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4 Feb 2024, 6:29 pm by Marty Lederman
Supreme Court were to settle upon and announce a definition in this case—particularly one as broad and open-ended as that in Noah Webster’s 1857 American Dictionary of the English Language (which included “the open and active opposition of a number of persons to the execution of law”)—such a ruling could have unanticipated downstream ramifications for other cases that are materially different from this one, and implications for statutes that… [read post]
1 May 2023, 6:19 am by Jennifer Davis
A subsequent investigation by special agents of the Pension Office, George Webster, and F. [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 3:31 pm by David Kopel
Dictionaries cited in the Heller case—Thomas Sheridan (1796), Samuel Johnson (1773), and Noah Webster (1828, the first dictionary of American English)—all defined "bear" as to "carry" or "wear. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 4:00 am by Deanne Sowter
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a “lie” as making “an untrue statement with intent to deceive” or creating “a false or misleading impression”. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 12:12 pm by Ben Berwick, Justin Florence
” What’s more, having established that attempting bribery and consummating bribery are treated the same, Jacob’s Law Dictionary goes on to give the following example: “In the reign of King James I, The Earl of M., Lord Treasurer of England, being impeached by the Commons, for refusing to hear Petitions referred to him by the King, till he had received great Bribes, etc., was by Sentence of the Lords deprived of all his offices, and disabled to hold any for the… [read post]
21 Aug 2019, 5:00 am by Matthew Waxman
In the Mexican-American War, Webster railed against President James Polk for waging unconstitutional war, alleging that Polk manufactured a military crisis and obtained Congress’s war declaration deceitfully. [read post]
28 Jul 2019, 4:05 pm by INFORRM
The retirement has been announced of the distinguished media law silk, James Price QC. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 7:58 pm by MOTP
UPDATE: Texas Supreme Court denied review 5/24/2019 CLAIM-FRACTURING CUM APPELLATE GALORE Natgasoline LLC v. [read post]