Word: legalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Focusing primarily on non-combative tactics, Parker stressed the importance of securing the populace, training the Afghan army, mentoring local leaders, facilitating legal commerce, and building infrastructure...
Signs at the rally displayed slogans such as “Abortion is not a class-based right” and “Call your senator to oppose Stupak.” The protesters also handed out flyers that read, “Legal restrictions do not stop abortions from happening, they just make abortions dangerous...
...Huge legal expenses and 13 years later, the two men behind the case, Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw, had their day in the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 9. Most legal experts though, agreed that the duo had no chance of victory. "I don't think anyone other than Bilski thinks that Bilski deserves a patent," says Mark Lemley, a professor of law at Stanford University. (See the 50 best inventions...
...sure what you mean by hold out. I got more votes on Election Day. The decision was made after a legal battle in which the other side had more absentee ballots counted than we did. They [the Franken campaign] chose a strategy that allowed them to get more of their votes counted. We had a strategy based on equal protection. There were literally thousand of votes in Republican areas that still have not been counted. I have no regrets about fighting hard to get somebody’s vote counted...
Grousbeck told the audience that he worked as an attorney for four years, but left the legal field when he realized that he was not happy in that profession...