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Another bogus enabler to our litigative society, which might be alleviated by a more diversely skilled pool of judges.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Was Iqbal a Big Win for Business? 2009
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The Article concludes that the overall litigative project was a misadventure in using the law — especially the criminal law — to tar a racial group with the badges of disloyalty during wartime.
Is That Legal?: The Japanese American Cases -- A Bigger Disaster Than We Realized 2006
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The Article concludes that the overall litigative project was a misadventure in using the law — especially the criminal law — to tar a racial group with the badges of disloyalty during wartime.
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This broader view reveals that the Japanese American cases of World War II were a disaster of a different sort: a litigative debacle, in which an astonishing number of cases ended in acquittals, dismissals, stern judicial rebukes, and other repudiations of the government's legal and factual positions.
Is That Legal?: The Japanese American Cases -- A Bigger Disaster Than We Realized 2006
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This broader view reveals that the Japanese American cases of World War II were a disaster of a different sort: a litigative debacle, in which an astonishing number of cases ended in acquittals, dismissals, stern judicial rebukes, and other repudiations of the government's legal and factual positions.
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This single litigative challenge to an election outcome from a single state threw the nation into chaos and resulted in the Judiciary Branch (about as nonrepresentational a branch as we have) selecting the President.
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The suits must include injunctions against Diebold being acquired by another company, like ES&S, another company also worthy of a similar litigative assault.
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Aiko Herzig brought the document to the attention of Peter Irons, a lawyer and political scientist, and this got the litigative ball rolling, as it were.
IsThatLegal? 2004
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I just can't imagine that the SG would also be deeply involved in prospective policymaking and pre-litigative review of the actions of other executive departments.
IsThatLegal? 2004
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The suits must include injunctions against Diebold being acquired by another company, like ES&S, another company also worthy of a similar litigative assault.
Sue Diebold 2006
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