Tag: chief justice

Renewed Calls for Canada’s Ex-Chief Justice to Quit Hong Kong’s Top Court as HK Police Hunt Democracy Activists

Calls for Canada’s former chief justice Beverley McLachlin to resign from Hong Kong’s top court have rekindled after police in the city offered bounties for eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists living overseas. “Given the nature of the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] and its control of Hong Kong, the courts in Hong Kong will not remain independent…


LIVE 9 PM ET: Supreme Court Chief Roberts Speaks at American Law Institute Event

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Delivers a speech and receives an award at 9:00 p.m. ET on May 23 at the American Law Institute’s annual dinner. The chief justice’s remark comes as the Supreme Court faces ethics scrutiny from Congress. …


Elizabeth Clement Unanimously Selected as New Michigan Chief Justice

Michigan Supreme Court justices have unanimously voted to name GOP-appointed judge Elizabeth Clement as the new chief justice following the retirement of Justice Bridget McCormack. After 10 years on the bench, McCormack announced in September that she would retire from the court at the end of the current term. McCormack will join the American Arbitration…


Benson and Bussey: Time to Reassess the Canadian Judicial Council?

Commentary A complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) was recently filed concerning comments made by the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC). The complaint alleged that Justice Wagner’s comments on the trucker convoy protests in Ottawa, published by Le Devoir on April 9, 2022, “fit the definition…