Word: dismissiveness
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...Does the Plame Lawsuit Have a Chance? Analysis: Many legal experts think it won't survive motions to dismiss based on claims of presidential immunity, but it may not be that simple
...inaccessible website. It seemed a futile move. Everyone knew the act applied only to a "place of accommodation," a physical spot rather than some space in the ether. Everyone knew that because courts had said so, and Target's lawyers made this compelling point in asking the judge to dismiss the suit. But everyone, it turned out, was wrong...
...make no mistake - the Democrats are no better. They routinely dismiss or minimize the indiscretions of their own members. Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA) recently led a delegation to Louisiana - after the FBI found $100,000 in cash in his freezer. They have launched a hundred criticisms but offer no meaningful solutions. They rebuffed efforts to introduce a party platform because they felt they could gain more seats by attacking Republicans rather than explaining what they believe...
...drop charges, and friends, teammates—and the victim herself—rejected police’s version of the events.Yet, the prosecution charged ahead.Last Wednesday, just two days before the case was scheduled for trial, Cambridge District Court Judge George R. Sprague ’60 dismissed it, against the objections of the prosecutor. After months of speculation and rumor, it was finally over.On the cusp of graduation, the class of 2006 revelled in their last night together at the Senior Soiree. On that warm June evening, the class danced and slipped into a collective alcohol-induced haze...
...easy to dismiss the congressional page program as an antiquated, elitist form of serfdom. That's because it is. I should know - I myself journeyed to the Capitol a decade ago to become a Senate page. On a snowy January day, I moved into an $8 million dorm that housed a group of teenagers better connected than Jack Abramoff...