Word: lawyering
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...good gauge for potential electoral trouble in Florida - the level of lawyer activity - doesn't seem to forecast a tropical vote storm. Mind you, the lawyers are out in force, as they always are here, but they aren't yet expecting a major fight. "I don't think there is anything that is visible at this time that we can anticipate would be materially contestable," says Barry Richard, the Tallahassee attorney who represented Bush during the 2000 recount but isn't representing any side this time. (Richard, ironically, is a lifelong Democrat who is voting for Obama.) "Florida could...
...House, Bosch’s former residence. Sharon A. Smith, a 13-year-old who attended the trip, noted that her favorite part of the tour was the library. “It’s nice,” she said, adding that she wants to be a lawyer or a doctor when she grows up. But the students’ trip up to Boston was not just confined to the gates of Harvard Yard. They also traveled to Salem, Mass. to celebrate Halloween and, on Saturday, the group walked the Freedom Trail, attended a college information session...
...Judson H. Miner, a Chicago civil rights lawyer who hired Obama out of law school, recalled his first encounter with the future senator...
...Tribe, who says Obama was the most impressive student he has seen in his four decades on the faculty, remains an Obama advisor. And Newton N. Minow, a prominent and well-connected Chicago lawyer who had led the Federal Communications Commission under President John F. Kennedy ’40, proved to be an invaluable mentor for Obama during his early political runs...
...Ohio Coalition for the Homeless won a lawsuit forcing Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to impose consistent rules statewide. But because the ruling came just two weeks ago, insiders worry that the disorder may not be cleared up in time. "It's still a mess," says Caroline Gentry, a lawyer for the coalition. "If it's a close election, I do think there will be litigation...