Political Trial

• Caesar's Law or Political Trial?

Blackwell: Nobody knows if they're going to be EFM six months or a year. You can't say pay me $1 for the next five years. I wouldn't do that My thing with the city when the city got on its feet, I actually started before the year saying it's time to pay me. I borrowed $1 million on behalf of the city four or five months into my tenure because the city didn't' have enough money to make payroll. Blackwell: Yeah, so how can you just dismiss what that says? Even if you don't agree with the number. That's why the Attorney General's Office has a contract issue. But then it goes on further to say the city is indirectly responsible for all my payment And the state shall facilitate payment, which means the state shall advance cash if the city doesn't have the cash flow. Whatever the state advanc...

• Michigan Chronicle
• November 18, 2009

• Political Trial

A trial that addresses POLITICAL QUESTIONS, involves political officials, or serves political agendas...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Po–San

• Weldon v. Prairie Twp., (Ohio 2010)

Exceptions to political subdivision immunity do not apply to activities performed by an independent contractor on behalf of a political subdivision. Trial court properly granted directed verdict in political subdivision's favor.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Hayes Trial Also Political Issue?

By Mark Zaretsky Register Staff mzaretsky@newhavenregister.com EAST HAVEN -- Republican 99th House District candidate Linda Monaco defended her mailing of pro-death penalty postcards featuring a photo of convicted Cheshire home invasion killer Steven J. Hayes, saying she had no idea one juror lives in East Haven and did not think referring to the trial in a postcard was any different from a news story.

• New Haven Register
• October 30, 2010

• Political Foes Face Off in Court ; de Villepin, Sarkozy in Slander Trial

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin goes on trial Monday on charges of trying to use a bogus list of secret bank- account holders to smear President Nicolas Sarkozy at a time when the two were political archrivals. The trial promises to be a potboiler of the first order, with a cast of characters and a witness list that include senior intelligence officers, journalists, past and present ministers, a leading defense contractor and a bookish computer hacker who is also a self-proclaimed spy.

• The Washington Times
• September 21, 2009

• ECUADOR: INTERIOR MINISTER QUITS TO AVOID POLITICAL TRIAL.

The administration of President Alfredo Palacio has gone through frequent changes among those in its top posts, the latest precipitated by the resigna...

• NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
• Nbr. 2005, January 2005

• ARGENTINA: POLITICAL TRIAL REMOVES MAYOR OF BUENOS AIRES FROM OFFICE.

Buenos Aires Mayor Anibal Ibarra has been removed from office after exactly two-thirds of the Sala Juzgadora, the legislative judicial council set up ...

• NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
• Nbr. 2006, January 2006

• Stirring the Waters: Whether The Pirate Bay Case and the Thomas-Rasset Case Will Impact File Sharing and Piracy in Sweden and the United States

Introduction - II. Background - A. The Pirate Bay Case - 1. The Case - 2. The ?Political Trial of the Decade? - 3. Fallout of and Response to the TPB Case - 4. Immediate Impact of the Pirate Bay Case - 5. The Appeal - B. The Thomas-Rasset Case - 1. Take One: Capital Records, Inc. v. Thomas - 2. The Second Attempt and Reaction to the Second Verdict - 3. The Third Time is Definitely Not the Charm - III. Legal background - A. Swedish Copyright Law and Reform - 1. The Pirate Party - B. U.S. Copyright Law and Expansion - 1. Calls for Reform - IV. Analysis - A. Types of Deterrence - B. Potential Success of Each Country?s Pirate Party and the Ability To Reform - C. Social View of File Sharing - D. Alignment with Existing Copyright Enforcement - E. Availability of Alternate Means - V. Conclu...

• Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
• Nbr. 20-2, October 2011

• A Real Trial or a Political Show Coming to Nyc?

The Stratfor Global Intelligence Report stated that [Eric Holder]'s decision was "driven" by the need for the U.S. government to decide how to dispose of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which is the U.S. naval base situated outside the nation's boundaries. According to [Ramsey Clark], the issue of a constitutional trial looms big. "I think the right place for this trial is in a U.S. court, and I believe the Geneva Convention will cover this trial," Clark opined. He said that instruments such as the Geneva Convention do not freeze themselves in time and were constructed to move forward with issues of law. "I disagree with those who say the 1949 convention is not relevant to this case," Clark said. Donna Lieberman, executive director of the NYACLU, told the AmNews that while her group ...

• New York Amsterdam News
• December 16, 2009

• Local Political Activist On Trial for Battery

WHITTIER - Local political activist Joe Marsico admitted on the stand Wednesday to "raging" against a man who has a restraining order against the perennial Whittier City Council candidate. Testifying on his own behalf, Marsico, 67, admitted that "bottled up feelings" exploded when he saw Carl Decuir, who he is accused of hitting last December.

• Whittier Daily News
• March 12, 2009