New Orleans police are preparing to carry out Mayor Ray Nagin's forced removal order Friday as the last voluntary evacuees left the city Thursday. Earlier this week, Nagin authorized the forced removal of anyone not engaged in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort. The legal basis for Nagin's order comes from §727 of the Louisiana Homeland [...]
The UN has announced Thursday that 63 nations have agreed to sign a new treaty against nuclear terrorism. The International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism requires governments to punish those who illegally posses atomic devices and radioactive material or those who threaten others while in possession of these materials. The treaty [...]
In its latest bi-monthly report on human rights in Iraq the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Thursday detailed widespread and lengthy detentions of suspected Sunni insurgents, systematic use of torture during interrogations at police stations and other Ministry of the Interior premises, and condemned the Iraqi revival of the death penalty. Although the [...]
Lawyers representing stockholders of Walt Disney Co. are appealing a decision that held that Disney board members did not violate their fiduciary duties or waste company resources when they hired and fired former Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz . Disney shareholders had challenged the decision to give Ovitz a $140 million severance just 14 months after [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Thursday questioned the US administration's approach to detentions at Guantanamo Bay , where almost all detainees have been categorized by Combatant Status Review Tribunals as enemy combatants. During oral arguments, Judge A. Raymond Randolph suggested that the judiciary might have the legal authority to review the [...]
The Egyptian Presidential Election Commission late Thursday rejected a request by leading opposition candidate Ayman Nour to rerun Wednesday's presidential elections after reports of widespread fraud and procedural violations . An early count of votes gives Mubarak the lead in the polls. Reuters has more. The Egyptian Gazette has local coverage in English.
US v. National Associatioon of Realtors, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Esatern Division, September 67, 2005 . Read the full text of the complaint. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
State of New Jersey v. John O'Hagen, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appeals Division, September 7, 2005 . Excerpt: The minimal intrusion resulting from the collection of a DNA sample is substantially outweighed by the state's need to deter and detect recidivist offenders and the public's interest in promptly identifying and accurately prosecuting the actual [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday night postponed the demolition of synagogues in the evacuated Gaza Strip despite an Israeli High Court decision earlier Thursday to permit the destruction of synagogues that could not be dismantled . Following Israeli disengagement , Gaza is now under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority . Sharon complied with [...]
Emergency Suspension of Prescription, Peremption and Other Legal Deadlines, Executive Order KBB 2005-32, Governor Kathleen Blanco, September 6, 2005. Excerpt: All deadlines in legal proceedings, including liberative prescriptive and peremptive periods in all courts, administrative agencies, and boards are hereby suspended until at least September 25, 2005, including, but not limited to, any such deadlines [...]
