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30 Mar 2024, 9:14 am by Eugene Volokh
.'" This case contains significant "foreign policy overtones," as plaintiffs claim that the Saudi Arabian government learned of their marital status through covert monitoring of Lufthansa's emails and/or through the use of an informant system. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 8:24 am by Josh Blackman
The old paternalist overtones are hard to ignore. [read post]
30 Oct 2008, 7:55 pm
Today's hearing was the latest in the nearly monthlong dispute that has taken on racial overtones in the heavily Democratic county, which also is the state's most diverse. * * * Mulvaney said today that the GOP was no longer challenging the centers over voter fraud concerns but simply wanted the legalities addressed. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 7:48 pm by Ilya Somin
Thanks in part to the bad-faith behavior of Republicans (where the party first claimed it was wrong to vote on a Supreme Court nominee in an election year in 2016, and then took the completely opposite stance when it became convenient in 2020) the "Overton Window" on this issue has moved. [read post]
30 Sep 2016, 5:53 am by Joy Waltemath
” But faced with an incident “that lacked any other threatening overtones” and that the employee himself “characterized as a joke,” it was reasonable to leave the matter to university police and forgo additional action within the building services department. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 3:18 am
  Several of them had First Amendment overtones, among them  a Tennessee school board’s ruling that displaying a Confederate flag violates its dress code,  the Illinois state motor vehicle department’s refusal to    offer a “Choose Life” license plate, and the firing of a deputy sheriff on the day he announced his candidacy for his boss’ job. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 7:10 pm by Matt Bodie
Despite its moralistic overtones it is no more the injection of moral principles into contract law than the fiduciary concept itself is. [read post]
15 Feb 2021, 7:05 am by Tom Rhodus
  Despite direct testimony by the donors, the Supreme Court was swayed by the fact that in both situations the payments had been made “in a context with business overtones—an employer making a payment to a retiring employee; a businessman giving something of value to another businessman who has been of advantage to him in his business. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 4:23 am by Eric Turkewitz
The term “junk science” has taken on political overtones, as various interests commonly accuse those with contrary views of promoting “junk science” to advance their agendas, for example, whether “global warming” (climate change) is man-made, or whether autism is related to childhood vaccinations. [read post]
2 May 2020, 12:59 pm by Sanjana
Calling for a new vocabulary to deal with the challenges in the long-shadow of Coronavirus, Sanjana referred to the Greek notion of time as Kairos, and the importance of seizing the moment to shape a new Overton window that could be used, by the UN and others, to project and promote a radically different worldview. [read post]
13 Jun 2020, 3:00 am by SHG
But now that the Overton Window has shifted far enough to even consider a fantasy like Defund Police, the time is ripe for serious reform. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:48 pm by Charon QC
In 1991, Richard Overton sued company Anheuser-Busch, claiming that their ads misleadingly implied drinking beer would lead to a man having fun with multiple women. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 5:37 am by Ernie Svenson
Two weeks ago I was joined by my good friends Chelsey Lambert, Megan Graham, and Lexlee Overton and we put on a 2-day workshop for 10 small firm lawyers. [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 2:00 am by Krister Ungerboeck
Perhaps it’s the potential religious overtones that make forgiveness a taboo subject in the working world. [read post]
16 Nov 2018, 3:34 am by SHG
Not only is the outrage based upon a lie, a facially false characterization of what the regs would permit assuming the leaked regs are accurately portrayed, perpetuated by activists and elected officials, but this has already moved the Overton Window on the propriety of due process for the accused far to the left. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 12:30 pm by John Ross
But several Pennsylvania legislators allegedly scuttle the deal—there are overtones of Islamophobia throughout—and the property goes to another bidder. [read post]
2 May 2012, 7:49 am by Stephen Wermiel
  The fourth is commonly referred to as the “political deputy” and (in addition to his/her other responsibilities as a Deputy) is responsible for making sure that the Solicitor General is aware of any legal disputes with significant political overtones and, if appropriate, the issues are brought to the attention of the Attorney General or the White House Counsel as well. [read post]
3 Dec 2018, 9:26 am by Chris Castle
#sopa” This is not to overlook the “Young Pirates“, the Pirate Party’s own generational campaign that has some really unsavory historical overtones, although one has to believe are unintended. [read post]