Sentences with phrase «legal arguments we make»

Some of his legal arguments make good soundbites, but have little substance.

Further, it may be that with assistance, we, lawyers, may be able to use AI software to improve the legal arguments we make and the way we present evidence in court or the drafting of a legal document in court.

Not exact matches

The suits are part of a group of at least four other cases with similar arguments in various courts around the country, and they make legal experts wary, particularly as the differences in opinion seem to indicate their destiny to go before the Supreme Court.

«Any argument they make for keeping that in would result in the same kinds of legal challenges presented by Section 3 (c), which poses the question of, «Why have people from these countries been deemed more dangerous than others?»»

That's the crux of the argument a lawyer for the newspaper made today in a letter sent in response to Trump's latest legal threats.

«I'm sure it will upset many people and they will probably argue that it isn't [legal] and they probably could make some plausible argument that it isn't, but I think there could equally be arguments made for the opposite view.»

«The US government acted as police force (identifying the foreign government's crime), prosecutor (making the legal arguments), jury (ruling on the evidence), and judge (sentencing the foreigner to US retaliatory punishment),» Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the pro-free trade Peterson Institute for International Economics, wrote in a memo about Section 301's history earlier in August.

This argument is bolstered by the possibility that the Trump campaign is paying Michael Cohen's legal fees because the payment Cohen made to Daniels was related to the campaign.

But as I drove home, I myself became less convinced, not of the immediate soundness of my argument, but of the long - term philosophical adequacy and stability of the legal framework within which I had made it.

Like Olson, the justices had to make their arguments in light of U.S. legal history, past and present religious pluralism, and variegated religio - political support of the God - phrase in the pledge.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

I think the most powerful arguments against unrestricted legal abortion are made by Feminists for Life, which organized in 1972 when the National Organization for Women would not reconsider its official position on abortion.

In developing this argument I shall (1) take a close look at the notion of religious pluralism, finding it to mean much more than mere multiplicity of groups defined by ecclesiastical characteristics; (2) look at the historical form taken by pluralism in American society as a set of pressures to which responses were required; and (3) identify the «religiousness» of the response made by legal institutions.

He reflects carefully on the basic dilemma» that defending democracy and its rights and liberties may require an abrogation of at least some of those rights and liberties, at least for some persons and for a limited time» and he explicitly sets out to make a moral argument rather than the legal and political - theory arguments favored among critics of the war on terror.

Many authors and medical organizations have called for boxing to be banned (Table 1), citing medical, ethical, legal, and moral arguments.8, — , 13 Others state that participants should be allowed to make autonomous decisions about participation and that the role of the medical profession should be restricted to the provision of injury care, advice, and information only.14

Ian Brownlie and Tom Franck made such arguments (though Anthea Roberts has written an essay disagreeing) It may be argued that providing advance legal authorization is more likely to encourage such action whereas what we want is to be very restrictive with regard to permissible uses of force but that in cases of genuine need the international community will excuse and not condemn action.

I am not asking why people want marijuana legal, I am asking what arguments people make that legalizing marijuana would be beneficial to a society?

I would argue, even ignoring all the other arguments above, that if this was the entirety of the issue with marijuana it should be made legal on the grounds that freedom of choice, even bad choices, should be favored if the harm is minor enough; as shown by our legalizing of other equally or more addictive drugs.

By the time a law hits the books, all the legal and ethical arguments in the world can't make a difference.

«I felt a better course of action... was not to slow things down by making legal arguments,» he said.

The article describes some of the legal maneuvering and arguments that may be made on both sides of the issue.

A committed Denzel Washington is wasted in a legal drama that never gets around to making closing arguments.

The 43 - year - old actor has filed a lawsuit against his 21 - year - old former lover - whom he dated from April this year until July - in response to the legal documents Elsie made against him in September, which saw her accuse the «Shooter» star for being violent towards her after an argument on July 3.

It isn't the first time a supreme court has made a questionable call but, apart from the legal argument, the decision doesn't mean that vouchers are a good educational or civic idea.

However, shall we not wait to see how many legal cases are brought against CEO's, publishers who tell lies and break contract agreements, before making a final decision on this argument?

«While it is just one ruling, the court rejected the identical legal and factual arguments made by the puppy mill industry throughout the country,» Ryan said.

(So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, though some legal arguments can be made in favor of LPs, that doesn't mean a company can't or won't challenge the use of their IP, or that they are even wrong in claiming infringement.)

So awesome that the original name DieselStormers had to change because Diesel Clothing pushed a legal argument against the name (we read the article and it makes no sense to us either).

You forget that this is a novel, not a text; the legal teams makes your argument successfully.

She made specific reference to the legal brief Exxon filed in a Federal District Court in Texas «advancing an argument that everyday aspects of civil society advocacy with public officials should be treated as an illegal conspiracy.»

Other Petitioners argue that such a decision is in order but make purely legal or process arguments.

And, one more thing: let's not forget that Matt Pawa, at his former law office's online page collection, had a particular article about Western Fuels suing a number of environmental organizations including Ozone Action, where it quoted David Hunter's desire to one day make a legal argument about the fossil fuel industry running a misinformation campaign.

Bringing up to date an argument first made in 2007, this note explains this failure as a result of the legal position established by those negotiations.

There is a tradition in politics that is similar to one in the legal profession: When evidence supports your position, make your argument based on the evidence, but when it argues against your position, ignore the evidence and appeal to emotion.

In addition to providing good insight into the current state of the law, he makes the argument that it would be good for society, including employers, if they could get over their basically reflexive anti-free speech reactions, while acknowledging there is little current legal basis to require them to do so, and conceding that freedom increases conflict which runs against [an] employer's «enduring goals of employee compliance, conformity, complacency and efficiency.»

On the (disturbing) contrary: There are legal arguments that Microsoft could be an accessory to crime if it does not preserve and make available to lawful government requests all data it can possibly access.

BriefMine's core platform focuses on legal briefs — the succinct legal documents submitted to the court; these legal documents elucidate the main argument a lawyer will make throughout a given case.

While she notes that the «purpose of the revision of the former fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC by the present fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU was undoubtedly to strengthen individual legal protection by extending the legal remedies available to natural and legal persons against European Union acts of general application» (para. 33), she nevertheless continues by making three arguments which underline the General Court's interpretation of what regulatory acts entail.

In short, while there are these other arguments made, the absence of legal authority is one.

This does not, of course, provide complete access to justice, but it provides some access to justice, and additional arguments are also to be made that limited legal work has incidental effects that improve clients» overall legal capacity, extending the benefit received beyond the brief services provided.

Besides, even if no one made the argument the Law Society really should be worried if it's position is «well no one has yet noticed we did something without any legal basis for it».

In these factual circumstances, the Court essentially made two arguments as to their legal qualification.

Additionally, the SJC rejected Otis» arguments that judicial estoppel should not be applied because: (1) Otis is bringing the present suit as an assignee of Cusick and is therefore presenting Cusick's claims, not his own; (2) Otis himself did not make inconsistent statement under oath concerning his comparative negligence; and (3) the SJC previously rejected use of judicial estoppel in cases of assignment of legal malpractice claims.

More importantly, Reeve made an important step in skills training: he introduced formal moot courts as a part of the Litchfield curriculum, though on an optional basis.53 Initially, the students themselves conducted the moots, though by 1803, when James Gould was teaching at Litchfield, he presided over the arguments.54 The rules Gould imposed for the moots required not only oral argument, but also written argument, because the litigants had to produce writs and pleadings as well.55 Although a far cry from modern legal writing programs, these moot courts at least endeavored to provide some practical training in the production of persuasive writing.56

Professor White suggests that it does matter how opinions are written because they have important consequences for the parties in a particular case and for the future.29 He further argues that a crucial part of legal activity is the criticism of opinions on rational, political, and moral grounds because that is how relevant arguments are made in support of changing or retaining current rules of law.30 For him, the bigger question «is whether law will move in the direction of trivializing human experience, and itself, or in the direction of dignifying itself and that experience.»

Our legal team has extensive experience drafting cogent appellate briefs and a history of making successful oral arguments before appellate judges.

Factual submissions are made in opening statements and legal submissions are presented in closing argument.

But still, and perhaps even more importantly as a practical matter, the opinion for the Court suggests it is quite possible to make the argument that a particular «Guidelines sentence itself fails properly to reflect § 3553 (a) considerations» and that «the sentencing court does not enjoy the benefit of a legal presumption that the Guidelines sentence should apply.»

It is possible that at some point, immigration authorities could make a legal argument that youthful offender convictions should carry the same immigration consequences as adult convictions.

Prior to making his Charter argument, he advanced a statutory interpretation argument submitting that he was entitled to deduct his legal fees because they were incurred for the purpose of gaining or producing income from property.