A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or puisne court,elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning. Depending on the jurisdiction,such justices dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve,and are usually not required to have any formal legal education in order to qualify for the office. Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U. S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital,Concord. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices appointed by the Governor and Executive Council to serve during "good behavior" until retirement or the age of seventy. The senior member of the Court is able to specially assign lower-court judges,as well as retired justices,to fill vacancies on the Court.
William Holcombe Pryor Jr. is an American lawyer who has served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2020. He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the court by President George W. Bush in 2004. He is a former commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission. Previously,he was the attorney general of Alabama,from 1997 to 2004.
The Criminal Court of the City of New York is a court of the State Unified Court System in New York City that handles misdemeanors and lesser offenses,and also conducts arraignments and preliminary hearings in felony cases.
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England,546 U.S. 320 (2006),was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving a facial challenge to New Hampshire's parental notification abortion law. The First Circuit had ruled that the law was unconstitutional and an injunction against its enforcement was proper. The Supreme Court vacated this judgment and remanded the case,but avoided a substantive ruling on the challenged law or a reconsideration of prior Supreme Court abortion precedent. Instead,the Court only addressed the issue of remedy,holding that invalidating a statute in its entirety "is not always necessary or justified,for lower courts may be able to render narrower declaratory and injunctive relief."
Alice Robie Resnick is an American attorney and jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
The murder of Michael Briggs occurred on October 16,2006,in Manchester,New Hampshire,United States. Briggs,a police officer,was shot while on duty and was transported to the hospital,where he died of his injuries. The suspect,Michael "Stix" Addison,fled New Hampshire,prompting a manhunt by police. Fifteen hours after the shooting,Addison was arrested in Dorchester,Massachusetts. He was charged by Boston Police with being a fugitive from justice. He waived domestic extradition and was transported back to New Hampshire.
Annette Kingsland Ziegler is an American jurist serving as chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since May 2021. She has been a member of the court since 2007,and is generally regarded as part of its conservative wing. Ziegler served as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Washington County from 1997 to 2007.
Judicial misconduct occurs when a judge acts in ways that are considered unethical or otherwise violate the judge's obligations of impartial conduct.
Susan Pia Graber is an American attorney and jurist. She is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A native of Oklahoma,she was the 90th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1990 to 1998. She served on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1988 to 1990.
Stacie-Marie Laughton is an American politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2020 to 2022,representing District 31 in Hillsborough County. A member of the Democratic Party,she had previously been elected to the chamber in the 2012 elections to represent Ward 4 in Nashua,but resigned her position as Representative-elect due to the surfacing of a past criminal conviction. She was also a selectwoman in the ward.
Lisa A. Biron is a disbarred attorney from Manchester,New Hampshire,and a convicted child molester and child pornographer. In November 2012,she was indicted on federal charges related to the sexual exploitation of her 14-year-old daughter,including taking her to Canada to have sex with a man there. She was convicted on all charges in a January 2013 trial,and was sentenced that May to 40 years in prison.
Jane Louise Kelly is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
The Judiciary of Virginia is defined under the Constitution and law of Virginia and is composed of the Supreme Court of Virginia and subordinate courts,including the Court of Appeals,the Circuit Courts,and the General District Courts. Its administration is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,the Judicial Council,the Committee on District Courts,the Judicial Conferences,the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission,and various other offices and officers.
The Judiciary of Louisiana is defined under the Constitution and law of Louisiana and is composed of the Louisiana Supreme Court,the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal,the District Courts,the Justice of the Peace Courts,the Mayor's Courts,the City Courts,and the Parish Courts. The Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court is the chief administrator of the judiciary,and its administration is aided by the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana,the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board,and the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Landya Marie Boyer McCafferty is an American attorney and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She is the first woman to serve as a federal judge of the District Court of New Hampshire.
Gordon J. MacDonald is an American attorney who has served as the chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court since 2021. He previously served as the 30th Attorney General of New Hampshire from 2017 to 2021.
Britt Cagle Grant is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
In the United States,individual states have primary jurisdiction in matters of public morality. The topfreedom movement has claimed success in a few instances in persuading some state and federal courts to overturn some state laws on the basis of sex discrimination or equal protection,arguing that a woman should be free to expose her chest in any context in which a man can expose his. Other successful cases have been on the basis of freedom of expression in protest,or simply that exposure of breasts is not indecent.
Jamie Rutland Grosshans is a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
