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22 Feb 2011, 9:01 pm
 The Justice Department thought the third-party standing objection was indefensible, and so did not defend it in the Supreme Court. [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 9:06 am by Lawrence Solum
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]
17 Jun 2010, 12:20 pm
The Court’s implication, ante, at 10, that where electronic privacy is concerned we should decide less than we otherwise would (that is, less than the principle of law necessary to resolve the case and guide private action)—or that we should hedge our bets by concocting case-specific standards or issuing opaque opinions—is in my view indefensible. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 11:36 am by Eric S. Solotoff
  When the lawyer absurdly enflames things further and/or defends the indefensible, they become part of the problem instead of being part of the solution. [read post]
29 Oct 2012, 8:41 am by Ron Coleman
No, this approach is more troubling, because if successful, it  would amount to a broad, and essentially indefensible, extension along the core LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION axis itself: The definition not merely of what goods a trademark stands for, but how broadly arbitrary concepts embodied in a trademark (i.e., “sharkiness” in clothing) will be handed over to a senior or famous user as an essentially proprietary right. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 12:37 pm by Steve Hall
Somehow this put me in mind of the ancient tradition of the Spanish bullfight, which may seem like an odd cognitive leap, but go along with me for a moment: The bullfight is one of the few modern occasions where death becomes a spectacle that crowds congregate to witness, recalling public executions of the past.Philosophically, the bullfight is practically indefensible, though many have tried to make a case for it. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 3:20 pm by Lovechilde
" Steve Benen: PolitiFact ought to be ashamed of itself: "This is simply indefensible. [read post]
9 Feb 2023, 6:59 am by Buckingham
Importantly, our interests are aligned with our clients, unlike many of the firms aggressively promoting ERCs, to ensure businesses do not suffer the consequences of an IRS audit from taking indefensible positions. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 12:35 pm
In a state without our budget concerns this policy would be entirely indefensible, but research confirms that many parents all around the U.S. need more education on how to properly use booster and car seats to maximum effect. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 11:30 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  An indefensible and clumsy cover story only makes it worse.When I accepted UF's offer to join its faculty in 2019, one of the things that I took great care to investigate was whether the state's political class was overstepping its role in university governance, or if it was likely to do so. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 7:48 am by Albert W. Alschuler
” The judge added that this proposition is “overbroad,” imposes “unwarranted societal costs,” serves “only the indefensible purpose of blocking testimony about non-protected subjects,” has “no basis in law,” cannot “be squared with core constitutional values[,]” and appears to be “a fiction that has been fastidiously maintained over time through the force of sheer repetition in OLC opinions. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 11:26 am by Sandy Levinson
  Two of them, by Jesse Wegman and Alex Keyssar, specifically concern the electoral college, the egregious and indefensible system by which we select our presidents. [read post]
15 Dec 2018, 10:04 am by Marty Lederman
All the many critics are absolutely correct that Judge O’Connor’s severability analysis in his Affordable Care Act opinion yesterday is indefensible. [read post]
22 May 2017, 9:19 am by Quinta Jurecic
In the weeks and months after the presidential election—and even before it—an unusual debate took shape on the pages of Lawfare and elsewhere: Would it be possible to serve ethically in a Trump administration? [read post]
3 May 2015, 4:47 am by Ben
” Pallante also said that it was "indefensible" and "bad policy" that US did not have public performance right for sound recordings. [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 10:15 am
Indefensible Weapons: The Political and Psychological Case against Nuclear Weapons. [read post]
30 Dec 2018, 6:28 am
Black said that ‘every moment’s continuance of the injunctions’ amounted to ‘a flagrant, indefensible, and continuing violation of the First Amendment. [read post]
9 Nov 2023, 4:56 am by Neil H. Buchanan
")Having experienced the outrage, it thus seems especially unfair that she did not live to see how US voters have responded to the Supreme Court's indefensible overturning of Roe. [read post]