Marc Nadon
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Conservatives spend almost $7M defending unconstitutional legislationThe Harper Conservatives have spent no less than $6.5 million defending high profile and contentious pieces of legislation ultimately deemed unconstitutional.CanadaJun 17, 2015
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Quebec lawyer Suzanne Cote appointed to Supreme CourtSuzanne Cote is the first woman from private practice to be directly appointed to the Supreme Court, according to a release.CanadaNov 27, 2014
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‘No date set’ for replacing retiring Supreme Court judge – next weekThe Conservative government hasn’t yet set a deadline for replacing the next Supreme Court judge from Quebec – and the vacancy is less than a week away.CanadaNov 24, 2014
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Peter MacKay’s department says it’s ok for Chief Justices to comment on Supreme Court appointmentsJustice Minister Peter MacKay’s own department says Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin has every right to weigh in on Supreme Court appointments.PoliticsSep 16, 2014
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Quebec wants province’s top court to clarify Mainville appointmentFollowing yet another controversial Conservative judicial appointment for Quebec, the province’s justice minister is now asking its top court to clarify the Constitutional rules for appointing judges.PoliticsJul 28, 2014
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‘It’s unconstitutional’: lawyer Rocco Galati targets Conservative citizenship lawToronto lawyer Rocco Galati has launched yet another Constitutional challenge against the Conservative government – this time to do with a recently-passed citizenship law.PoliticsJun 25, 2014
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Another Conservative judicial appointment faces a legal challengeThe lawyer who helped derail a federal nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada is challenging the legitimacy of another Conservative judicial appointment.CanadaJun 16, 2014
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Peter MacKay confirms, then denies, Justice Robert Mainville headed to the Supreme CourtJustice Minister Peter MacKay signalled Monday the government’s controversial and legally-challenged pick for the Quebec Court of Appeal is headed to the Supreme Court of Canada. But he quickly took it back.PoliticsJun 16, 2014
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Clement Gascon sworn in as Supreme Court judge in private ceremonyClement Gascon has been sworn in as the newest justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. It was a private ceremony.CanadaJun 13, 2014
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Another Marc Nadon? Conservatives appoint federal judge to Quebec courtJustice Minister Peter MacKay announced in a press release late Friday that Robert Mainville will be appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal effective July 1.PoliticsJun 13, 2014
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