Costelloe

The Telegraph report: In a staggering admission, Linda Costelloe-Baker, who monitors visa refusals, told MPs around 15 per cent of short-term visas are wrongly approved because it is easier to let them in than reject applications.

"...it is easier to let them in than reject applications" Not a sheep 2008

The Telegraph report: In a staggering admission, Linda Costelloe-Baker, who monitors visa refusals, told MPs around 15 per cent of short-term visas are wrongly approved because it is easier to let them in than reject applications.

Archive 2008-11-01 Not a sheep 2008

Alice Costelloe and kc Underwood, based in east London.

First sight: Big Deal 2010

First, Costelloe advises Jackson that it is possible to describe the persecution of the Jehovah's Witnesses as a perversion of Gobitis, and not in any way sponsored by the Court: "Because lawless mobs may have misunderstood its meaning is not in itself a reason to change it."

The Law Clerk's Memo to Robert Jackson in Barnette Robert L. Tsai 2009

Given his mention of political and ethical objections, Costelloe envisions an approach that could be adopted in contexts beyond the flag salute.

The Law Clerk's Memo to Robert Jackson in Barnette Robert L. Tsai 2009

Second, Costelloe refers to the "June 16, 1940 radio address in which Solicitor General Biddle said that the Attorney General had ordered that an investigation be commenced."

The Law Clerk's Memo to Robert Jackson in Barnette Robert L. Tsai 2009

One idea suggested by Costelloe involves when courts ought to permit an individual a First Amendment exemption from an otherwise valid law.

The Law Clerk's Memo to Robert Jackson in Barnette Robert L. Tsai 2009

Third, Costelloe endorses Jackson's plan to cite to the article by Victor Rotnem and F.G.

The Law Clerk's Memo to Robert Jackson in Barnette Robert L. Tsai 2009

Costelloe notes that the article "contains many statements of opinion quite inapposite to a formal report by a governmental agency or statement by a governmental opinion speaking in that capacity," and that it is therefore "intended more for advocacy than for exposition."

The Law Clerk's Memo to Robert Jackson in Barnette Robert L. Tsai 2009

Costelloe wonders how to protect rights without interfering with the "many items of school discipline which will inevitably offend the tastes of students"—a concern that bedevils jurists to this day.

The Law Clerk's Memo to Robert Jackson in Barnette Robert L. Tsai 2009