…said influenced their thinking.Usha Vance, a former attorney who previously clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, offered a more nuanced account during a joint interview for CBS Sunday Morning that aired in June. "It was very powerful, what (Erika) said about her own family, and certainly very moving to…

…consider that it is against the extant judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, leaving the plaintiffs with no option but to appeal the judgment and the rulings therein. “The plaintiffs have accordingly briefed their lawyers to take immediate steps to appeal the rulings and judgment,” the National Public…

Oladele Osinuga is a lawyer in England and Wales, and also of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He shares, in this interview with SEGUN KASALI, some of those elements that enhanced his career trajectory. The post I was both book-smart, street-smart at Igbobi College — Osinuga appeared first on Tribune Online.

…Bolsonaro’s attorneys had asked that Milei be able to see Bolsonaro at that time, but Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has banned all visits to the ex-president for 30 days, as punishment for publication of a letter transmitted by his son. That violated a ban on his use of social media, including via third par…

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the final forfeiture of seven landed properties, $2.045 million and share certificates linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the Federal Government. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a five-member panel led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the…

…provided for,” he said. The senior lawyer warned that the matter would soon be tested in court, insisting that government policies must comply with the constitutional principle of equality. “If you don’t do it, you can be challenged, and that is going to happen very soon, because what is good for the goose is good for…

…him go instead." In his decision on Guerra Morales last week, the judge cited a landmark Supreme Court ruling regarding the detention of foreign nationals whose removal cannot be carried out. The ruling claimed that ICE had not been able to deport Guerra Morales to Cuba because of an anti-torture convention and had pro…

…election law when he gave some voters $1 million checks during the state's high-stakes Supreme Court election last year. The Wisconsin Elections Commission, a bipartisan panel consisting of three Democrats and three Republicans, found probable cause that the billionaire violated the state's election bribery law.Accordi…

…interest, was authorized by Judge Lewis Kaplan. The order came down after the Supreme Court turned away a petition from Trump's legal team to block the release of the funds.Although Trump's attorneys argued the cash should remain frozen while they pursued a long-shot petition for a rehearing, the transfer to Carroll's…

…does not affect candidates who emerged from direct primaries and have approached the Supreme Court. Read the full story below: https://punchng.com/atiku-adc-defend-primaries-as-court-voids-mark-led-congresses/ Reps probe CBN, NNPCL over unremitted operating surplus The House Public Accounts Committee is demanding detai…

…to “prevent anarchy and ensure the survival of democracy in Nigeria.” It cited a recent Supreme Court judgment in the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to hold that the ADC case could not be classified as a domestic affair of a political party. “Once a complaint before the court is anchored o…

…However, the ADC rejected the ruling, saying it would appeal the decision at the Supreme Court while maintaining that its direct primaries and candidates for the 2027 elections remained valid. Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Abang held that there was no basis to set aside the lower court’s decision, stressing tha…

Puerto Rico's Supreme Court dismisses claims that singer Bad Bunny used ex's voice on 'Pa Ti' The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico has dismissed some of the legal claims brought by Bad Bunny's former girlfriend, Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, in her lawsuit against the global music star.According to reports, the court ruled…

…the figures. However, controversy persists as the Sioux Indians, who rejected a 1980 Supreme Court compensation of $102 million, continue to insist that their confiscated ancestral land be returned to them. It was this monument President Donald Trump chose on the eve of the 250th Year of the Declaration to address the…

Trump to petition US Supreme Court for rehearing on Birthright citizenship United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to request that the US Supreme Court rehear a major immigration case after the court recently struck down his executive order aimed at ending automatic birthright citizenship. The high cou…

…which he insists was motivated by the public interest. In the case brought before the Supreme Court, Yoon was accused of obstructing deliberations by convening only a select group of ministers for a meeting shortly before he declared martial law. Other charges included allegedly creating and destroying a false martial…

…which he insists was motivated by the public interest. In the case brought before the Supreme Court, Yoon was accused of obstructing deliberations by convening only a select group of ministers for a meeting shortly before he declared martial law. Other charges included allegedly creating and destroying a false martial…

…Judge Lewis Kaplan came after Trump had asked him not to release the money until the Supreme Court decides whether it will reconsider his petition to challenge the jury's finding. With accumulated interest, the total amount to be disbursed from the court registry is nearly $5.8 million. Trump filed a notice with the co…

…for which Tinubu is also hailed. In July 2024, the Federal Government secured a Supreme Court judgement that local governments' Federation Account allocations must be paid directly to them and not through the state governments, as the Constitution prescribes. But two years later, that judgement has not been implemented…

…her sleeves at the drawing table, mapping out modalities for the full automation of the Supreme Court's operations. On July 1, the apex court marked the formal commencement of the mandatory upload of electronic copies of processes, records of appeal, and other case documents. The development came with the introduction…

…can be deported as well as a shutting down of legal pathways to the US. Last month the Supreme Court backed his decision to do away with a 36-year-old rule that has protected 350,000 Haitians from being sent back to their gang-ravaged homeland. Many of the people shunted onto deportation flights in the middle of the ni…

…that Justice Lifu's action was "a form of judicial impertinence," stressing that the Supreme Court had previously held that a judge who acts in such a manner "is unfit for the bench, as the conduct amounts to judicial rascality." The High Court had directed INEC to deregister the five political parties, which it said h…

…the three-member appellate panel held, by a majority decision of two to one, that the Supreme Court's decision permitting the use of hijab applies only to public schools and not private institutions such as the International School, University of Ibadan. The appellate court set aside the earlier judgment delivered by J…

…- were legal eggheads, including serving and retired judicial officers from the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and other rungs of courts in the country.

…substitutions that trailed the 2023 general elections and eventually ended at the Supreme Court. He said, "To safeguard that, you remember 2023, between the Senate President and another, who was supposed to be the placeholder; then he went all the way to safeguard the position; it ended in the Supreme Court. "So to saf…