Word: asserting
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...think there is a group of people who understand what I believe is this basic shift—they have progressive values but they are not tied to the old battles of Cambridge,” Seidel says. “My hope is that these voters start to assert themselves now, because not only do I think the conversation has changed, but the underlying dynamic has changed...
...employee’s brain into brain soup after five years. According to the New York Times, the neurologists who performed the autopsy on former safety Andre Watters, dead at 44, found that he had the deteriorated brain of an 85-year-old man. Upshaw is also quick to assert that the union represents only active players and the hotshots cannot be expected to forfeit a piece to old-timers no longer bringing in revenue. This statement is false on two accounts. First, the NFLPA fund money is provided almost entirely by the ownership. There is little reason that current...
...dreadfully misguided. Because it relies on the logic of representation, the system-internal strategy endorses a conception of power that ultimately stultifies those it originally sought to serve. It expects the newly-empowered to represent their constituents’ interests completely. Against this, we must assert that the disconnect between power and the people—intrinsic to representative government—cannot be bridged permanently by the good will, intellect, or charm of the powerful. Instead, these managers of political change end up drowning in their own privileges. Because the seat of power is segregated from the general life...
...aliens and U.S. permanent residents. But not only is this an arbitrary and unjust distinction, it offers little real comfort: Detaining a U.S. citizen without the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus may be illegal, but the only way to challenge an illegal detention—to assert that one is a citizen and deserves basic legal rights—is through a habeas corpus petition. The idea, then, that we are immune from government incursions on our legal rights is a frightening Catch-22, one that leaves us entirely dependent on the propriety of military investigators...
David Von Drehle's article was provocative and interesting, but I believe it is erroneous to assert that "the court's ideology is playing a dwindling role in the lives of Americans." This observation ignores the significant role the Roberts Court has assumed in shaping federal antitrust, labor and securities law. Big Business may be benefiting from the court's rulings at the expense of consumers, workers and small investors. Decisions on pocketbook issues may not make headlines or create strong emotional reactions, but they may ultimately have a greater impact on the average American than the more high-profile...