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Extreme Makeover: Uncle Sam Edition

Arts, Culture & Media

I’m as patriotic as the next guy.  But this morning on the subway, I couldn’t help but feel a bit deflated by the sight of our national mascot peddling fast cash. Uncle Sam, how c…

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A migrant from El Salvador gets her chance in immigration court

Justice

In South Africa, a movement to bring tribal courts into mainstream legal system

Pakistani judicial system groans under corruption, volume of cases

South Africa Considers Legislation to Give Tribal Courts Authority

Global Politics
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Pakistan Court Charges Prime Minister Gilani with Contempt

Conflict & Justice

In Pakistan, the Supreme Court is charging the country’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt of court after Gilani refused to obey a court order.

Court Vacancies Force Judges From Retirement

Conflict & Justice

There are 95 vacancies in the federal courts, forcing semi-retired senior judges to pick up the slack – a lot of it. How is the shortage of federal judges affecting the court system and the administration of justice across the United States?

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Paying for Justice? How We Elect Judges

Conflict & Justice

For a look at the tricky process of electing judges, The Takeaway talks to Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent for The New York Times, and to Tom Phillips, a lawyer with Baker Botts in Austin, Texas.

The World

Judges rule California must close prisons

Global Politics

A panel of federal judges has ruled that California is not providing its prison population with adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce its prison population. The state says it will appeal. Anti-prison advocates talk with The Takeaway.

The World

Women judges under threat in Egypt

Conflict & Justice

Over the past 8 years, Egypt made great strides in women’s rights when it started appointing women as judges. That move met with great resistance and now, there’s a move to ban women judges altogether. Ursula Lindsey reports from Cairo.

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