Tag: Supreme Court of Argentina

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  Argentina's congress to begin evaluation of Justice Fayt's health condition

  

  Argentina's Lower House Impeachment Committee has approved a motion to begin evaluations on the health of Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt, in order to determine whether the judge has the physical and mental capacity to continue in his post.

• Monday, May 11th 2015 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentine congress will try to evaluate 'psychophysical condition” of Justic Fayt

  

  Argentina's Lower Houe Impeachment Committee has a busy week ahead, with the agenda including a request to evaluate Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt’s 'psychophysical condition'. The committee will also treat impeachment requests against Prosecutor General Alejandra Gils Carbó, foreign minister Hector Timerman and vice-president Amado Boudou.

• Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 10:02 UTC

  Strong support for Supreme Court and members from Argentina's main private sector organizations

  

  Some twenty private organizations representing commerce, agriculture and other activities openly supported in a Friday release Argentina's Supreme Court and Judiciary, rejecting what was described as “hostile expressions” from some government officials.

• Friday, May 8th 2015 - 07:57 UTC

  Argentine government denies 'persecution' of Supreme Court Judges but insists in pouncing on Justice Fayt

  

  The Argentine government denied on Thursday it was 'persecuting' Supreme Court Justices but kept the pressure on by insisting the process to re-elect Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti was full of irregularities and members could have committed 'ideological falseness'.

• Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Argentine Justice shrugs off impeachment threat: “I'm used to this kind of attacks”

  

  Argentina's Justice Carlos Fayt, the oldest member of the Supreme Court (97) and questioned by the government of president Cristina Fernandez, which demands evidence of his health and mental conditions, has said through his lawyer, Jorge Rizzo that he is not concerned about a possible impeachment hearing raised against him, since 'he is used to this kind of attacks'.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Argentine S. Court ratifies Chief Justice; Cristina Fernandez wants to impeach a second Justice

  

  In another chapter of the ongoing dispute between Argentine president Cristina Fernández and a non-submissive Judiciary, the country's Supreme Court issued a statement on Tuesday ratifying Ricardo Lorenzetti as Chief Justice for three more years starting in 2016, following versions that he was pushing to leave the SC on yet unclear “moral fatigue” grounds.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2015 - 09:18 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez wins a battle on her ongoing attack on the non submissive Judiciary

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez and her followers might be having a rough time in the current round of local elections and primaries leading to the presidential vote next October, but her infighting skills remain intact: on her ongoing battle with the Judiciary branch she managed to put in check the Supreme Court.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 03:11 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court closes ranks in support of leading Judge Lorenzetti

  

  The seven members of Argentina's Supreme Court came out in full support of the body's president Ricardo Lorenzetti who was accused of holding meetings with members of President Cristina Fernandez government and opposition lawmakers demanded he be impeached.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:45 UTC

  Clarin loses constitutional battle, but Argentine government ordered to treat all media equally

  

  The Argentine Supreme Court on Tuesday after four years of litigation finally declared the constitutionality of the Broadcast Media Law, effective immediately, and which forces the powerful Clarin media consortium to comply with the antimonopoly legislation and sell off many of its operating licenses.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 06:41 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez wins slander case in Rome: she did not go on a shopping spree

  

  President Cristina Fernández said she would like to see “some more justice in Argentina” after referring to a court case she won against an Italian newspaper which in 2008 claimed that while in Rome she went on an extravagant shopping spree: “Hunger and dolce vita in Rome”.