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Liberia: Former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott Blames Executive and Legislature For The Pilling Up of Cases at the Judiciary
Liberia: Former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott Blames Executive and Legislature For The Pilling Up of Cases at the Judiciary
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MONROVIA – Former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott has blamed the Executive and the Legislature branches of government for the huge number of cases piling up at the Judiciary.
Justice Scott said the caseload on the Judiciary is due to the low budgetary support, signing and ratification of international laws by the Executive and the Legislature without the impact of the Judiciary.
The case asks Massachusetts justices to balance family values, constitutional rights and a confusing new law.
Plexiglas shields the courtroom witness stand in the Southern District of New York’s Daniel Moynihan Courthouse part of a remodel with public health in mind for reopening the courthouse during the coronavirus pandemic. (Courthouse News photo/Adam Klasfeld)
BOSTON (CN) The Massachusetts Supreme Court struggled Friday to figure out when a parent can be called to testify if their child is accused of a crime.
Three years ago Massachusetts became the fifth state in the country to adopt a rule that parents don’t have to testify against their minor children. But prosecutors are now trying to turn the law around and use it against juvenile defendants, by saying the law prohibits
SJC rebukes Brookline, rules town was wrong to terminate firefighter who cited racist work environment
By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated April 27, 2021, 1:23 p.m.
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The stateâs high court Tuesday unanimously sided with a former Brookline firefighter who has been battling with the town since 2010 over what he has called a racist work environment that was allowed to flourish in the wealthy communityâs fire department.
The Supreme Judicial Court said the town was wrong when it terminated Gerald Alston after he refused to return to the job and stopped communicating with the department, a refusal Alston linked to his fear of working in a racially hostile environment. Alston also acknowledged using cocaine, the court said, which the town cited when its Select Board fired him in 2016.
With millions of dollars at stake, casinos faced tough questioning about whether their games were fair but it wasn’t clear who will ultimately win the jackpot.
Ahead of the June 1 reopening of Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., a masked blackjack dealer demonstrates newly installed clear, plastic shields that surround table games on May 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)
BOSTON (CN) Blackjack players who claim they were cheated out of tens of millions of dollars by Massachusetts casinos appeared to face better odds in arguments Wednesday before the state’s highest court.
The court heard two class actions claiming that many players were unknowingly steered into a variant where they got a payout of only 6:5 for a blackjack an ace along with a 10 or face card instead of the traditional payout of 3:2.