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Such a construction would render the statute's protections hollow.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: ZIP Code Queries At The Register AP 2011
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Such a construction would render the statute's protections hollow.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: ZIP Code Queries At The Register AP 2011
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And statements in the House Judiciary Committee report emphasize the application of the statute's protections to both criminal and civil detainees.
End ICE Abuse: Battling Prison Rape: Immigration Detainees Deserve Protection, Too End ICE Abuse 2011
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Your interjection of ‘textualism’ [of-which Textualism suggests that statutory interpretation should be governed by a statute's ordinary meaning] is a typical ‘change the subject’ tactic of Left-Wing loones like yourself when you realize that your remarks have demonstrated how profoundly misinformed you are … which is typical of collectivist group-think red diaper doper babies who have not objectively reasoned their way to their points of view through the discipline of objective reasoning.
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Kessler upheld the statute's individual mandate as a constitutionally proper exercise of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce, basically adopting a better-written version of arguments that other judges and journalists have already made: Health care is a national market; Congress can regulate it in such a way as to provide for universal coverage; individuals can't "free-ride" off the system.
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And statements in the House Judiciary Committee report emphasize the application of the statute's protections to both criminal and civil detainees.
End ICE Abuse: Battling Prison Rape: Immigration Detainees Deserve Protection, Too End ICE Abuse 2011
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His lawyer, James Kaster, told the justices the oral warning fulfilled the statute's language of protecting workers who "file any complaint."
In important cases, Supreme Court outcomes sometimes determined by a single word Robert Barnes 2010
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Instead, Higgins is asking world leaders to open an amendment to the 1968 Rome Statute (the treaty that established the court) until it has the required two-thirds of the statute's signatories (currently about 100) to become law.
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His lawyer, James Kaster, told the justices the oral warning fulfilled the statute's language of protecting workers who "file any complaint."
In important cases, Supreme Court outcomes sometimes determined by a single word Robert Barnes 2010
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He argued forcefully that the courts were perfectly capable of resolving this issue he too would invalidate the law, just like any other challenge to a statute's constitutionality.
Congress's Power Play Over Jerusalem David B. Rivkin Jr. 2011
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