Tagged: IN RE

In an Opinion growing out of contempt proceedings against then Attorney General/Minister of Justice, C. Abayomi Cassell, the Supreme Court, in 1961 speaking through Mr. Chief Justice James A.A. Pierre in the case: In Re C. Abayomi Cassell, 14LLR 391, 403, 404 (1961), opined thus:

“…the Judiciary is the anchor which holds stabilized government in balance; without it, vested interest might suffer, sacred rights [will] be violated, constituted authority [will] be challenged; and in fine, administrative chaos could result…The Judiciary is only as weak as the concept of those who imagine it to be so; and it is as strong as the will of those who worship within its shrine…”

We affirm and confirm this holding of the Supreme Court, and are of the view that same is epiphanic and true, not just to the faithful few of 1961 but also to the current worshippers and priests in Black Silk who revered the sacredness of these hallow walls and have sworn by holy writ to show due respect to the courts at all times regardless of their station or social status.

The present case is another classical example of another Attorney General/Minister of Justice and Dean of the Supreme Court Bar who has substituted his ethical responsibilities to the courts of Liberia with that of mudslinging in order to impugn and undermine the image of the Judiciary and to camouflage the ineptitude of the Institution he heads and as the chief prosecutor of all crimes in the Republic of

On December 15, 2022, this Court adjudged the petitioners herein, Clinton Brown, Daniel S. Tubman, Joseph Kollie, Robert Sulu, Varney Sirleaf, and Miller Bondo, guilty of criminal contempt of the Judiciary Branch of Government for acts that impugned its dignity and integrity and undermine the smooth administration of justice in three Magisterial Courts in

According to legal scholars of constitutional law, “the constitution represents the Supreme written will of the people regarding the framework for their Government. Where a constitution asserts a certain right, or lays down a certain principle of law or procedure, it speaks for the entire people as their supreme law, and it is the paramount authority for all that is done in pursuance of its provisions. The constitution embodies fundamental values and articulates the

The genesis of this case is traced to the date of August 21, 2008, when the Legislature, pursuant to its authority enumerated in Articles 34(l) and 89 of the Constitution (1986), passed into law, “An Act to Establish the Liberian Anti- Corruption Commission. The purpose of this Act in a nutshell, was to create the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) with the power to investigate corruption and prosecute same in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice. According to Section 6.1 of this law, the LACC was to be composed