Legal Buzz April 18, 2012: US Supreme Court Rules Torture Victim Protection Act Applies Only to Individual, Not Organizations in Azzam Mohamad Rahim v. Palestinian Authority

LEGAL BUZZ COURT AND LEGAL NEWS: Justices Limit Suits Under Law On Torture Source: NYT, 4-28-12 In the case of an American killed in the West Bank, the Supreme Court found that only “individuals” could be sued….READ MORE Full Text of Case Opinion: 4/18/12 – Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority Supreme Court says torture victim law [...]

Legal Buzz April 2, 2012: US Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches for Any Offenses including Minor Offenses

LEGAL BUZZ COURT AND LEGAL NEWS: Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches for Any Offense Source: NYT, 4-2-12 The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of [...]

Legal Buzz December 12, 2011: Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Arizona’s Immigration Law

LEGAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]

Legal Buzz August 29, 2011: Federal Judge Blocks Alambama Immigration for 30 Days to Review Whether it’s Consitutional

LEGAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. LEGAL BUZZ: LAW & COURT NEWS COURT AND LEGAL NEWS: FEDERAL [...]

Judge Orders Release of Nixon’s Watergate Testimony

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Judge: Time to unseal Nixon’s Watergate testimony Source: AP, 7-29-11 In this Aug. 9, 1974 black-and-white file photo, President Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon are shown standing together in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Thirty-six years after Nixon testified secretly to a grand [...]

Political Headlines June 15, 2011: Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Republican Governor Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Bill

POLITICAL HEADLINES By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. COURT AND LEGAL NEWS: WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ANTI-UNION LAW Wisconsin [...]