Word: factualism
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...that we have any assumption at all. Nor do we give any benefit of the doubt. We have to try to establish the facts. [We have] first of all to examine the declaration that Iraq should make before the 8th of December. Hopefully it will be a very detailed, factual account. And secondly, we have a great many sites that we intend to visit...
...surprised to see no reaction to what looks like an even more serious misquotation on the substance of the petition, given that Dershowitz derisively accuses those who disagree with him of factual ignorance. The coverage of the Winthrop House “debate” reports him as saying: “It’s a little bit strange that there should be such a huge debate about four issues which have already been resolved...
...reiterate: these were not essay questions—they were objective, factual questions—and they were handed out in advance, and they comprised the students’ entire grade. Even among courses commonly considered “guts” during the regular term, I have yet to hear of anything even approaching the level of travesty engendered by such lax requirements...
...individual is compelled to abide by the law or face criminal penalties. Jury nullification undermines the status of the legal code as applicable to all members of society by introducing an element of caprice into what should be a completely fair, standard judicial process. Arbitrary conviction based not on factual guilt, but on a jury’s collective opinion of a law’s fairness, encourages disobedience to the legal code because the certainty that proven guilt results in criminal penalties is weakened. Deterring crime—a major function of the law—can only...
...legal system empowers juries to make factual decisions only—whether a defendant committed a crime, based on concrete evidence and witnesses’ testimony. Juries must determine if laws have been broken—they are not directed to opine on the fairness of a specific law; nor should they. America’s democratic system places the responsibility for creating law on the shoulders of the American people via popularly elected representatives. The legislature should create the law, while the judicial system interprets it; this is the very basis of the separation of powers. Allowing juries...