo expects will demonstrate that it resisted government directives. (csoonline.com)
The court has been set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) which requires the government to obtain a judicial warrant for certain kinds of intelligence gathering operations. (csoonline.com)
Internet companies are at the center of a controversy that they reportedly provided real-time access to content on their servers, after former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, revealed through newspaper reports certain documents about a government surveillance program called Prism. (csoonline.com)
The Court signals that fundamental constitutional principles still need to be applied in the context of surveillance and that government agencies cannot circumvent traditional protections afforded by the common law. (privacyinternational.org)
The court also decided to place them under police surveillance for a period of five years after the completion of their sentences, and to confiscate their mobile phones, laptops and cameras. (amnesty.ca)
The court responded by stating prolonged GPS surveillance "provides more information than one reasonably expects to expose to the public," and, "It takes little to imagine what constant and prolonged surveillance could expose about someone's life even if they are not participating in any criminal activity. (heartland.org)

The court has also directed Greenpeace India's advocate to serve a notice to the Indian Home Ministry, asking them to respond to the NGO's petition within the eight-week period. (mongabay.com)
Greenpeace India's troubles with the Indian government began in June 2014 , when the then newly appointed government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi deemed the NGO's activities anti-national and undemocratic. (mongabay.com)
In January of this year, for example, the Delhi High Court directed the government to unblock Greenpeace India's frozen funds . (mongabay.com)

We are a small charity and taking legal action is inevitably risky financially but we cannot stand by and leave it to vulnerable children to have to go to court to defend the rights that Parliament and successive governments have given them. (bigissue.com)
As he welcomed the stance of the government, the CJP said wondered should the court adjourn the hearing, or another scenario would be that the court should continue with the hearing and let the parliament do its job. (dawn.com)
The AGP responded the court could refer the matter to parliament, but the CJP said the court would not like to do this since it could construe as an opinion of the court. (dawn.com)
Rather the court will welcome the government and the parliament to come up with a new law after reviewing both, he suggested. (dawn.com)
Westminster gave no advance notice of this attack, asked for no amendments to the Bill in its nine-month passage through Parliament, and refused outright to work with the Scottish Government on any potential changes. (scotsman.com)

The Madras High Court heard the NGOs petition on September 15, and has now granted a temporary stay on the order for eight weeks . (mongabay.com)
The Indian government has also targeted numerous other NGOs, like Sabarang Trust and Citizens for Justice, for allegedly violating FCRA. (mongabay.com)
"It took more than two decades of hard work from environmental NGOs and certain governments to get the international community united in the fight against IUU fishing," Gustavsson says. (newsblaze.com)

He added that the court had not ruled on the terms of leaving, or whether the UK should reconsider the decision, only that MPs should have a role in triggering the process. (telegraph.co.uk)

In civil matters, the District Court hears cases in which the damages are not likely to be more than $50,000, and small claims cases up to $7,000. (mass.gov)
As the gateway to justice in Massachusetts, the District Court is dedicated to the administration of justice in a fair, impartial and timely manner in accordance with the rule of law. (mass.gov)
In fulfilling this role, the District Court shall provide the communities it serves with an environment that is safe, accessible and respectful to all. (mass.gov)
The District Court shall conduct its business with integrity, competence and a commitment to excellence in order to promote public trust and confidence in the judicial system. (mass.gov)
Because of COVID-19, many District Court hearings are now remote. (mass.gov)
NPRI filed the original complaint in district court for declaratory and injunctive relief against nine members of the state Legislature were also employed in state and local government positions. (law.com)
Stating that Khouzam "made a credible showing that he had been the victim of torture at the hands of Egyptian law enforcement," Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania soundly rejected the Bush administration's claim that the executive branch has unfettered authority to remove Khouzam. (aclu.org)
Today, Judge Denise Casper in the District Court of Massachusetts will hear oral arguments on the government's motion to dismiss. (aclu.org)
In October and again on Thursday, NTEU defended its standing in the case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (govexec.com)
Nineteen other groups have brought lawsuits against OPM as a result of the breaches, all of which have been consolidated into one case also being heard by U.S. District Court for D.C. An attorney hired by the American Federation of Government Employees is heading that suit up. (govexec.com)
After these comments, Plunkard's attorney, Kila Baldwin, also began crying and requested a break to regain her composure, according to district court documents. (medscape.com)
In a December 13, 2021, decision, the US District Court for the Middle District Court of Pennsylvania denied Marks' request for a retrial. (medscape.com)
The district court got it exactly right, and we look forward to Ms. Plunkard receiving the compensation awarded by the jury in this tragic case," she said. (medscape.com)

The Liberal government is abandoning its constitutional court case on dual school busing and will instead leave decisions on student transportation to individual district education councils. (cbc.ca)
But the court said in a procedural decision last month it still wasn't persuaded it should even hear the case at all. (cbc.ca)
The high court ruled unanimously in a case involving payments for drugs, largely for cancer, that are used by Medicare patients in hospital outpatient departments. (columbian.com)
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office declined to comment on the case, which is in the D.C. Court of Appeals. (ksl.com)
The U.S. government is using diplomatic assurances - in Khouzam's case and others - to circumvent its treaty obligations, and transferring individuals to foreign countries without judicial review. (aclu.org)
The government has defined serious crime out of existence," said Corey Stoughton , advocacy director of Liberty, which is backing the case. (computerweekly.com)
The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Sidney Thomas, wrote that the motion to halt the case "is entirely premature. (colorlines.com)
The case will be heard before a federal court in Oregon, where it was originally filed. (colorlines.com)
Volume of the United States Tax Court Reports containing case abstracts and opinions of the court regarding cases in Volume 150. (gpo.gov)
OPM and Justice said NTEU did not show the two individuals named specifically in the case, nor its 150,000 members, were harmed by the hack in "any material way," according to court documents. (govexec.com)
The case stems from a 2016 decision by the IPT, the UK tribunal tasked with examining complaints against the UK intelligence services, that the UK government could lawfully use sweeping 'thematic warrants' to engage in computer hacking of thousands or even millions of devices, without any approval by a judge or individualised reasonable grounds for suspicion. (privacyinternational.org)
Lawyers for Crown-Indigenous Relations are refusing to release internal documents tied to the deal, derailing the Wabun Tribal Council's request for court disclosure, while the MNO says it plans to try and get the case dismissed, according to letters filed in court last week. (yahoo.com)
Meanwhile, in a letter to the court also dated May 1, the MNO's lawyer says it plans to try and have the case dismissed on similar grounds. (yahoo.com)
Earlier, the Punjab polls case and audio leak commission case were adjourned by the court. (dawn.com)
According to the court, the case would be taken up next week, but a date in this regard was not given. (dawn.com)
Former employees of the United States Agency for International Development Regional Centre for Southern Africa (USAID RCSA) have filed a case against the United States government at the High Court. (sundaystandard.info)
The aggrieved Batswana had previously filed a case at the Industrial Court of Botswana but the US government did not show up at the court claiming diplomatic immunity. (sundaystandard.info)
The Government has intervened at the last minute in the case of a comatose 12-year-old boy who is due to have his life support treatment withdrawn. (stv.tv)
Just as the court feared, as a result of these events, the jury was 'tainted' and could no longer decide this case divorced of sympathy for Ms. Plunkard. (medscape.com)

The Criminal Court of Marseille convicted the directors of Kanavape for violating French rules. (forbes.com)
Had the court gone the other way, "it would have been like the Wild West, with no clear, stable legal rules applying," Greg Nojeim, senior counsel with the nonprofit Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington, D.C., said in an interview. (businessinsider.com)
The former employees have filed an application to serve the American Government outside the country through Edictal Citation in terms of Order 10 of the High Court Rules after the American Embassy avoided and refused to appear at the Industrial Court since 2006 claiming that they were not properly served. (sundaystandard.info)
The former employees have instructed Otto Itumeleng Law Chambers and Mboki Chilisa of Chilisa, Collins Legal Consultants to serve USAID RCSA's principal place of administration in Washington D.C with leave of court in accordance with the rules governing Edictal Citation (a form of service to a party outside the country). (sundaystandard.info)

On Wednesday (March 7), an appellate court denied the administration's request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the 21 youth and young adult plaintiffs . (colorlines.com)
The lawsuit seeks the return or destruction of any of Mr. House's personal data still in government hands, as well as the disclosure of whether and to whom the data has been given. (aclu.org)
The union alleged "general suffering," which the government argued was insufficient to merit a lawsuit. (govexec.com)

Critics, including the International Labour Organization, denounced the law as an attempt to remove union protections from workers in health care, and the legal challenge was brought by the Hospital Employees Union, the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union and other health care union groups. (thetyee.ca)
Facebook argues the court order violates First Amendment protections of the company and individuals. (ksl.com)

Although it tossed the convictions, the Court did not mince words about conduct in the scheme: an unambiguous 'abuse of power,' the opinion says. (go.com)
The department has failed to conduct proper assessments and essential information is not being relayed between government departments. (mirror.co.uk)
The government had previously said it did not object to Yahoo's request for release of the court documents, and offered to conduct a classification review at the court's request. (csoonline.com)
NTEU's claim of a due process violation fails to meet the previously established threshold of conduct "so egregious, so outrageous, that it may fairly be said to shock the contemporary conscience," the government argued. (govexec.com)

The rush for new oil and gas being enabled by the U.K. government is completely at odds with what the scientific research is telling us needs to happen,' defendant Stuart Capstick said Friday. (commondreams.org)
Defendant Abi Perrin, who was acquitted, said that 'when governments ignore the warnings of the world's scientists and even their own climate pledges, it's hard not to feel desperate. (commondreams.org)
Similarly noting that 'scientists have been sounding the alarm for decades but have been ignored by governments,' fellow defendant Emma Smart declared that 'with knowledge comes responsibility and more and more scientists are mobilizing in civil disobedience around the world as we are running out of time. (commondreams.org)

Judy Rabinovitz, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project , said in a statement obtained by NPR: "The court strongly rejected the Trump administration's unprecedented and illegal policy of forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico without hearing their claims. (colorlines.com)

Under Medicare, health care providers get reimbursed by the government for expenses including drugs used in hospital outpatient departments. (columbian.com)

See the CT scan images of coronary artery calcification below. (medscape.com)

Greenpeace India filed a plea in Madras High Court, and the court has now ordered a temporary eight-week stay on the government order. (mongabay.com)
In another victory for the rule of law, the UK High Court has held that the security and intelligence services cannot rely on non-specific warrants - otherwise known as general warrants - to authorise wide-ranging property interference and certain forms of computer hacking. (privacyinternational.org)
The UK High Court has held that the security and intelligence services can no longer rely on 'general warrants' to interfere with property, including computers. (privacyinternational.org)
Today, the UK High Court has quashed a decision by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) and held that section 5 of the Intelligence Services Act (ISA) 1994 does not permit the issue of general warrants to authorise property interference and certain forms of computer hacking. (privacyinternational.org)
In May 2016, Privacy International challenged the IPT's decision in the UK High Court. (privacyinternational.org)
Children's charity Article 39 is launching High Court action against the British government for telling local councils that some responsibilities around children in care can be cut back. (bigissue.com)
Archie Battersbee is expected to have his treatment at the Royal London Hospital in east London ended at 2pm on Monday, but the Government Legal Department has asked the High Court to "urgently consider" a UN request to prevent this. (stv.tv)
A High Court judge had previously ruled that ending treatment is in Archie's best interests, after reviewing evidence. (stv.tv)
The Government asked the High Court to urgently consider the request from the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (stv.tv)

However, the government approved in December 2021 the sale of products containing CBD with a THC content of less than 0.3% but simultaneously prohibited the sale of hemp flowers and leaves. (forbes.com)

Affected hospitals sued and a federal judge initially ruled for them, but that decision was reversed by an appeals court. (columbian.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday said the U.S. government cannot force Microsoft and other companies to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States. (businessinsider.com)
Sameh Khouzam, a Christian who came to the United States in 1998 fleeing religious persecution in Egypt, was granted protection from deportation under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in 2004 after a federal appeals court found that he would likely be tortured if sent back to Egypt. (aclu.org)
The MSPB judge ruled, and the appeals court subsequently affirmed, that "a retaliatory investigation, in and of itself, does not qualify as a personnel action eligible for corrective action" under the Whistleblower Protection Act. (govexec.com)

The International Criminal Court came into existence to investigate and prosecute crimes of genocide, war crimes and "gross human rights abuses. (chick.com)
On 16 February, the Erbil Criminal Court had sentenced the five men to six years in prison following unfair trials, based on trumped up charges. (amnesty.ca)
On 16 February, the Erbil Criminal Court sentenced the five activists and journalists based on apparently trumped-up charges of "destabilizing the security and stability of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I)" under Article 1 of Law No. 21 (2003). (amnesty.ca)

The Seattle Municipal Court is a non-smoking building. (seattle.gov)
The Municipal Court has specialty dockets for both DUI and domestic violence cases. (wycokck.org)
The Municipal Court acts on tickets written by Kansas City Kansas Police, Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, Railroad Police, KU Med Center Police, Kansas City Kansas Code Enforcement Officers, Kansas City Kansas Animal Control Officers, and Parking Control Officers. (wycokck.org)

The Connecticut Office of State Ethics practices and promotes the highest ethical standards and accountability in state government by providing education and legal advice, ensuring disclosure, and impartially enforcing the Codes of Ethics. (ct.gov)
The disclosure of the court's opinion and other documents would also give the public a view into "how the parties and the Court vetted the Government's arguments supporting the use of directives," Yahoo said in the filing. (csoonline.com)
The companies have denied their participation in the program, and asked for greater transparency in the disclosure of data on government requests for customer information. (csoonline.com)

Histadrut officials expressed anger at the decision, saying that thousands of municipal employees who were "expecting good news" would be left again without their wages and that the court was allowing the state to "drag out the issue for another week," Army Radio reported. (jpost.com)

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the court that "absent a survey of hospitals' acquisition costs" the Department of Health and Human Services "may not vary the reimbursement rates for 340B hospitals. (columbian.com)
U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett asked Justice Department attorney Bradley Hinshelwood, paraphrasing his claim as giving the government the ability to "unilaterally decide to kill U.S. citizens. (techdirt.com)
As the Family Division is seized of this matter, and the Trust is acting pursuant to the order of the Court, we request that this letter is placed before the out-of-hours judge immediately and/or, if possible, before Mr Justice Hayden. (stv.tv)

T he Brexit secretary denied the Government was afraid of publishing a Brexit White Paper. (telegraph.co.uk)
Speaking to reporters in Belfast, he added: "We had concerns, as the UK Government - the Secretary of State - set this out at the time, about how Scotland's gender recognition act would interact with reserved powers, about the operation of the Equalities Act, the protection of women elsewhere in the UK as well. (scotsman.com)
The Government letter, written on behalf of the Health Secretary, read: "In the circumstances, we wish to draw the (UN) Committee's request for interim measures to the Court's attention for its urgent consideration. (stv.tv)
In regards to the tipping paper producers` appeals, the Court agreed with Green J that it was not unlawful for the Secretary of State to make Regulation 5, which standardises the appearance of cigarettes. (who.int)

Kelly, former deputy chief of staff to then Gov. Chris Christie , and Baroni, a former Port Authority official appointed by Christie, were found guilty in 2016 of conspiring to fraudulently use taxpayer-funded resources to close traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge in an act of political retribution. (go.com)

Judge Vanaskie noted that removing Khouzam based on diplomatic assurances without court review would render the procedures established for seeking protection under the Convention Against Torture "a farce. (aclu.org)
Despite this finding, as well as State Department reports showing that Egypt routinely engages in torture, the U.S. government tried to summarily deport Khouzam to Egypt based on "diplomatic assurances" the U.S. claims to have received from the Egyptian government that it asserts are "sufficiently reliable" to protect him from torture. (aclu.org)

The Constitution, the government attorneys said, does not require the government to "affirmatively provide certain minimal levels of safety and security," and the 1974 Privacy Act allays any privacy concerns with constitutional roots. (govexec.com)
He also wondered whether the government was considering reviewing the constitution of a three-member committee of judges to determine what bench should hear cases filed under Article 184(3). (dawn.com)

was brought by a group of kids who are suing the federal government for denying their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property by ignoring and exacerbating climate change-particularly through actions that allow and promote fossil fuel emissions. (colorlines.com)
We're looking forward to putting the federal government on trial on climate science and its dangerous fossil fuel policies," Julia Olson, the lead attorney for the young plaintiffs and chief counsel of Our Children's Trust , told The Washington Post . (colorlines.com)
This information, in addition to Mr. House's personal finances and private email messages, is now in the hands of the federal government. (aclu.org)
The federal government is back in court, arguing for its unilateral right to kill US citizens. (techdirt.com)

The letter also outlined details of a demonstration for Saudi officials of equipment to tackle roadside bombs, but this was not in breach of the court order. (mirror.co.uk)
The government will have to report to the court by July 29 on the likely dates for the completion of the declassification of the documents, with priority given to the court opinion, Judge Reggie B. Walton wrote in the order. (csoonline.com)
Alistair Chesser, chief medical officer for Barts Health NHS Trust, said on Friday that "further delay" in starting to provide "palliative care" to Archie would "not be appropriate" without a court order. (stv.tv)
Upon installation of the required control s, although the court order was satisfied and officially closed, the effectiveness of many of the installed measures was limited. (cdc.gov)

Despite the ban on selling to Saudi, representatives of the Kingdom were in London last week to attend a huge arms fair in London, at the invitation of the UK Government. (mirror.co.uk)
In response to a report in the Guardian newspaper that the company was helping the government with access to data on some of its products like Outlook.com and Skype, Microsoft said last week that it does not provide any government with blanket or direct access to any of its products. (csoonline.com)
Bradley Manning faces his highly anticipated hearing this week , the government will face its own hearing today in a suit brought by the ACLU's Project on Speech, Privacy, and Technology and the ACLU of Massachusetts on behalf of a co-founder of the Bradley Manning Support Network, David House. (aclu.org)
National Labor Court President Judge Steve Adler announced on Thursday night that he would give the state one more week to pay the salaries of unpaid municipal employees. (jpost.com)

In one of two major breach lawsuits, NTEU says government violated hacked feds' constitutional rights. (govexec.com)

They allege that "owing to the inviolability of the premises" they are unable to effect service at any of the US government official premises in Botswana. (sundaystandard.info)

Michel Doucet, an official languages expert at the University of Moncton, expects school districts in New Brunswick will maintain separate busing systems in the wake of Wednesday's decision by the provincial government. (cbc.ca)
Priya Pillai, Senior Campaigner for Greenpeace India, addresses local people during celebrations for the Government s decision to stop the Mahan coal block from mining. (mongabay.com)
SCRANTON, PA - In the first decision of its kind, a federal judge today ordered the government to stop the deportation of Egyptian national Sameh Khouzam based on a secret and unreliable "assurance" from the Egyptian government that it will not torture him upon his return. (aclu.org)
The Spanish Court decision is exactly what the poachers want. (newsblaze.com)
It is readily apparent that these two vessels are being readied for sea to poach again, emboldened by the decision of the Spanish National Court to reward criminal behavior. (newsblaze.com)
Today, the Court gave me back my name and began to reverse the six-and-a-half-year nightmare that has become my life,' Kelly said in a statement on the decision. (go.com)
The Scottish and UK governments are on course for a constitutional clash after Humza Yousaf confirmed he will launch a court battle over Westminster's decision to block Scotland's controversial gender reforms. (scotsman.com)

The new AWS IP addresses are supported via the current URLs at https://connect.medlineplus.gov/application and https://connect.medlineplus.gov/service . (medlineplus.gov)
The full versions of the MedlinePlus Connect Web Application and Web Service are available for testing at https://medlineplusconnect-test.nlm.nih.gov/application and https://medlineplusconnect-test.nlm.nih.gov/service. (medlineplus.gov)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Technology companies and civil liberties groups have joined Facebook in a fight over government access to social media accounts. (ksl.com)
The controversial act, known as the Snooper's Charter , allows a wide range of government bodies to access the private data of individuals without suspicion that they are involved in serious crime, and without prior approval from a court or independent watchdog. (computerweekly.com)
The government must now bring forward changes to the Investigatory Powers Act to ensure that hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom are innocent victims or witnesses to crime, are protected by a system of independent approval for access to communications data," said Watson after the verdict. (computerweekly.com)
The government also plans to restrict police and other public bodies' access to communications data for investigations into crimes that carry a prison sentence of at least six months, rather than the usual three-year threshold for serious crime. (computerweekly.com)
The questions of whether government agencies are required to give notice to people when their data is accessed and retained, and whether the government is using an overly broad definition of national security to legalise access to a wider range of public data, will also be subject to further court challenges. (computerweekly.com)
The act allows the security services, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, and a wide range of government bodies access to personal internet and phone communications data, if it is in the interests of national security - a definition that also includes "economic wellbeing,", said Stoughton. (computerweekly.com)

As many contended from the beginning, and as the Court confirmed today, no federal crimes were ever committed in this matter by anyone in my Administration,' Christie said in a statement. (go.com)

The government would rather make this bold statement in open court than submit classified info directly to judges and lawyers with security clearance that would confirm or refute the placement of the plaintiffs on kill lists. (techdirt.com)
But Canada's lawyers refused, arguing the documents are 'privileged and confidential,' protected by settlement and negotiation privilege or subject to cabinet confidence, according to a May 1 letter sent to the Federal Court in Toronto. (yahoo.com)

Of course, the government could easily prove it never targeted these journalists by handing over information about the contested drone strikes. (techdirt.com)

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