Word: legalism
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...legal attack on a developer’s plans to build over a park hit the Cambridge Zoning Board last night, with attorneys from both sides sparring over whether the height of the proposed building violates the city zoning code and whether the plan would allow fire trucks to access adjacent houses...
Anticipated processing time, in months, for citizenship applications and residence visas filed by legal U.S. immigrants with Citizenship and Immigration Services after June...
...were played fifteen years ago, future NBA stars Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, and Jalen Rose would be taking the court for Michigan. This squad, however, is a different story altogether. In 2001, Amaker inherited a program mired in controversy, facing postseason suspensions and program sanctions as a result of legal troubles with former players. And the team has never fully recovered. Despite winning the NIT championship during his reign, the Wolverines have not made the NCAA tournament in nine seasons and graduated its top four scorers from last season. Whether Michigan has found its next big star in freshman...
...probation.) Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis (who left UM in 1996) was arrested in 2000 for alleged involvement in the murder of two men outside an Atlanta nightclub. The murder charges against Lewis were eventually dropped. But such incidents highlight how Hurricanes alumni pioneered the kind of off-field legal trouble so many NFL players are known for today. Taylor, who in his short NFL career was fined at least seven times for infractions like late hits during games (once spitting in an opponent's face), was arrested in 2005 for threatening with a gun a group of people...
...target people overseas, so called "basket warrants." The controversy is over the word "persons." Democrats cite a section of the law - which I mentioned in my Swampland post - that defines "persons" as "groups" or "entities." In other words, al-Qaeda could be considered a "person." Republicans - including a senior legal source in the intelligence community who deals with the FISA court regularly - believe that a judge can construe that to mean a review of individuals who have been targeted. This is the sort of dispute that is usually decided by a judge. - Joe Klein...