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13 Dec 2011, 8:07 am by Lovechilde
It is hard to disagree with Benen's assertion that, "as a matter of legal and institutional principles, Americans haven’t seen tactics like these since the Civil War," when nullification was attempted by slave-holding states. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 8:52 pm by Irene C. Olszewski, Esq.
Building upon the same principles I championed during my four years as Speaker, when we reduced the national debt by over $400 billion and dramatically reduced the national debt as a percentage of the GDP, we will reduce the enormous burden upon American families of the public debt and unfunded liabilities. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 5:33 am by Max Kennerly, Esq.
New York is, like Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a Frye state (as in, Frye v United States, 293 F 1013) that permits “expert testimony based on scientific principles, procedures, or theories only after the principles, procedures, or theories have gained general acceptance in the relevant scientific field. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 2:46 am by Chris Castle
  But I would say cynically that what is not at all odd about the report is that it largely focuses on that principle that is the epitoma suprema of all international jurisprudence on the value of human life, that cherished bulwark of centuries of law and tradition on protecting human rights—yes, I’m talking about intermediary liability of distributors for copyright infringement. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 12:38 pm by Eric S. Solotoff
Given the significance of its principles in the context of [the New Jersey statute dealing with the power of a court to impute income to a party in a divorce action), such determination would be more appropriately made by our Supreme Court. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 8:16 am by admin
  Instead, we will focus exclusively on the actions themselves. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 6:49 am by Alasdair Henderson
The Court of Appeal then applied those principles to the problem of sentencing in historic cases. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 10:03 pm by davidmginsberg
  The phrase “religious differences” can be incredibly divisive and diverse, as Americans learned after its incursion into Iraq. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 7:30 pm by Kyle Graham
 Instead, facts that once might have given rise to a cause of action for insult are now analyzed under generic negligence  or intentional infliction of emotional distress principles. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 6:04 pm
We urge you to take all available measures to expeditiously investigate these allegations and take swift and appropriate action based on those findings... [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 5:58 am by Bill Araiza
  I'm not sympathetic to those arguments, but claims like those have every right to be heard and decided by the American people, acting through their representatives. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 7:10 am by david_moore
Congress down to 9% — lower than, yes, communism, the British Petroleum company during the oil spill, and King George III at the time of the American Revolution. [read post]
4 Dec 2011, 2:03 pm by Lawrence Solum
Another early use of the phrase "public reason" is found in Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address: [I]t is proper that you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently those which ought to shape its administration . . . . [read post]
3 Dec 2011, 3:19 pm by Andrew Koppelman
They think that because they are Americans. [read post]
3 Dec 2011, 1:46 pm by Edward A. Fallone
Nonetheless, in the context of fees charged in advance as a condition of exercising the right of free speech, the Court’s precedent establishes at least three principles: 1. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 11:00 am by Christopher Sagers
  Two leading procedure scholars recently said that Twiqbal “destabilized our entire system of civil litigation,” adopting a pleading system “hitherto foreign to our fundamental procedural principles . . . . [read post]