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  • The degree to which deferrential review of questions of law produces its own angels on pinheads panopoly of arcane legal doctrines in the habeas context and also in the qualitied immunity context shows why it makes sense to stick with de novo review of legal questions on direct appeal, in the ordinary case.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Standards of Review and Institutional Roles — Some Thoughts on Chad Oldfather’s “Universal De Novo Review”: 2009

  • Cheney should get five - one for each deferrential "college" pass.

    Sound Politics: Vast Oddball Conspiracy Emanating From Issaquah 2006

  • Brown defines the dominant Sunni legal traditions as “Cumulative”: though they took slightly different doctrinal positions and had slightly different emphases especially with regard to hadith v. local tradition conflicts, they all are very deferrential to past decisions and consensuses.

    Renaissance Japan 2005

  • Clearly, this has absolutely nothing to do with overturning laws or failing to be sufficiently deferrential to the other branches.

    The Nation: Top Stories 2010

  • Clearly, this has absolutely nothing to do with overturning laws or failing to be sufficiently deferrential to the other branches.

    The Nation: Top Stories 2010

  • The constraints of patriarchal convention required that, prior to making the wild suggestion that women are human, Ellers essentially had to suck it up and curtsey before the great wisdom of the dudely tribunal and offer deferrential "respect" to the insane idea that women are meatsock fetubators.

    I Blame The Patriarchy 2009

  • In that we were partners, even if I was very deferrential to him.

    Green Rootsdown 2009

  • All. I suggest we all contact Gwen Ifill at Washington Week or The News Hour and tell her that regardless of the new deferrential format of the vp debates, we hope and expect her to ask hard-hitting, succint questions to reveal Governor Palin's positions and range of knowledge on the topics important to all Americans.

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • All. I suggest we all contact Gwen Ifill at Washington Week or The News Hour and tell her that regardless of the new deferrential format of the vp debates, we hope and expect her to ask hard-hitting, succint questions to reveal Governor Palin's positions and range of knowledge on the topics important to all Americans.

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • All. I suggest we all contact Gwen Ifill at Washington Week or The News Hour and tell her that regardless of the new deferrential format of the vp debates, we hope and expect her to ask hard-hitting, succint questions to reveal Governor Palin's positions and range of knowledge on the topics important to all Americans.

    WordPress.com News 2008

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