Word: legalizing
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During World War II, allied forces dropped arms to the French resistance to fight German occupation - it is legal to get arms to fight any occupation. Hamas is not a terrorist organization, it is trying to free its people from tyranny. History will describe the atrocities committed by the Israelis, protégés of the Bush Administration. I hope Barack Obama will be more fair in his dealings with the Middle East question. Fayez Suidan, M.D., BEIRUT...
...principal attorney at the White House, Meltzer is likely to tackle a slew of contentious legal issues facing the Obama administration—including the widely anticipated reversal of controversial Bush administration war-time policies...
...threat of litigation impedes our ability to make common-sense decisions: "Straining daily choices through a legal sieve basically kills the human instinct needed to get things done. Law applied to ordinary decisions leads to bad choices, which leads to more law, which leads to worse choices. Pretty soon law is everywhere, separating people from their instincts of right and wrong...
...Another former ally, Randy Leonard, one of Portland's four city commissioners, was also dismayed, not least because Adams' story kept changing. His original version, a mentoring relationship, became a romantic liaison that the mayor insisted didn't become sexual until after Breedlove turned 18, the age of legal consent in Oregon. But in an interview published on Jan. 25 in the Oregonian, Breedlove suggested that he shared a passionate kiss with Adams in a city-hall bathroom while he was still underage. Says Leonard: "The part that bothers me is that I defended Sam back in 2007 more...
...After completing his law degree, Stern served as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society for two years, followed by more than a decade working for private firms...