Maryland ’s top law enforcement officials are pushing back against a recent Court of Appeals decision that prohibits DNA collection from suspects charged — but not yet convicted — of violent crimes, saying the ruling will allow dangerous criminals to go undetected by authorities. Read full article > >

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Md. high court bans DNA swabs of charged suspects; police, prosecutors seek appeal

Radical cleric Abu Qatada is granted bail following a hearing at the UK’s Special Immigration Appeals Commission.

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Radical cleric Qatada given bail

South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC’s decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.

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ANC youth leader appeal dismissed

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, without explanation, is holding up President Obama’s nomination of Patty Shwartz to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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Senator Menendez Stalls Obama Move to Promote Judge Patty Shwartz

A divided appeals court Tuesday upheld a District ban on semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity ammunition clips. In a 2-1 decision , a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld as constitutional a D.C. law that prohibited possession of assult rifles and “large-capacity magazines.” The court backed some D.C. firearm registration requirements but sent others back to a federal judge for reconsideration of an earlier ruling. Read full article > >

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Appeals court upholds D.C. gun ban

Thomas Haynesworth’s 27-year odyssey through false accusation, arrest, prison and pain still has a hurdle to clear in the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

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Man Cleared of Rape, but a Court Balks at Full Exoneration

Maryland has joined a growing number of states in which judges must demand greater proof from debt buyers before allowing them to sue consumers to recover alleged obligations. Rule changes by the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, are being hailed as a significant effort to stop debt collectors from getting judgments based on flimsy evidence. Read full article > >

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Maryland makes it tougher for debt collectors to sue consumers

His Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a whopping 50 percent of the country’s vote and an overwhelming 326 parliamentary seats. Still, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, AKP’s leader and Tukey’s bombastic prime minister, forsake his usual swagger for an apologetic tone during his victory speech on Sunday night. “Today is not a day of reckoning,” he said to a cheering crowd of several thousand at AKP headquarters in Turkey’s capital Ankara, “Today is a day of reconciliation.” Perhaps they were words prompted by the admitted loss of four seats. Nonetheless, they were, along with his appeals for consensus building with those that oppose him, uncharacteristic words for Erdogan, who has prided himself for being and representing the “outsider.”

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Sizing up Erdogan: A View from the Ground in Turkey

Fifa rejects the appeals by two former members suspended after allegations of corruption during the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding races.

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Fifa upholds suspended duo’s bans

After the appeals court’s ruling on Rahm Emanuel’s residency, the Illinois Supreme Court may be left to decide whether he can run for mayor.

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Court Says Emanuel Not Eligible to Run for Chicago Mayor

This doesn’t make things any less murky. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a 43-foot cross on San Diego’s Mt. Soledad-public property-unconstitutional, but they stopped short of having it removed completely. Instead, they sent it back to…

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Court: CA Cross Unconstitutional