Word: legalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Nesson argues the RIAA’s prosecution of Tenenbaum oversteps legal boundaries...
...current copyright system is outdated,” Nesson said “The RIAA’s efforts are a legal antique in our digital world...
...such as gun control and gay marriage into courts in an attempt to bypass the legislative branch. Invariably, this leads the opposing side to counter by creating a constitutional amendment to overrule the judicial branch. Sound legislation based on compromise and accountability gives way to an arms race for legal enforcement. In this environment, positions may win, but the people ultimately lose...
Ohio Republicans Launch Another Voter-Fraud Challenge, 2:30 p.m. E.T. The Ohio Republican Party (ORP) this morning added another chapter to the ongoing legal saga here over its fears of voter fraud. The ORP's latest complaint against Ohio secretary of state Jennifer Brunner, filed in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio, alleges that the rules governing provisional ballots are so vague that each of Ohio's 88 counties could end up treating those votes differently - and be subject to violations of numerous federal equal-protection and election laws...
...Daniel Tokaji, an election-law expert at Ohio State University, says the intent behind this motion might be to allow post-election legal disputes over provisional ballots should Ohio's election results be very close...