Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 5:00am
Since February, Omaha nonprofit news organization NOISE has reported on the expanding story of Nebraska’s contract with the financially troubled child welfare organization Saint Francis Ministries.
Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 4:00am
The Nebraska Paralegal Association sponsored its annual poster contest for area fifth grade students in conjunction with Omaha Bar Association Law Day celebration.
The winning poster has been put on display for the month of May on a billboard on the east side of northbound 90th Street just south of Maple Road. The first through third place finishers also received cash prizes from the Omaha Bar Association.
Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 3:00am
The Daily Record sponsored the annual essay contest for area eighth grade students in conjunction with the Omaha Bar Association Law Day celebration, which has traditionally been coordinated by members of the Omaha Legal Professionals Association.
Published by Scott Stewart on Thu, 05/06/2021 - 5:00am
Climate change is a global issue that countries address in their own ways. To achieve success, they have built frameworks that have changed over the years.
What they have in common, though, is seeking to use the rule of law as a foundation upon which to coordinate an international response to climate change. From there, political power must uphold the decisions made in negotiations among many countries.
Published by Scott Stewart on Thu, 05/06/2021 - 3:00am
Mary Schon didn’t have it easy growing up.
Schon’s book “The Pear Tree Principle,” chronicles her journey from poverty to self-made career success in real estate and lays out the steps she took in a swift 129-page package.
Published by Scott Stewart on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 4:00am
The rule of law is on the decline internationally, while the United States has been slowly losing ground to a handful of other countries — knocking it out of the top 20 countries for the rule of law last March, just around the beginning of the pandemic, according to an analysis from the World Justice Project, which publishes the Rule of Law Index.
Published by Scott Stewart on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 3:00am
The year is 1665 and England is experiencing its worst plague since the Black Death epidemic ravished the area over 300 years prior.
The Great Plague is thought to have killed about 15% of London’s population and forced King Charles II to remove his court and relocate from London to Oxford, where it was deemed safer.
Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 5:00am
“As the American political system, and increasingly the American public, become more polarized, an unwavering commitment by attorneys and judges to the rule of law could not be more important. The founders took great care to insulate the judiciary from political forces, and it is our responsibility to maintain (and in some cases regain) the public trust that Courts are impartial arbiters of society’s most pressing disputes. ”