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United States Postal Inspection Service

March 23rd, 2011 Comments off

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United States Postal Inspection Service
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As one of our country’s oldest federal law enforcement agencies, founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Inspection Service has a long, proud, and successful history of fighting criminals who attack our nation’s postal system and misuse it to defraud, endanger, or otherwise threaten the American public. As the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is a highly specialized, professional organization performing investigative and security functions essential to a stable and sound postal system.

Congress empowered the Postal Service "to investigate postal offenses and civil matters relating to the Postal Service." Through its security and enforcement functions, the Postal Inspection Service provides assurance to American businesses for the safe exchange of funds and securities through the U.S. Mail; to postal customers of the "sanctity of the seal" in transmitting correspondence and messages; and to postal employees of a safe work environment.

As fact-finding and investigative agents, Postal Inspectors are federal law enforcement officers who carry firearms, make arrests and serve federal search warrants and subpoenas. Inspectors work closely with U.S. Attorneys, other law enforcement agencies, and local prosecutors to investigate postal cases and prepare them for court. There are approximately 1,750 Postal Inspectors stationed throughout the United States who enforce more than 200 federal laws covering investigations of crimes that adversely affect or fraudulently use the U.S. Mail and postal system.

To assist in carrying out its responsibilities, the Postal Inspection Service maintains a Security Force staffed by approximately 830 uniformed Postal Police Officers who are assigned to critical postal facilities throughout the country. The officers provide perimeter security, escort high-value mail shipments, and perform other essential protective functions. The Postal Inspection Service operates four forensic crime laboratories, strategically located in cities across the country. The labs are staffed with forensic scientists and technical specialists, who assist Inspectors in analyzing evidentiary material needed for identifying and tracing criminal suspects and in providing expert testimony for cases brought to trial.

Regional Conference on Afro-descendants, Panel on Collective Rights
criminal law offices

Image by OEA – OAS
From left to right:
Tanya Hernandez – Fordham University Law School (USA)
Moderator: Carlos Quesada, Regional Director for Latin America – Global Rights
Michele Crawford – U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (USA)

Date: March 14, 2011
Place: Washington, DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS

Regional Conference on Afro-descendants, Panel on Collective Rights
criminal law offices

Image by OEA – OAS
From left to right:
Tanya Hernandez – Fordham University Law School (USA)
Moderator: Carlos Quesada, Regional Director for Latin America – Global Rights
Michele Crawford – U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (USA)

Date: March 14, 2011
Place: Washington, DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS

Latest States Federal Court News

July 18th, 2009 Comments off

Feds drop charges against Georgia principal
Federal authorities will drop charges against former Winterville Elementary School Principal Yvonne John-Daniels, accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from an after-school activities fund, according to court documents.
Read more on The Florida Times-Union

Court rejects Miller, lifts certification hold
A federal judge Tuesday dismissed Republican Joe Miller’s federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the Nov. 2 election, clearing the way for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to be officially declared the winner.
Read more on Anchorage Daily News

More states following Arizona in push for tougher immigration laws
Arizona’s get-tough approach to illegal immigration has sparked court challenges likely to take years to resolve. Randy Terrill, a Republican state lawmaker from Oklahoma, won’t be waiting to see what judges decide.
Read more on Boston Globe

Latest States Federal Court News

June 28th, 2009 Comments off

Federal Circuit Vacates Findings of Inequitable Conduct Against Lazare Kaplan International and Reverses Ruling of Non …
Lazare Kaplan International Inc. today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a unanimous decision in the case captioned Lazare Kaplan International Inc. v.
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Court dismisses some claims in Dyas lawsuit
FAIRHOPE, Ala. – Shortly after the Dec. 15 print edition of the Fairhope Courier went to press today [see below], reporting that a motion for summary judgment in the “Dyas triangle” litigation had been pending since Nov. 5, the court ruled on the motion, dismissing some claims and letting others stand.
Read more on BaldwinCountyNow.com

Judge: Girl to return to mother
A federal court judge Tuesday ordered that a Salvadoran girl who was brought to the United States by her father more than a year ago be returned to her mother in El Salvador.
Read more on Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Latest States Federal Court News

April 17th, 2009 Comments off

Many states may see tough, new immigration laws
GOP gains in November elections are fueling the bigger push for a immigration crackdown.
Read more on Seattle Times

LG pledges action against patent suit by Sony
LG Electronics said Thursday it would “actively respond” to a lawsuit filed by Japan’s Sony that seeks to block mobile phone shipments to the United States by the South Korean firm.
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Sony sues to block LG from shipping phones to U.S.
Sony Corp has filed a patent infringement complaint seeking to block LG Electronics Inc from shipping smartphones such as its Rumor 2 model to the United States.
Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

Latest States Federal Court News

March 14th, 2009 Comments off

Court ruling puts Obamacare on legal life support
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” unconstitutionally imposes a requirement that everyone carry health insurance or be taxed for not doing so, has placed the law on legal life support.
Read more on The Oakland Press

Philip Morris USA Says District Court Declares Null and Void the New York City Department of Health Resolution on …
Philip Morris USA said today that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York declared null and void the New York City resolution mandating that retailers who sell cigarettes display signs containing graphic health warnings.
Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Nice States Federal Court photos

January 29th, 2009 Comments off

A few nice states federal court images I found:

Prop 8 decision outside San Francisco Federal Court 45
states federal court

Image by Steve Rhodes

Some more photos from outisde the federal courthouse

www.demotix.com/news/402789/outside-san-francisco-federal…

www.equalrightsfoundation.org

Link to PDF of decision

www.equalrightsfoundation.org/legal-filings/district-cour…

www.eqca.org

prop8trialtracker.com

firedoglake.com/prop8trial/

Prop 8 decision outside San Francisco Federal Court 11
states federal court

Image by Steve Rhodes

Some more photos from outisde the federal courthouse

www.demotix.com/news/402789/outside-san-francisco-federal…

www.equalrightsfoundation.org

Link to PDF of decision

www.equalrightsfoundation.org/legal-filings/district-cour…

www.eqca.org

prop8trialtracker.com

firedoglake.com/prop8trial/

Prop 8 decision outside San Francisco Federal Court 69
states federal court

Image by Steve Rhodes

Some more photos from outisde the federal courthouse

www.demotix.com/news/402789/outside-san-francisco-federal…

www.equalrightsfoundation.org

Link to PDF of decision

www.equalrightsfoundation.org/legal-filings/district-cour…

www.eqca.org

prop8trialtracker.com

firedoglake.com/prop8trial/

Latest States Federal Court News

January 25th, 2009 Comments off

Court Slams FDIC for Failing to Abide by FOIA Law in Judicial Watch Bailout Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire – 12/29/10) – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has denied a motion by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) to dismiss a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed on behalf of former FDIC …
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Federal judge dismisses Joe Miller lawsuit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 28 (UPI) — A federal judge in Alaska Tuesday upheld the state’s high court and dismissed Republican Joe Miller’s lawsuit over Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Nov. 2 write-in win.
Read more on UPI

Court Slams FDIC for Failing to Abide by FOIA Law in Judicial Watch Bailout Lawsuit
Court Rules FDIC “Has Not Fulfilled Its Obligations Under FOIA”
Read more on Marketwire

Philip Morris USA Says District Court Declares Null and Void the New York City Department of Health Resolution on …
RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Philip Morris USA (PM USA) said today that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York declared null and void the New York City resolution mandating that retailers who sell cigarettes display signs containing graphic health warnings. The court found that such requirements were preempted by federal law. “We are pleased that the Court …
Read more on Business Wire

Washington DC – Penn Quarter: Willard InterContinental Washington – United States Court of Claims

January 9th, 2009 Comments off

A few nice states federal court images I found:

Washington DC – Penn Quarter: Willard InterContinental Washington – United States Court of Claims
states federal court

Image by wallyg
The United States Court of Claims held its first meeting at "Willard’s Hotel" on this site on May 11, 1855. The court was established to allow citizens to sue the U.S. Government.

In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln wrote of the court: "It is as much the duty of government to render prompt justice against itself, in favor of citizens, as it is to administer the same, between private individuals."

This memorial, commissioned by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, was placed on the southern wall of the Willard Hotel on October 25, 2006 on behalf of the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Court of Appeals for the federal Circuit, the successor courts to the Court of Claims, to commemorate its 150th Anniversary.

The Willard Hotel, at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, in its present 12-story Beaux Arts incarnation, was designed by famed hotel architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh and opened in 1901. It is the last of a succession of hotels that have stood on this site since 1816, when Colonel John Tayloe III constructed six small houses and leased thm to Joshua Tennison, who named them Tennison’s Hotel. Over the next three decades, they would go by the name of Williamson’s Mansion Hotel, Fullers American House and the City Hotel.

In 1847, Tayloe’s son, Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, leased the properties to Henry Willard, who in 1950 combined the structures into one building, adding two additional stories, and calling the property Willard’s Hotel. The lease provided Willard the opportunity to purchase the property with cash at any time, during which the Civil War erupted, skyrocketing prices and devaluing paper currency. In the 1869 Supreme Court case, Willard v. Tayloe, the agreed upon purchase price was upheld, but Willard was required to instead pay in gold coin.

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Homeland Security patrols as people wait for Prop 8 decision outside San Francisco Federal Building & United States Court
states federal court

Image by Steve Rhodes

Some more photos from outside the federal courthouse

www.demotix.com/news/402789/outside-san-francisco-federal…

www.equalrightsfoundation.org

Link to PDF of decision

www.equalrightsfoundation.org/legal-filings/district-cour…

www.eqca.org

prop8trialtracker.com

firedoglake.com/prop8trial/

Prop 8 decision outside San Francisco Federal Court 65
states federal court

Image by Steve Rhodes

Some more photos from outisde the federal courthouse

www.demotix.com/news/402789/outside-san-francisco-federal…

www.equalrightsfoundation.org

Link to PDF of decision

www.equalrightsfoundation.org/legal-filings/district-cour…

www.eqca.org

prop8trialtracker.com

firedoglake.com/prop8trial/