"A skeptical Supreme Court weighs the future of Harper’s controversial appointment"

“A skeptical Supreme Court weighs the future of Harper’s controversial appointment”: In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine has a front page article that begins, “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s newest choice for the Supreme Court of Canada ran into a wall of skepticism at a hearing into the federal government’s interpretation of the law governing appointments.” And in yesterday’s newspaper, four attorneys had an op-ed titled “Nadon nomination an embarrassment to our judicial system.” The Toronto Star has an article headlined “Harper government trying to ‘stack’ Supreme Court, lawyer argues; Rare hearing considers eligibility of Justice Marc Nadon to join top court — an appointment challenged by lawyer Rocco Galati and the Quebec government.” In addition, Chantal Hebert has an …

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“A skeptical Supreme Court weighs the future of Harper’s controversial appointment”: In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine has a front page article that begins, “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s newest choice for the Supreme Court of Canada ran into a wall of skepticism at a hearing into the federal government’s interpretation of the law governing appointments.” And in yesterday’s newspaper, four attorneys had an op-ed titled “Nadon nomination an embarrassment to our judicial system.”

The Toronto Star has an article headlined “Harper government trying to ‘stack’ Supreme Court, lawyer argues; Rare hearing considers eligibility of Justice Marc Nadon to join top court — an appointment challenged by lawyer Rocco Galati and the Quebec government.” In addition, Chantal Hebert has an essay titled “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Supreme Court choice raises hackles in Quebec; An immediate ruling would have vindicated Harper’s decision to appoint Marc Nadon; But a resolution of the issue will have to wait.”

The Canadian Press reports that “Legal arguments over Nadon appointment to top court hinge on history, grammar.”

Postmedia News has a report headlined “”All federal judges should be eligible for Supreme Court, no matter their province: Peter MacKay at Nadon hearings.

CBC News reports that “Supreme Court reserves judgment on Marc Nadon’s eligibility; Court hears debate on technicalities of Marc Nadon’s appointment, but not his merits as a judge.”

CTVNews has an article headlined “Why is Marc Nadon’s appointment to Canada’s top court so controversial?”

And in the National Post, Andrew Coyne has an essay titled “Nadon Supreme Court appointment looks so dodgy it must be some clever Harper ruse.”

You can view yesterday’s oral argument in the Supreme Court of Canada by clicking here. The court has also posted online this summary of the case.

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