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Chel Diokno
Jose Manuel "Chel" Icasiano Diokno, Filipino human rights lawyer and Akbayan Party-list representative, son of Senator Jose W. Diokno; FLAG chair since 2003, founding dean of the De La Salle College of Law, House prosecutor in Sara Duterte's impeachment trial.
Chemical Weapons Convention
The Chemical Weapons Convention is a multilateral arms control treaty that bans chemical weapons. It was the first treaty to require the abolition of a whole class of weapons of mass destruction by a deadline.
Cheque fraud
Cheque fraud (check fraud) is the unauthorized use of cheques via forgery, counterfeiting, washing, alteration, or kiting. Also called bad-cheque schemes; remains a top fraud category despite declining cheque use.
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley (born 1966) is an American jurist, first African-American woman chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2019-2020), later the 2022 Democratic U.S. Senate nominee who lost to Ted Budd.
Cherokee Constitution
The Cherokee Constitution is the written fundamental law of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, first adopted at New Echota, Georgia, in 1827 and now the 2003 constitution establishing a tripartite government.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), a Supreme Court case in which Chief Justice John Marshall held the Cherokee Nation was a 'domestic dependent nation,' not a foreign state, so it could not sue Georgia under Article III; the case was dismissed, with Worcester v. Georgia following in 1832.
Cherokee Supreme Court
The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court is the highest court of the Cherokee Nation, a federally recognized tribe in northeastern Oklahoma, with five justices seated at Tahlequah.
Cheryl A. Krause
Cheryl A. Krause, also known as Cheryl Ann Krause, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Third Circuit since 2014.
Cheryl Araujo
Cheryl Ann Araujo, New Bedford gang rape victim (Big Dan's Tavern case, 1983), whose televised 1984 trial aired her identity; four men convicted, she died in Miami in 1986; inspired The Accused.
Chesa Boudin
Chesa Boudin, former San Francisco public defender, served as district attorney from January 2020 until his June 2022 recall. His progressive policies included ending cash bail and expanding diversion; he was recalled with about 55-60% of the vote.
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur (1829–1886), 21st U.S. president (1881–1885), succeeded James Garfield after his assassination; former New York machine politician and Port of New York collector who signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883.
Chester Turner
Chester Dewayne Turner, the Southside Slayer-era Los Angeles serial killer, raped and strangled at least 14 women and one unborn child, 1987-1998; identified by DNA cold hit in 2003, sentenced to death in 2007 and 2014, on San Quentin death row.
Chevie Kehoe
Chevie Kehoe (born 1973) is an American white supremacist who founded the Aryan Peoples' Republic and was convicted in 1999 of RICO and three § 1959 murders of the Mueller family, receiving life without release.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. NRDC, 467 U.S. 837 (1984), the Supreme Court case establishing Chevron deference to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, overruled by Loper Bright in 2024.
Chewbacca defense
Chewbacca defense: satirical term coined in South Park's 1998 episode "Chef Aid" for a legal strategy that confuses a jury with irrelevant nonsense, a red herring or ignoratio elenchi, parodying Johnnie Cochran's O. J. Simpson closing argument.
Chhota Rajan (राजेंद्र सदाशिव निकाळजे)
Chhota Rajan (Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, राजेंद्र सदाशिव निकाळजे), Mumbai underworld figure, ex-Dawood Ibrahim lieutenant, 'Hindu Don'; arrested in Bali 2015, serving life sentences for the Jyotirmoy Dey and Jaya Shetty murders.
Chhota Shakeel (چھوٹا شکیل)
Chhota Shakeel (چھوٹا شکیل), Shaikh Shakeel, born 1960, is Dawood Ibrahim's chief lieutenant in D-Company, based in Karachi, a 1993 Mumbai blasts accused, UAPA-listed terrorist with about 104 cases, known for the 2000 Bangkok attack on Chhota Rajan and Bollywood extortion tapes.
Chicago Journal of International Law
Chicago Journal of International Law (CJIL), ISSN 1529-0816, is the University of Chicago Law School's student-edited international law journal, founded 1999-2000, merged with the Roundtable in 2002, published twice yearly with a CJIL Online imprint.
Chicago Outfit
Chicago Outfit: Chicago's single La Cosa Nostra family, also called the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob. Founded via Colosimo, Torrio, and Al Capone during Prohibition; crew-based structure; known for street tax, juice loans, gambling, labor racketeering; weakened by Operation Family Secrets.
Chicago Seven
The Chicago Seven were anti-Vietnam War activists who faced a controversial federal trial after the 1968 Chicago Convention protests, which became a national symbol of the decade's conflict.
Chicago Tylenol murders
Chicago Tylenol murders: unsolved September 1982 cyanide poisonings of seven Chicago-area people via tampered Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules; prompted a 31-million-bottle recall, FDA tamper-resistant packaging rules, and the 1983 Federal Anti-Tampering Act.
Chicken Ranch (Texas)
The Chicken Ranch was a brothel near La Grange, Texas, run from 1905 by madams Jessie Williams and Edna Milton until its 1973 closure after Marvin Zindler's KTRK-TV exposé and Governor Briscoe's order, inspiring The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top's La Grange.
Chief judge (United States federal courts)
A chief judge in the United States federal courts is the administrative head of a district court or court of appeals, serving a seven-year term under statute.
Chief judges of the United States district courts
Each US district court's chief judge is an active district judge who leads court administration, selected by statute under 28 U.S.C. § 136 for a seven-year term.
Chief Justice of Bangladesh
The Chief Justice of Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশের প্রধান বিচারপতি) is the head of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, appointed by the President, holding office until age 67.
Chief Justice of Canada
Chief Justice of Canada: presiding judge of the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada under the Supreme Court Act, appointed by the Governor in Council on the Prime Minister's recommendation; first held by William Buell Richards (1875), currently Richard Wagner (since 2017), and serves as administrator of the government when the governor general is absent.
Chief Justice of Ceylon
The Chief Justice of Ceylon was the senior judicial office of the Supreme Court, created in 1801, and became the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.
Chief Justice of Ghana
The Chief Justice of Ghana is the head of the judiciary, president of the Supreme Court, and chair of the Judicial Council, an office created in 1876.
Chief Justice of India
Chief Justice of India (CJI): senior-most judge and head of the Supreme Court of India under Article 124, first held by Harilal J. Kania (1950). Master of the roster; leads the collegium; 53rd CJI Surya Kant since 24 November 2025.
Chief Justice of Japan (最高裁判所長官)
The Chief Justice of Japan (最高裁判所長官) heads Japan's Supreme Court, designated by the Cabinet and appointed by the Emperor, ranking at the same level as the Prime Minister.