Posts tagged supreme court

• How do you feel about the Florida Supreme Court Justices' retention elections?

  Wayne Parsons | May 06, 2012 1:35 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The politicians and the special interests and lobbyists that fund them are supposed to keep their hands off the judicial branch of government. That is how the American system works. The Judicial...

• Is The Conservative Attack On Sotomayor A Double Standard?

  Wayne Parsons | July 14, 2009 3:08 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I am using the term conservative rather than Republican to describe the current confirmation hearing squabbles over Sonia Sotomayor. Many Republicans support her because of her obvious...

• Billion-dollar jury verdicts disappear after appeals, new rulings.

  Wayne Parsons | January 09, 2009 2:40 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Bloomberg News (1/8, Fisk) reported, The billion-dollar jury verdict has disappeared from U.S. courtrooms according to Bloomberg data. Bloomberg notes that, because of changes in legal rulings,...

• Justice in Hawaii: storm warning from Florida Supreme Court election

  Wayne Parsons | May 04, 2012 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Democracy is often equated with justice and giving power to the people. Popular elections are held up as the hallmark of freedom. In Florida they elect their judges _ something we don't do in...

• The Conservative Judicial Activism Chronicles: Notice Pleading is No Longer the Law in Federal Court

  Wayne Parsons | July 28, 2009 2:26 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Filing a lawsuit for personal injury, civil rights, employment disputes and all other cases has just become more complex in Federal Court. This article is for trial attorneys who might be caught by...

• Another Day of More Spin: Do We Care If Sotomayor Answers Questions?

  Wayne Parsons | July 16, 2009 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The fact is that Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor is avoiding answering questions. Hours go by and no question is answered with anything but political speak. Is that important? I think it is and I...

• White House begins push for Sotomayor as GOP considers strategy.

  Wayne Parsons | May 28, 2009 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Coverage of the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor follows several tracks. While much attention is given to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's online assertion that Sotomayor is a...

• Obama: Supreme Court nominee must be attuned to "daily realities."

  Wayne Parsons | May 04, 2009 7:46 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Wall Street Journal (5/2, A3, Weisman, Bravin) reported, The battle to influence the next Supreme Court pick began Friday as President Barack Obama announced that Justice David Souter would...

• Justice Souter said to be retiring at end of court's term.

  Wayne Parsons | May 01, 2009 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Supreme Court Justice Souter's planned retirement was heavily covered by the media, appearing on the front page of major national newspapers. The AP (5/1, Sherman, Loven) reports that Supreme Court...

• New Supreme Court session seen as worth watching.

  Wayne Parsons | February 06, 2009 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Forbes (2/5, Fisher) reported, Cases recalling the commercial struggles of the early United States, the fate of 1.2 million acres of Hawaiian real estate and the question of whether judges should be...