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31 Jul 2020, 9:55 pm
“Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are indefensible to begin with, but it is outrageous beyond belief that the Pakistani government was incapable of keeping an individual from being murdered within a court of law for his faith, and a U.S. citizen, nonetheless,” Commissioner Johnnie Moore said in a statement. [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 11:56 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Such inaction by a nation with the world’s largest reported coronavirus case count among humans is indefensible. [read post]
28 Feb 2016, 5:31 pm by David Markus
The president nominated her on Feb. 26, 2015, and Nelson, a Democrat, returned his blue slip for her confirmation immediately.Rubio's critics, including some in the Republican Party, say his dilatory strategy is indefensible because, in Barzee Flores, the senator is blocking an ideal candidate for a federal judgeship that has been vacant for almost two years. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 3:59 pm by Brian Tamanaha
Overlooking this context, the articles cite former high-ranking legal officials (including Republicans) and academics who liken his position to authoritarian dictators past and present.I say this not to defend the indefensible Trump, but to suggest that it is a mistake to focus on him rather than on the institutions that give rise to the rule of law. [read post]
5 Feb 2025, 7:15 am by Unknown
"The Most Indefensible Aspects of DOJ’s Briefs in the Birthright Citizenship Cases (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]A new right of residence for stateless people in Belgium – does it offer sufficient protection? [read post]
24 Aug 2017, 2:15 pm
They argue that the history of mob and state violence targeting African-Americans makes racist speech directed at them especially indefensible. [read post]
22 May 2016, 10:32 pm by Sandy Levinson
 Only someone unconcerned by the indefensible allocation of voting power in the Senate could possibly believe any such thing. [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 9:34 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Meanwhile, the cities and states that passed these laws are worse off for having gone down this path – not just because they have wasted time and resources defending indefensible laws in court, but also because the laws divide communities and increase discrimination. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 6:33 pm by Sandy Levinson
 (As a matter of fact, I think we're far too big to be governed by a unicameral legislature, so it's not the Senate per se that I object to, only to the completely indefensible allocation of voting power that has all too practical consequences, including the destruction of the planet.) [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 6:17 am
 * * * Comprehension of the reoccurring, yet indefensible, disproportionate labeling of Black boys as intellectually disabled may be found in the labyrinth of structures perpetuated by laws, policies, and institutions that operate to ensure the continued subordinated status of groups based on race and disability, each used to reinforce the other. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 9:51 am by Lovechilde
  Trump’s unrelenting malfeasance has been so blatant, so utterly indefensible. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 7:19 am by Shriver Center
by Kevin HerreraIn the wake of recent efforts to reverse historic progress on healthcare and release of indefensible budget proposals, you may have missed important news in the fight for equal access to justice. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 12:02 pm
"Here's an excerpt from Janet Malcolm's "The Journalist and the Murderer," the best book I ever read about journalism:Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 5:22 pm by Claire Mitchell
Yet even with the Non-GMO Project’s rigorous testing requirements, the high risk of contamination to seeds, crops, ingredients and products makes a claim that a product is entirely “GMO free” legally and scientifically indefensible. [read post]
26 Apr 2023, 3:32 am by Jon Hyman
In fact, if you do you've just bought yourself a very expensive (and probably) very indefensible lawsuit. [read post]
14 Jan 2020, 5:34 am by Marty Lederman
  The divided Fifth Circuit panel acted inexplicably--I think it's fair to say indefensibly--in two major respects, and thereby caused a de facto crisis in the national health care markets even in the absence of a formal injunction or declaratory judgment. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 8:05 pm by Sandy Levinson
 That is patently false, but he refuses even to bring up the way that the system was rigged in 1787 (perhaps because he'd have to explain why Vermont enjoys indefensibly exaggerated power in the Senate). [read post]