Word: counsels
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...also on the hunt to replace Jim Towey, director of the President's faith-based initiative, who left saying the effort had "faced a steady headwind from Day One." At one point, say G.O.P. officials, the White House was even inquiring about a possible ambassadorship for White House counsel Harriet Miers, but Bolten issued an unusual public denunciation of reports that she would be replaced. Bolten, 51, hopes to have most of his staff changes in place within a couple of weeks, and his aides are planning a "rollout" of public appearances for him then to discuss the new structure...
...order to get out of a job he didn't like. He probably didn't think he would really become disabled by being a good plaintiff. It's the evil twin of rehabilitation - act sick-get sick - and it happens a lot. "Accentuate the negative" may be sound legal counsel, but it's the worst possible medical advice anyone could ever give. It's a pain for the doctor, and often ultimately, an even bigger pain for the patient...
What do O.J. Simpson and Pharaoh of the Old Testament have in common? As of last Monday, both have benefited from the legal counsel of Alan Dershowitz. The Frankfurter Professor of Law showed off his debating chops by defending the notorious anti-Semite before an anything-but-impartial jury in a mock trial staged at Harvard Hillel. In a partially scripted exchange peppered with Old Testament allusions and political wisecracks, Dershowitz stood his ground against prosecuting attorney Austryn Professor of Jewish Studies Jay Harris, who accused Pharaoh of committing crimes against humanity. Dershowitz retorted that Pharoah could not be convicted...
...that may not be enough for Tisha Tallmann, Southeast regional counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. She says her organization is still considering a legal challenge to the Act, in part because immigrants, she says, contribute some $200 million to the annual tax base, and should not be denied public services that they help fund. "Instead of waiting for Congress," says Tallmann, "Georgia has decided to take matters into its own hands, signing into law a punitive bill that does nothing to solve this complex issue." Unless Washington can finally tackle that issue, more states will...
...Director Porter Goss testified in March that water-boarding—a classic form of torture in which suspects are subjected to mock execution by drowning—is a “professional interrogation technique.” Timothy Flanigan, former deputy White House counsel who at the time had been nominated as deputy attorney general, refused during testimony in September to say that water-boarding constitutes inhumane treatment. If even water-boarding doesn’t shock the conscience of senior administration officials, what will...