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3 Mar 2009, 8:13 am
(And, no doubt, the fact that Democrats have half of the senators in the "wheat-belt" states (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas), a majority if one counts Minnesota, helps to explain why it may be impossible to adopt President Obama's sensible proposals to clip the indefensible subsidies that go to agribusiness.) [read post]
10 Apr 2010, 9:24 am
"To cite but one obvious example, the district court’s holding that there is no constitutional protection at all for [private] communications between individuals working for different groups as part of a common and coordinated effort to achieve a particular political result is, we suggest, both wholly indefensible and vast in its implications for the conduct of future elections. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 12:45 pm
Trocino, has stated Calli's recusal argument has no merit and is legally indefensible. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 1:26 pm
The idea that Cecil—or that any lion, or any animal at all, ultimately—can be killed in a pay-to-kill trophy hunt, whether for profit or personal gratification, seems ethically outdated and indefensible to many of us, if not outright unbelievable. [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 9:06 am
And from the paper: Nowadays there seems to be a growing sense that the middle-ground approach which now exemplifies the mainstream of legal philosophy of the last fifty years is indefensible. [read post]
29 May 2015, 1:26 pm
Davis and DiCarmine have offered the traditional “Splendid Isolation” defense—it’s lonely at the top because no one ever tells you anything, or at least tells you anything clearly enough so you can appreciate, with the limited financial acumen characteristic of those running billion-dollar partnerships including some of the most sophisticated lawyers in the world, that the only thing standing between your empire and catastrophic loan defaults that will precipitate an… [read post]
SCOTUS Decision Allowing Violent Video Sales To Teens: Devastating Blow To Public Safety and Decency
8 Jul 2011, 9:36 pm
It is absolutely indefensible that the Supreme Court in the late 1960’s used sexual “obscenity” as the basis for allowing the sale of adult magazines like Playboy and Penthouse, yet now refused to expand the definition of “obscene” to include these perverse, twisted violent video games. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 1:21 pm
However well the transition to the new version of Statistical Abstract works out – and again, three cheers to ProQuest for keeping the series alive, by whatever means – the administration’s decision to kill the Census Bureau’s version remains indefensible, and sets a miserable example. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 8:27 pm
As I explained in this post, a few parts of the Constitution are indefensible and some others are at least open to serious question. [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 2:07 pm
Yesterday's indefensible ruling is emblematic of an untested legal process where a judge can make up the rules, to erase evidence and allegations of abuse from the record before a jury. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 7:59 pm
To have a major loan servicer like Countrywide piling on illegal and excessive fees is indefensible,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 11:07 am
(Note: I find the black bag search to be indefensible.) [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 6:37 pm
H/T: Indefensible Update: Scott notes the most obvious downside of juries taking notes: They don’t pay attention to what is currently being said. [read post]
6 Dec 2018, 3:52 am
Here, while plaintiff was ultimately successful, if it had simply expressly stated that sympathy strikes were included in the no strike provision it would have not given Local 120 any wiggle room whatsoever and its actions would be indefensible. [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 5:39 pm
Today’s children, workers, and students will be especially hard hit, as will future generations that will be stuck with the consequences of this fiscally irresponsible and morally indefensible measure. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 1:24 pm
They have objected on the bases that (1) the 2009 determination appears to have been created solely to settle the lawsuit without any scientific support; and (2) the timeline set by the decree is entirely unrealistic and will lead to the adoption of scientifically indefensible standards. [read post]
21 May 2012, 4:19 pm
It is indefensible to charge someone with betrayal when his or her policy beliefs are animated by robust fidelity, unless those beliefs are so repugnant as to render sensible agreement implausible. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 6:35 am
The company folks in Osaka, Japan will have to give serious thought to stop the hemorrhaging of money in the defense of these indefensible bladder cancer cases and go for a global settlement. [read post]
26 Oct 2008, 8:02 pm
The housing associations are terrified that a Mitchell victory could lead to a rash of indefensible lawsuits from other victims of "neighbours from hell" that could cost millions. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 2:49 am
Via David Feige at Indefensible: Naturally, Officer London wrote it up as him defending himself from Harvin: The confrontation started, Officer London testified, when he was closing the front door to the housing project as Mr. [read post]
