Word: legally
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Predictably, there are murky areas. Setting up the grill near an obstacle course, for example, could be seen as gross negligence. And don't forget, even if you are blameless, you can be sued and incur legal expenses. So before giving your time to a community board--and especially if you are affluent and perceived to have deep pockets--be sure you are insured. Your biggest risk is that an organization run by volunteers busy with their own lives will simply neglect to renew coverage...
...like the Catholic Conference have long warned: that some women having to choose between raising a child without cash benefits and having an abortion paid for by Medicaid will pick abortion. And the report is likely to become exhibit A for the American Civil Liberties Union and the NOW Legal and Educational Defense Fund, which are suing to repeal the law. This strange sorority of opponents also contends that the cap unfairly penalizes the 25,000 children born without benefits and has a disproportionate effect on African Americans...
Even in the fang-baring world of Bill Clinton's most dedicated pursuers, Larry Klayman is in a class by himself. In just four years as head of Judicial Watch, the nonprofit group he founded and operates, Klayman has filed 18 legal actions against the Clinton Administration. Once a relatively obscure trade lawyer, he now goes after anyone he thinks might know something, anything about the skulduggeries he feels sure the White House is behind. Making the most of the rules of pretrial discovery, Klayman has subpoenaed such past and present Clinton insiders as George Stephanopoulos and Paul Begala...
Sourani called routine Israeli confiscations of Palestinian land a "policy of almost ethnic cleansing through legal means...
...Eappen family's fight will continue, in the form of a civil lawsuit for wrongful death. But as TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen points out, that's not likely to lead anywhere if Louise heads home. "It's hard to sue people who live in other countries," says Cohen. "You don't get extradited for a civil lawsuit...