"It's time for Democrats to play hardball," Matthews said during his opening monologue Wednesday night. "There are times to fight and this is one of them." "If the Democrats in the US Senate allow President Trump to pack the Supreme Court with a 5-4 majority for the next 30 years, it's not something the progressive Democratic voter will soon forget." Matthews referenced McConnell's move in 2016 to stall President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland. McConnell claimed that waiting for the next president to take office was the prudent move. "The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a profound impact on our country, so of course the American people should have a say in the court’s direction," McConnell said in 2016. The political maneuver paid off once Trump took office and chose Judge Neil Gorsuch, a historically conservative judge, to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. McConnell "mocked the Democrats" by refusing to hold a hearing for Judge Garland, according to Matthews, who advised Democrats to apply the same tactic. "Democrats owe it to their party, their principles, and to their own survival to do to Mitch what Mitch did to them," Matthews said. "If this strikes anyone as a manifesto from me, so be it. But it is in truth, a statement of political reality." Justice Kennedy, 82, announced he would retire from the bench on July 31 after serving since 1998. He is the longest-service justice currently serving on the Supreme Court. "It has been the greatest honor and privilege to serve our nation in the federal judiciary for 43 years, 30 of those years on the Supreme Court," Kennedy said in a statement. Justice Kennedy, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, has been viewed as a conservative justice with a few progressive opinions. "Hopefully, we're going to pick somebody who will be as outstanding," Trump said to reporters after the announcement. "He is a very spectacular man. Really a spectacular man." Watch the clip here:
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his nomination to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy would come from a list of 25 people that was originally released during his campaign. Trump's original list was released in September 2016 before he was elected president and included Neil Gorsuch, a former federal appeals court judge in Colorado who now sits on the Supreme Court in the seat left vacant by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Trump added five people to the shortlist last year. "President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise," the White House said in a statement announcing the updated list. "The president remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch." Here are the original names:
Last year's additions are made of up three federal appeals court judges and two state Supreme Court justices. Two of the additions are women:
Shortly after the list was updated last year, the White House counsel Don McGahn gave a hat tip to the new potential nominees during a speech to the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group that frequently weighs in on the Trump administration's federal judicial nominees. The audience applauded and cheered as McGahn read the five names. "What do the judges on the list have in common? They have a demonstrated commitment to originalism and textualism," McGahn said. "Good judges follow the law, even when their decisions are unpopular. Judicial courage is as important as judicial independence." McGahn was referring to two schools of thought among legal scholars, which favors interpreting laws according to the meaning of the Constitution as it was written or according to the plain text of the documents over the intent of their authors. Gorsuch, like Scalia, is frequently described as both an originalist and a textualist. Last year, Trump reportedly told multiple people in private he believed he would be able to fill three more Supreme Court seats — those of Kennedy as well as Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. According to the news website Axios, Trump cited the 84-year-old Ginsburg's age and Sotomayor's health — she has Type 1 diabetes — as reasons he believed their seats would soon be vacant. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: This top economist has a radical plan to change the way Americans vote from http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supreme-court-pick-list-names-2017-11 Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on Wednesday after serving on the bench for 30 years. "It has been the greatest honor and privilege to serve our nation in the federal judiciary for 43 years, 30 of those years on the Supreme Court," Kennedy wrote in a statement announcing his retirement. The 81-year-old Justice was appointed to the nation's highest court in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan. A conservative who leaned moderate in cases that concern individual freedoms, Kennedy often provided the deciding fifth vote on cases without a clear majority. As someone who frequently voted to support women's and LGBT rights, Kennedy's absence could definitively swing the Supreme Court to the right. Here is a look at the Supreme Court justice who often shifted the balance on some of the court's most controversial cases — so much so that many have even called it "Kennedy's Court." Anthony McLeod Kennedy was born in Sacramento, California in 1936. Kennedy grew up with parents who were politically active, and often met well known lawmakers as a young boy.Source: Biography.com After finishing college at Stanford, Kennedy graduated from Harvard Law School, spent a year in the army, and then went on to teach constitutional law at the University of the Pacific in California.Sources: SCOTUS, Biography.com A devout Roman Catholic, Kennedy has often been described as a "goody-goody" in his early years. While on a summer trip to Europe, Kennedy once kept a bottle of whisky given to him by his father intact throughout the trip.Source: U.S. News See the rest of the story at Business Insider from http://www.businessinsider.com/justice-kennedy-retire-bio-facts-supreme-court-2017-6 Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice Sales, appointed to UK’s top bench The new judicial stars of the Supreme Court have been unveiled. In a statement today, the UK’s highest court confirmed Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justice Kitchin will take up their new judicial roles on 1 October, followed by Lord Justice Sales on 11 January 2019. So what do we know about our soon-to-be Supreme Court justices? Arden grew up in Liverpool and studied law at Cambridge’s Girton College, before going on to complete an LLM at Harvard Law School. Called to the bar in 1971, Arden practised commercial law at London’s Erskine Chambers. She became a QC in 1986 and served as Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1991 and 1993. Arden served on the Court of Appeal from 2000 to 2018, and happens to be married to Lord Mance, deputy president of the Supreme Court. Next up, Kitchin. He studied natural sciences and law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1977. Taking silk in 1994, he was appointed a judge of the High Court’s Chancery Division in 2005 and senior judge of the Patents Court two years later. Kitchin was elevated to the role of Lord Justice of Appeal in 2011 and was responsible for overseeing intellectual property appeals.
Last, but by no means least, Sales. He studied law at Churchill College, Cambridge, and Worcester College, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1985. Working his way up the ranks, he was made an assistant recorder in 1999, recorder in 2001, and a deputy High Court judge in 2004. Sales — who was a tenant at London’s 11KBW — became a QC in 2006 and was bumped up to the High Court’s Chancery Division in 2008. He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2014. Commenting on the three new faces, president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, said:
The appointments follow the retirement of Lord Mance later this month, and Lord Hughes and Lord Sumption in August and December respectively. The post Supreme Court gets three new faces appeared first on Legal Cheek. from https://www.legalcheek.com/2018/06/supreme-court-gets-three-new-faces/ 50 Cent mocked Terry Crews' sexual assault testimony in an Instagram post he later deleted6/27/2018
Rapper 50 Cent mocked actor Terry Crews in an Instagram post following the latter's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights on Tuesday. In his testimony, Crews recounted his alleged sexual assault by the Hollywood agent Adam Venit, who was the head of the motion picture department at the talent agency William Morris Endeavor. "As I shared my story, I was told over and over that this was not abuse," Crews said. "This was just a joke. This was just horseplay. But I can say one man's horseplay is another man's humiliation. And I chose to tell my story and share my experience to stand in solidarity with millions of other survivors around the world. That I know how hard it is to come forward, I know the shame associated with the assault. It happened to me." 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, has since deleted his post mocking Crews. As Deadline reported, Jackson's post included an image of Crews shirtless with the words, "I got raped. My wife just watched." A second image featured Crews with a rose in his mouth and the words, "Gym time."
Jackson's caption to the post went further in mocking Crews' testimony. It read, "LOL, What the f--- is going on out here man? Terry: I froze in fear. they would have had to take me to jail. get the strap." Jackson's Starz series "Power," which he executive produces and stars in, premieres its fifth season on Sunday. Deadline notes that Jackson has a history of making controversial posts and deleting them around the release of major projects. In January, he posted and later deleted a video speaking out against the cable company Altice USA for removing "Power" from its Starz lineup, which Deadline reports corresponded with the release of Jackson's movie "Den of Thieves." Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Here's why the US Men's team sucks at soccer from http://www.businessinsider.com/50-cent-mocks-terry-crews-sexual-assault-testimony-in-instagram-post-2018-6 University of Wales grad claimed it was ‘an honest mistake’ A former junior lawyer at international law firm DLA Piper who made inaccurate claims about her legal qualifications has been struck off by the Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT). Tania Bains embellished a number of her undergraduate law degree and Legal Practice Course (LPC) module results in her application for a training contract at national outfit Weightmans, and then later for an associate position at DLA Piper. Bains, who obtained a 2:1 from the University of Wales, spent three years as a paralegal at Irwin Mitchell before landing a training contract at Weightmans in 2013. Once qualified, she joined DLA Piper’s finance and projects team — a role she applied for using a recruitment agency. According to a judgment published by the SDT this week, Weightmans later reported Bains to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after it discovered a copy of her misleading CV on its internal IT system. The SDT heard how details relating to Bains’ LLB in her original training application conflicted with those held on record by the Univerity of Wales. Bains omitted a number of modules, included others she had never studied, and inflated the marks of some she had received. The misleading information didn’t stop there. The SDT heard how all 11 of her LPC module grades differed from those held on file by her course provider, The Univesity of Law. A comparison (screenshotted below) was included in the judgment. Appearing before the SDT, Bains claimed the score discrepancies were “an honest mistake” and that she had filled in the application from memory. Bains also said she had provided Weightmans with her LLB and LPC results during an assessment day and that the firm never queried the results. The tribunal found her explanation “not plausible or credible”. Turning to the CV Bains submitted via a recruiter, the SDT heard how it contained details from two colleagues’ CVs and also the Weightmans website. Bains claimed she had used one of her colleague’s CV as a template, however, due to time constraints placed upon her by the recruiter, she had forgotten to go back and change various details. On this, the SDT said:
The tribunal ordered Bains to be struck off and pay £6,000 in costs. The post Ex-DLA Piper junior solicitor struck off after falsifying LLB and LPC results appeared first on Legal Cheek. from https://www.legalcheek.com/2018/06/ex-dla-piper-junior-solicitor-struck-off-after-falsifying-llb-and-lpc-results/
PUBG withdrew from its claim and the case is reportedly closed. South Korea-based PUBG Corp. alleged in its suit that Epic Games copied its intellectual property to create "Fortnite." PUBG's claim, which was directed against Epic Games' South Korean offices, was filed in South Korea. Bluehole, the company behind PUBG, was not available for comment. The lawsuit, which was first reported on last month, was based on the same reason the two games became overnight successes: The wildly popular "battle-royale" type gameplay that pits 100 players against each other until one player or team is left standing. PUBG's lawsuit was criticized by people who suggested it was an overreaching claim — the concept of copyrighting a gameplay, such as "capture-the-flag," brings into question the game's originality, and a ruling on the issue could have set a wide precedent for future games. "Epic Games references 'PUBG' in the promotion of 'Fortnite' to their community and in communications with the press," Bluehole vice president and executive producer Chang Han Kim said in the press release in September 2017. "This was never discussed with us and we don't feel that it's right." While PUBG was released as an early-access on Steam in March 2017. Epic Games launched Fortnite in July 2017 and rolled out its battle royale mode in September. PUBG originally filed an injunction against Epic Games in January this year, claiming that the company had copied its user interface and weapon items, according to the BBC. PUBG and Epic Games have things in commonBut the two companies do have things in common. PUBG utilized Epic Games' Unreal Engine technology for its game, and both companies share the same mutual investor: Chinese holding company Tencent. Although Fortnite is a free-to-play game with in-game transactions, PUBG's price ranges from $19.99 on PC, to $29.99 on Xbox. Fortnite boasts an estimated 125 million players and was recently released on Nintendo Switch, which amassed over 2 million downloads within 24 hours of its release. PUBG on the other hand, may be experiencing a declining player base on the PC — the game reportedly peaked in January with 3.2 million concurrent players on Steam, and eventually tapered down to 1.7 million concurrent players in June. Still, the game has put up impressive sales numbers for the PC with around 30 million lifetime sales, totalling about $1 billion in one year. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Why Apple is having so many problems right now from http://www.businessinsider.com/pubg-drops-copyright-lawsuit-against-fortnite-epic-games-2018-6 A-level student mulls impact of degree choice on future legal career In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one aspiring solicitor wonders whether his ‘soft subject’ degree choice will hold him back.
If you have a career conundrum, email us with it to [email protected]. The post I’m about to go to uni to study psychology — should I reapply to a harder subject? appeared first on Legal Cheek. from https://www.legalcheek.com/2018/06/im-about-to-go-to-uni-to-study-psychology-should-i-reapply-to-a-harder-subject/ Early morning arrangement ‘for one year only’, says elite Russell Grouper Durham University Law School is introducing 8am lectures for the first time this Autumn. The elite Russell Grouper’s undergraduate intake for law this year is understood to be so large that it has been divided into two to be taught separately, with one cohort starting their day outside normal teaching hours. The timetable shake-up, according to reports, will also affect a small number of second year LLB-ers and students enrolled on courses at Durham’s Business School. In an email seen by student news website Palatinate, Durham Law School’s director of undergraduate studies explained how “there is nothing we as a department can do about this” and that it “is beyond our control”. The early starts are a result of “the increased number of students and the pressure this puts on timetabling and rooms”, he added. A spokesperson for Durham University told Legal Cheek: “The proposed 8am lectures form part of the university’s provisional teaching timetable for the academic year 2018/19. This is not final: it is only in place while students choose their modules. The final timetable will be published in September, after A-level confirmation, and once all returning students have registered for their modules.” They continued:
Durham’s decision to split its law intake comes just months after Legal Cheek revealed that seven universities took on more than 500 new law students last year. They are: Liverpool (590), Nottingham Trent (555), Essex (550), Leicester (515), The University of Law (510), Northumbria (505) and Leeds Beckett (500). Durham, by comparison, took on just 295. According to Open University research, early start times for teenagers and young 20-somethings are linked to “chronic, irrecoverable sleep loss”, averaging more than two hours a day. To combat this, the report suggests lectures should start no earlier than 11am for students to be able to perform at their best. The post No more lie-ins? Durham Law School set to introduce 8am lectures this Autumn appeared first on Legal Cheek. from https://www.legalcheek.com/2018/06/no-more-lie-ins-durham-law-school-set-to-introduce-8am-lectures-this-autumn/
United States District Court Judge Dana Sabraw granted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed over the family separations. More than 2,300 migrant children were separated from their parents after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration began a “zero tolerance” policy in early May, seeking to prosecute all adults who crossed the border illegally, including those traveling with children. “The facts set forth before the court portray reactive governance responses to address a chaotic circumstance of the government’s own making,” Sabraw wrote. “They belie measured and ordered governance, which is central to the concept of due process enshrined in our Constitution.” Sabraw ordered the government to reunite parents with their children younger than 5 years old within 14 days of the order, and children 5 years old and older within 30 days of the order. Sabraw’s ruling could force the administration to rapidly address confusion left by Trump’s recent executive order, and government agencies to scramble to reunite families. The administration can appeal. The ACLU had sued on behalf of a mother and her then 6-year-old daughter, who were separated after arriving last November in the United States to seek asylum and escape religious persecution in Democratic Republic of Congo. While they were reunited in March, the ACLU is pursuing class-action claims on behalf of other immigrants. Trump issued an executive order to end the family separations on June 20, but the government has yet to reunite about 2,000 children with their parents. The ACLU said on Monday Trump’s order contained “loopholes”, and proposed requiring that families be reunited within 30 days, unless the parents were unfit or were housed in adult-only criminal facilities. Before the preliminary injunction ruling, the U.S. government urged Sabraw not to require that it stop separating and quickly reunite migrant families after they illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, saying Trump’s executive order last week “largely” addressed those goals. Sabraw, who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, had on June 6 rejected the government’s bid to dismiss the case, saying forced separations could “shock the conscience” and amount to a violation of constitutional due process. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York, Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles and Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Darren Schuettler Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: This is how moveable prosthetic covers are made for bionic limbs from http://www.businessinsider.com/federal-judge-ruling-border-agents-cant-seperate-immigrant-parents-and-children-mexico-border-zero-tolerance-2018-6 |
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