FINNISH PRIME MINISTER IN HER BOISTEROUS PARTYING

Finland, August 18, 2022

 

 

Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin, was having a party with friends in a private setting. 

 

In the videos who was taken and filmed in a private place, the 36-year-old Prime Minister was dancing and singing with friends and admitted that they are partying in a boisterous way but angry with the footage which prompted criticism from political opponents in her behavior of unbecoming a Prime Minister. 

 

"These videos are private and filmed in a private space. I resent that these became known to the public," Marin told reporters in Kuopio, Finland. 

 

"I spend a night with my friends. We just partied, also in a boisterous way. I danced and sang," she said. 

 

Mikko Karna, an opposition MP, tweeted that Marin should undergo a drug test. 

 

Supporters of Marin defended her and charged critics with double standard. 

 

Ashok Swain, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Sweden's Uppsala University said, "Why can't she party after work? Do we expect leaders not to be human beings?"

 

LIBYA CRISIS: GADDAFI'S FAMILY FLED TO ALGERIA

(Col. Gaddafi's wife, Safia; sons Muhammad and Hannibal and daughter Ayesha)

Algeria's APS News Agency through its Foreign Ministry said that the family of fugitive Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi fled to Algeria.

Safia, the wife of Gaddafi,  together with her sons Mohammad and Hannibal and daughter Ayesha left Libya early Monday and seek refuge to Algeria while the fugitive leader still went into hiding to date. 

Libyan rebels said that the sheltering of Algeria to the family members of Gaddafi is considered as an act of aggression and calling them for extradition.

Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports quoted by the rebels stated that Gaddafi's son, Khamis, might have been killed  in a clash near Bani Walid since his soldiers have been captured and burned in the area.

The rebels were trying to overcome the pockets of resistance by Gaddafi's loyalists and preparing for advance search of  Gaddafi in his birthplace, Sirte however,  they believes that Col. Gaddafi was still in Tripoli area.

NTC Spokesman of Algeria, Mahmoud Shamman told Reuters News Agency, "we have promised to provide a just trial to all those criminals. We are warning not to shelter Gaddafi and his sons."

WEST MEMPHIS THREE WERE FREED IN JAIL UNDER ALFORD PLEA

The West Memphis Three whose real names are Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr., have been released from Arkansas prison today after they pleaded guilty under Alford plea.

Alford plea also called as Kennedy plea,   is a plea where the defendant admits that sufficient evidence exists with which the prosecution could likely convince a judge or jury to find the defendant guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

Alford guilty plea and Alford doctrine, under the law of the United States, it is a guilty plea in criminal court where the defendant does not admit the act and asserts innocence.   

In 1994, the three were convicted of triple Murder after killing 3 eight  year old boys by means of satanic ritual sometime in 1993. Baldwin and Misskelley had been sentenced to life imprisonment while Echols was on a death row.

The controversial case of West Memphis Three was made famous by the HBO documentary, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and was  made as a national story for many years. Reports said,  the three were wrongfully convicted of the crime they did not commit and DNA results prove their innocence. The DNA test failed to show of any evidence to prove the guilt  of the three accused beyond reasonable doubt. 

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SC ANNOUNCED RESULTS OF 2010 PHILIPPINE BAR EXAMINATIONS

At around 2:26 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, the Supreme Court announced that the results of the 2010 Philippine Bar Examinations will be released on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Gleoresty Guerra, Deputy Chief, SC Public Information Office said, Chief Justice Corona has to call for a special en banc (full court) session on Thursday morning for the decoding of the 2010 Bar Examinations results. The session will also determine the passing percentage of the exams.

According to Cristina Layusa, head of the Office of the Bar Confidant, decoding is the process where the Supreme Court orders the Office of the Bar Confidant to open the sealed envelopes with the names of the candidates who passed the exams.

After the decoding the names will be flashed on video screens mounted near the Supreme Court's gate of Padre Faura. The exact time the names will be flashed depends on the time the decoding ends and the number of those who passed the exams.

Layusa added, "the decoding is always with the presence of the Chair of the Bar Exams. For this year, it was Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales. So Justice Morales will be with us during the decoding."

Guys, don't miss to follow this issue to have the full list of successful examinees during the 2010 Philippine Bar Examinations.

REFORMS IN THE 2011 PHILIPPINE BAR EXAMINATIONS

Anytime from now, the result of 2010 Philippine Bar Examinations will be released.  It  is just few months to remember after the four Sundays of September last year, where  the last Sunday had been horrified by a blast that left 50 people injured.

The violent attacked during the culmination of the 2010 Philippine Bar Examination recommends improved security protocol for future Bar Examinations to prevent the occurrence of similar violent incidents.

And just last month, January 18, 2011, B.M. (Bar Matter) No. 2265 Otherwise known as the Reforms in the 2011 Bar Examinations has been effected where the examinations shall apply  Multiple Choice Questions and Essay-type. 

After the 2011 Philippine Bar Examinations, future Chairpersons of the Bar Examination are directed to study the feasibility of (a) Holding in the interest and economy bar examinations simultaneously in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; and  (b) Allowing those who pass the MCQ examinations but fail the essay-type examinations to take removal examinations in the immediately following year.

The effected Bar Matter moved the date of the 2011 Bar Examinations from September to November 2011 and the filing of Petitions to take the examinations shall be on July 1, 2011 to August 15, 2011. 

So, don't miss to follow this issue for the result  of the 2010 Philippine Bar Examinations which is soon to be released.

ELENA KAGAN PROFILE SUPREME COURT POTENTIAL NOMINEE

Since Justice John Paul Stevens is retiring and going to leave the Supreme Court this summer,  among the potential nominees to replace Justice Steven's position is Solicitor General Elena Kagan, garnered strong and popular admiration from legal experts and spectators.

Solicitor General Elena Kagan has a long experienced in the government with a brilliant academic background however, lacks judicial experience to share her legal philosophy. 

Kagan, 49, is the first female lawyer to serve as U.S. Solicitor General, a  prosecution subsidiary to represent the federal government in any legal proceedings before the Supreme Court.  Prior to this appointment, she was an Associate Counsel to the President and a Domestic Policy Adviser in the Clinton Administration for four years. 

During the 2009 confirmation hearing for her appointment as Solicitor General, Kagan often endorsed the legal concept of stare decisis, requiring that courts should pay deference to past decisions that have become settled law, a doctrine embraced by opponents of judicial activism.

SG Elena Kagan is a native of New York and a graduate of Princeton University, Oxford and Harvard Law School.  She became a Clerk of  Court of Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She also became an Associate of the Williams & Connolly Law Firm for two years.

In 1999 she was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by President Clinton but said nomination was derailed when the Senate Judiciary Committee's Chairman, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, delayed a hearing in hopes that a Republican would win the presidency in 2000 and appoint a Republican nominee.

As an expert in Presidential Administration, in 2003 she was the first woman to be appointed as Dean of Harvard Law School who was also a lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law including Civil Procedure. During her stay in Harvard Law School, she was a consensus builder who recruited high-profile faculty members.

Her popular controversy was in 2004 banning military recruiters to  access campus facilities to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy, Banning Gay and Lesbian Soldiers from Serving the U.S. Military." Two years later said ban had been reversed when a Supreme Court decision left the school at risk of losing federal funding.

A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked her about the recent Supreme Court ruling in Heller vs. D.C., where the court in its Second Amendment  ruled 5-4 granting individuals the right to bear arms. 

Kagan said she would have full respect to the rulings of the Court.

"If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court." she said. 

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS RETIRING

Justice John Paul Stevens officially announced today, Friday, that he is retiring as Justice of the Higher Court of the land.

Justice Stevens, 89, joined the Supreme Court in 1975 during the presidency of President Gerald Ford and has been serving his country from his enlistment before the day of the Pearl Harbor to his long and distinguished tenure in the Supreme Court with honor, humility and as impartial guardian of the law.

Stevens said he will step down as soon as the court finishes its work for the summer in late June or early July. He said he hopes his successor is confirmed "well in advance of the commencement of the court's next term."

Speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden after returning from a trip to Europe, President Obama offered ample praise for Stevens and promised to move quickly to replace him.

"While we cannot replace Justice Steven's experience and wisdom, I will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities: an independent mind, a record of excellence and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the American people." Obama said.

Potential nominees are 7th Circuit Appeals Court Judge Diane Wood, 59; Solicitor General Elena Kagan, 49; and D.C. Circuit Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland, 57.

Possible contenders are State Department Legal Adviser and Former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh, 55, who would also become the Supreme Court's First Asian-American Justice and Cass Sunstein, 55, a longtime Constitutional Law Professor now overseeing the federal government's regulation-approval unit at the Office of Management and Budget.