Word: circuitous
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...same memos, the Justice Department did note that forced sleep deprivation, when used in conjunction with other techniques, had been called torture in the past, both by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (in a lawsuit about human-rights violations in the Philippines) and the U.N., on multiple occasions. Nonetheless, the Justice Department memos concluded that the use of prolonged sleep deprivation "cannot be expected to cause 'severe mental pain or suffering,' " as defined by U.S. criminal...
...form of [seeking] change.” In January, U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner allowed the Tenenbaum team’s original motion to allow Internet in the courtroom. The record industry then appealed Gertner’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Last Thursday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals overrode Judge Gertner’s decision, despite admitting that there was indeed good reason to webcast the proceedings. In reaching its decision, the court cited Local Rule 83.3, a Massachusetts law that prohibits recording and broadcasting court proceedings in District courts. Though...
...alone, the number of reimbursement claims by parents who have unilaterally placed their kids in private special education rose from 3,023 to 4,068, and the city's spending on private placements went from $53 million in 2005-2006 to $88.9 million in 2007-2008, after the Second Circuit Court ruled in favor of the families in two similar cases...
...Ninth Circuit heard Forest Grove in 2008 and found that TA's parents had the right to seek reimbursement; otherwise, the court said, school districts could essentially avoid paying for special education simply by refusing to classify students as disabled. Presiding over a separate but similar case, however, the First Circuit Court came to the reverse conclusion, saying the law requires the child to try public special education first. In such instances, when the lower courts disagree, the Supreme Court is often called upon to clarify...
...presidential campaigns end, one way or another, but the financial debt from them has a way of living on - especially for a candidate who loses. And while it wouldn't be seemly for a Secretary of State to be out there personally collecting checks on the rubber-chicken circuit, Hillary Clinton is lucky enough to have some big names willing to do something close to that on her behalf...