Word: dismissals
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...limiting discretion so much as teaching police departments the rules. In Whren and Weaver, the court is sending a strong signal to cities that they will give broad latitude to racial profiling. Tell me a story, they say. Make it borderline believable, and we will deny motions to dismiss on the basis of Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment challenges when minorities claim unreasonable searches and discriminatory treatment...
...biotech advocates presented research to dismiss those claims...
...conduct" for the sales and distribution of handguns as well as a number of new gun safety and design standards to be implemented over the next year. In exchange for these commitments, the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Treasury and state and local government officials agreed to dismiss pending lawsuits against the nation's largest gun manufacturer...
...however, that the crusaders spoiled such a valuable opportunity to really tackle Buchanan's message. As much as we would like to dismiss Buchanan as a stone-age bigot and group him alongside David Duke, such a characterization is not entirely accurate. Buchanan has somehow managed to avoid the oblivion of the fringe. For starters, his philosophy of "economic patriotism" is based on ideas that are popular across the political spectrum. On issues such as free-trade and globalization, Harvard students should keep in mind that in addition to millions of blue-collar workers, Buchanan can claim the sympathies...
...academic nonsense we can dismiss as an unfortunate extension of a University bureaucracy that requires a steady diet of paper munchies. And as annoying as they may be, applications are a universal part of obtaining employment. But what doesn't make sense is the way that students on this campus dream up convoluted application processes for extracurricular organizations and then shove them down their peers' throats. Equally mystifying is the reason why the members of the student body not already a part of these 'in' groups are so eager to participate in what one Crimson columnist has called an "illusion...