Word: legalism
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...soon became a critique of Watson and his management style. In particular, she said Watson did not take advantage of a meeting with Anthony A. Braga, a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, who teaches Sociology 179: “Crime, Justice, and the American Legal System...
...only there for a week, however, before learning that he was admitted to the Foreign Service. He said when he told the dean, Erwin N. Griswold, that he was leaving, Griswold gave him a look that suggested Negroponte would regret the decision. “So much for my legal career!” Negroponte said. Back in Washington, Negroponte, a Bush appointee, may face challenges working with the newly elected Democratic Congress. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, DTexas, an opponent of the Iraq war, is slated to become chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee...
...filing includes an affidavit from a psychiatrist who said that he apparently is suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, or PTSD, and cannot adequately assist his own lawyers in preparing his legal defense. According to the psychiatrist's affidavit in the court filing: "When approached by his attorneys, he begs them, 'please, please, please' not to have to discuss his case." The psychiatrist also reported that Padilla "refuses to watch the videos of his interrogation and he refuses to answer questions pertaining to aspects of the evidence in his case...
...officials and spokespersons for the Department of Defense have long insisted that Padilla never faced torture, arguing in their own legal filings that he never experienced anything but "humane" treatment consistent with his safety and security...
Although there are many situations that warrant the use of an exclamation point, a legal brief being submitted to the Supreme Court probably isn't one of them. But Teddy Gordon may have been too revved up to restrain his grammar. The Louisville, Ky., attorney, who has long dreamed of arguing before the highest court in the land and who in recent months had a sign in his office that said "Washington D.C. or Bust," has been on a mission to overturn the racial guidelines Kentucky's Jefferson County adopted to keep its public schools integrated. The student-assignment policy...