…losses suffered by investments in its territory owing to armed conflict or civil strife. He goes on to speculate that this could give rise to compensation claims due to interpreting…

…the reaction from civil rights organizations was swift, and heartily condemning, as they defended a law that everyone acknowledges is a great monument in the civil rights struggle.) Scalia’s comment,…

…the Civil Rights movement. Because clean energy and a non-warming world are a basic civil and human right that we deserve and will only get it if we demand it….

…that violate criminal or civil law—a separate “public policy” exemption that has existed since the founding; people (including corporate people) can’t simply contract away the criminal law or certain types…

…foreigners as long as the fraudulent transactions take place outside the USA or involve securities listed overseas. Many experts believe Morrison also provides immunity from SEC civil and federal criminal…

…civil rights cases, and many other types of cases, that the ideological right disfavors on substantive grounds, while finding no such procedural/jurisdictional bars when the issue is, say, property “takings”…

…statute provides that “[t]he district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or…

…and Justice Department to launch civil and criminal prosecutions of those culpable for the financial meltdown. Although he concludes DOJ lacked the will to prosecute, Mr. Connaughton also describes testimony…

…had decided not to pursue a civil fraud case related to a subprime mortgage deal. When the story of the financial crisis is finally written, this may turn out to…

…has worked. As my teenage daughter would say, “no duh.” Johnson predicted this when he passed civil rights legislation — the South has been lost to the Democrats “for a…