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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

  • 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

  • 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?: February 2006 Archives 2006

  • 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

  • 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?: February 2006 Archives 2006

  • 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.

    The Real Threat from the Holt Bill as Written 2007

  • The suits must include injunctions against Diebold being acquired by another company, like ES&S, another company also worthy of a similar litigative assault.

    Printing: Sue Diebold 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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