BOSTON – With Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices Robert Cordy and Francis Spina stepping down this summer, Gov. Charlie Baker has gained the chance to make his first nominations to the state's high court. Baker also will be in position to appoint a majority of the court before the end of his term, as more justices face mandatory retirement.
By 2019, when Baker's term ends, two more justices will reach age 70, when Massachusetts judges, including those who sit on the SJC, are required by law to retire. The court has seven members.
WASHINGTON (CNSNews.com) – North Korea's rocket launch Sunday sparked a now familiar pattern of responses to provocative actions by the Kim regime, with the U.S. leading a chorus of condemnation and calling for a "firm" U.N. Security Council response, and China signaling it wants to apply the brakes.
The launch, which Pyongyang said carried an earth observation satellite into orbit, violated a series of previous Security Council resolutions that prohibit North Korea from using ballistic missile knowhow. It was the sixth time since 1998 that the regime has tested technology which the Pentagon says aims to bring the U.S. mainland within reach of a nuclear-tipped intercontinental missile.
