Kelly convicted of multiple child pornography and enticement charges, acquitted on others, report saysJudge orders an Iowa teen who killed her alleged rapist to pay his family $150,000 in restitutionCindy Blackstock asks Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to reject $20B child welfare compensation dealCalifornia governor OKs mental health courts for homelessOntario Ministry of Health reverses course on guardianship requirement for disabled womanOntario seniors to pay $400/day to stay in hospital… [read post]

But I had a glimpse of your animated conversation this morning concerning guardianship under the MRTP Act. [read post]

   Instead, Loughlin focuses, as does Ran Hirshl in his influential book Juristocracy, on the accretion of power by judiciaries all over the world, especially those who take as part of their modern remit “reading” their local constitution in light of often unwritten (or “unenumerated”) provisions that, nonetheless, are thought necessary to enforce or maintain the “fundamental values,” the deepest commitments—what Philip Bobbitt in his influential… [read post]

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, does not appear to have gone on record as vehemently opposing Roe v. [read post]