{"id":58,"date":"2005-12-21T11:37:50","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T19:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=58"},"modified":"2005-12-21T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2005-12-21T19:38:19","slug":"judges-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2005\/judges-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not dangerous<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Group sex between consenting adults is neither prostitution nor a threat to society, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Wednesday, dismissing arguments that the sometimes raucous activities of so-called “swingers” clubs were dangerous.<\/p>\n

In a ruling that radically changes the way Canadian courts determine what poses a threat to the population….<\/p>\n

It took him<\/a> this long to figure it out?<\/p>\n

A federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of President Bush’s secret authorization of a domestic spying program, according to two sources.<\/p>\n

In India, a good decision<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Adult movies will be banned from television in the Indian city of Mumbai and the state it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in starting immediately, a two-judge panel ruled today.<\/p>\n

And might sixty years later<\/a> be too late?<\/p>\n

A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered Nagasaki’s local government to pay a total of USD 7,076.07 in back benefits to relatives of a South Korean man who survived the 1945 atomic bomb blast at the city.<\/p>\n

No More Taxes<\/a> (as wholesale fees on cigarettes, anyway):<\/p>\n

Minnesota will appeal a court ruling that struck down a 75-cents-per-pack wholesale fee on cigarettes that was expected to raise $400 million for the current two-year state budget, according to the governor.<\/p>\n

Does this qualify as another good ruling<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Ten Commandments are displayed as part of what is called the Foundations of American Law and Government.<\/p>\n

And in New York, freedom of creak<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A judge has ruled that a chiropractor reprimanded by the state last year for treating horses should not have been censured.<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

So how many of these rulings are cases of the judiciary taking into its hands that which it should not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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