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17 Mar 2023, 7:11 am by Ronald Mann
The customers, Abraham Bielski and David Suski, counter that Congress’s failure to require an automatic stay in Section 16(a) means that the court should not imply one. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 3:05 am by NCC Staff
He had the unfortunate task of succeeding Abraham Lincoln after the 16th president’s assassination. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 12:15 pm
[LawPundit: that date is false - in our opinion - by at least 400 years, as Hammurabi is - in our opinion - Abraham spelled backwards, and actually lived 400 or more years previous as Sargon I, the first Semitic monarch - we quote the Catholic Encyclopedia: " it arises, for instance, that Hammurabi's date is given as 1772-17 in Hasting's "Dictionary of the Bible", while the majority of scholars would place him about 2100 B.C., or a little earlier; nor are… [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 3:34 pm by Sandy Levinson
If that is the decision, will he do by becoming, almost uniquely, a Type I "constitutional defier" (violating the Constitution in order to save the American order, which Michael Stokes Paulsen argued, incidentally, was a power given by the Oath of Office, which is how he defended Abraham Lincoln and, more recently, George W. [read post]
20 Mar 2016, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The book’s impact was so great that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the American Civil War, Lincoln is often quoted as having declared, “So this is the little lady who made this big war. [read post]
The complaint goes on to accuse New York secular authorities of seeking to overrule Yeshiva’s religious authorities in violation not only of the first amendment, but also of the wishes of America’s first president: In 1790, President George Washington wrote to the Jewish community in Newport, Rhode Island, of his wish that the “Children of the Stock of Abraham” would continue to enjoy the goodwill of their fellow citizens, such that each could “sit in safety… [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 6:05 am by Mark Tushnet
And, finally, he went for “The President said it wasn’t a tax” line – to which the Solicitor General had the good sense not to invoke Abraham Lincoln on how many legs a horse has. [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The whole of present-day Montana was included in Idaho Territory in 1863, and was established as the separate territory of Montana in 1864 by President Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
15 Feb 2019, 8:29 am by Scott Bomboy
President George Washington used executive emergency powers to end the Whiskey Rebellion, and President Abraham Lincoln used emergency powers during the Civil War. [read post]
4 Jul 2019, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Abraham Lincoln in 1861 Further, he presented his argument that the Southern states did not in fact have the right to withdraw from the Union: The sophism itself is that any State of the Union may consistently with the National Constitution, and therefore lawfully and peacefully, withdraw from the Union without the consent of the Union or of any other State. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 5:08 am
Abraham Lincoln reportedly explained a stronger version of this rule in his answer to the question, "If you call a dog's tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? [read post]
26 Sep 2017, 3:15 am by NCC Staff
Before 1960, there were candidates who debated (Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were 19th century examples) and there were candidates who appeared on television. [read post]
19 Nov 2015, 8:20 am by Ralph Behr, Esq
., the nations capital, was so full of spies and agents for the Confederacy that Abraham Lincoln asked the U.S. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 5:31 am by Eva Rosenberg
Listen to him talk about Abram and Abraham, Sarah and Sarai – and the transition from idols to monotheism, brings back memories of school days – where, of course, we studied this in Hebrew. [read post]
7 May 2008, 2:00 pm
One can see some of the effects of these rules when looking at the director compensation table from Occidental Petroleum (OXY-NYSE) 2008 proxy statement.Name Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) Stock Awards ($) (1) All Other Compensation ($) (2)  Total ($) Spencer Abraham  $ 102,000   $ 257,500   $ 8,486   $ 367,986 Ronald W. [read post]
14 Jun 2009, 2:15 am
Back in 1860, many Southern states refused to include Abraham Lincoln on the ballot. [read post]
7 Sep 2018, 11:15 am by Kent Scheidegger
In prioritizing the Constitution's text, history, and structure to discern its principles and to distill its wisdom, we originalists are following in the footsteps of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Marshall, Joseph Story, and Abraham Lincoln, among others.Originalism is neither partisan nor outlandish.4. [read post]
24 Mar 2012, 12:39 pm by Mandelman
Then it explores a workable alternative, one that was tested in colonial America and is grounded in the best of American economic thought, including the writings of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 1:42 am by Asbestos Litigation
According to George Lucas, Star Wars was inspired by several works such as Beowulf and the Arthurian legend, on which sat the origins of myth-as well as various religions (Abrahamic, Confucianism, Shintoism and Taoism). [read post]