Judicial ReEngineering

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission – 2010 Supreme Court decision
declaring Congressionally enacted limitations on corporate political spending and
transparency as unconstitutional restrictions on free speech.
Hollingsworth v. Perry – 2013 decision by federal judge Vaughn R. Walker overturning
California's constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
Contempt of Court and disqualification of Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani by
the Supreme Court of Pakistan chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
2. R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex p Pinochet
(No 2)
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex Parte Pinochet Ugarte (No 2) was an
English legal case which involved the unprecedented setting aside of a House of Lords judgment
based upon the possibility of bias. Lord Hoffmann's failure to declare links to Amnesty
International meant that a previous House of Lords judgment on the immunity of former Chilean
dictator General Augusto Pinochet had to be set aside.
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