Word: lawyering
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...According to Suleman's lawyer, Jeff Czech, her show will be more documentary than reality show, following her eight most recent offspring as they grow, much like Michael Apted's venerated Up series, which has been visiting and filming a cross section of 14 British citizens since they were 7 years old. Eyeworks has a similar franchise in Denmark, Generation 10, which follows four children as they grow up, checking in every three months...
...could not comment on Smith’s status yesterday. Harvard spokesperson John D. Longbrake also declined to comment. Smith was friends with Kirkland House resident Chanequa N. Campbell ’09, the other student who has been linked to the Kirkland shooting, said Campbell’s lawyer Jeffrey T. Karp. Campbell’s diploma has also been withheld by the College, Karp said. Campbell received two letters from Harvard administrators on May 22 informing her she must leave campus and would not be allowed to participate in any graduation activities, according to Karp. While Smith...
...comes President Obama—a lawyer, a teacher, a man of the constitution —to contest for the ideal. He is challenged, like Lincoln, to make the law of our constitution our guide. His challenge will be played out at home and abroad in the courts of our consciences and of public opinion. Do we believe in Law, or in its subversion? Can we hold on to the wisdom of Socrates and the hopes and ideals of our founders, or will we bow to the cynicism and power of the autocrat? Can we express our ideals...
...Spitzer’s diligence eventually led to a political career centered on aggressively combating organized crime and corruption, first in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and later as the State’s chief lawyer...
...decision in Coleman's favor would send the case back to lower courts to reinterpret the standard for including absentee ballots. "The trial and appeal were based on the fact that different counties counted the ballots differently," Ben Ginsberg, a lawyer for Coleman who also represented George W. Bush in the 2000 Florida recount, tells TIME. "Whether or not a voter's vote counts shouldn't depend on where they live." (See the top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...