Amici Curiae: The Khadr Countdown, Pie in the Face and Pants on the Ground Edition
SCC Decision in Khadr Today Will the SCC defy, or defer to, the Harper government? Today, the SCC delivers its judgment in Prime Minister of Canada et al. v. Omar...
Monthly Archive: January 2010
Supreme Corp.: Citizens United and the Undoing of Campaign Finance Reform
On the afternoon of September 12, 2005, the media were more concerned with the news that Michael D. Brown—or “Brownie,” of Hurricane Katrina “heck of a job” fame—had resigned than...
Why Judicial Activism is a Two-Way Street
As briefly surveyed in last Friday’s Amici Curiae, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08-205, is causing quite the stir in judicial...
MiningWatch Canada v Canada and Multi-jurisdictional Environmental Assessments
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its judgment on MiningWatch Canada v Canada (Fisheries and Oceans), [2010] 1 SCR 6 [MiningWatch]. MiningWatch deals with the level...
