As Supreme Court decisions loom, a legal assault is weakening SEC’s power
A legal assault on the US Securities and Exchange Commission is chipping away at its powers to oversee Wall Street and is likely to intensify with two imminent Supreme Court…
The hopeful future of the Supreme Court
It is a new day in a new Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP). Led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the SCP now appears to be making noble efforts to…
Tears in a Supreme Court
“One single object… will entitle you to the endless gratitude of society; that of restraining judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson “… if the polity of the government upon…
In US Supreme Court elections case, politicians could win either way
Though the US Supreme Court appears reluctant to free North Carolina Republican lawmakers from judicial scrutiny as much as they want on voting rules, the restrictions it may allow still…
Harvard and UNC race cases present test for US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court is set to consider whether colleges may continue to use race as a factor in student admissions in two cases that give its conservative majority a…
Reverse-engineering the Supreme Court
Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial is a good man faced with an impossible situation. No matter what he does, he is likely to be lambasted by one side or another.…
Conservative’ Supreme Court proves political bad news for Trump
Just months before President Donald Trump stands for reelection, his central pitch to conservatives — that he has remade the US justice system in their image — is unravelling. Twice…
Supreme Court’s Annual Report 2018-19
The purpose of annual reports published by the Supreme Court of Pakistan is to highlight its performance with respect to disposal of cases, efforts to improve the general system of…
Supreme Court at a crossroads
“Some of our greatest national problems will be relieved if only we realize the momentousness of what has transpired in this country since 2007.” – Justice Jawwad S Khawaja The…
Time for a woman on the Supreme Court
The writer is the inaugural dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston Univeristy and former vice chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). One hundred…
