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Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal failed to indentify a single course that makes Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies program unlawful and he relied too heavily on quotes lifted from textbooks and the program's website, an attorney for the district asserted in an appeal filed June 22.
Heather Gaines, an attorney with DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacey, wrote in the seven-page notice of appeal sent to the Department of Education that those textbook excerpts don't show whether the texts are actually taught or how they are presented to students.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky stunned a packed courtroom and backed out of a preliminary hearing at the last minute Tuesday, avoiding a face-to- face confrontation with accusers who his lawyer said were just trying to cash in by making up stories of child sex abuse.
Sandusky pleaded not guilty and vowed afterward to "stay the course, to fight for four quarters.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. OREGON ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STAT...
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The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is conducting two Rulemaking Workshops (Workshops) and is requesting public comments on revising LSC's (PAI) rule to respond to Recommendation 2 of LSC's Pro Bono Task Force Report. The discussions in the Workshops and the other comments received will be considered in connection with rulemaking by LSC. LSC solicits expression of interest in participating as a panelist in the Workshops from the recipient community, the organized bar, pro bono organizations, and other interested parties.
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[Karen Gibbs] is the Commanding Officer. NR Navy Marine-Corps Appellate Review Activity 116 (government), which supports the Office of the Judge Advocate General, Code 46 (NAMARA Government Unit). Washington Navy Yard, D.C. As such, she commands a unit of 14, including officers and enlisted, who provide responses to allegations of error in records of courts-martial before the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review.
The U.S. Attorney is the chief law enforcement officer in this entire district because we prosecute all federal crime," she said. "We represent the United States in all actions, including criminal and civil actions, and I have served as an attorney in both the criminal and civil divisions of my office. I am a pu...
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On March 17, 2011, the New York Attorney General issued guidance concerning the New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act ("NYPMIFA"). We...
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SYLLABUS
OCTOBER TERM, 2008
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THIRD JUDICIALDIST. V. OSBORNE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
DIST...
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The Justice Department did not confirm the existence of this controversial program until December 2005. [...] the volume fails to address one of the most controversial events of Ashcroft's tenure: his decision to stand by Deputy Attorney General James Comey's refusal to reauthorize that controversial program.
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This final rule amends the Legal Services Corporation's regulations on enforcement procedures through the addition of options for limited reductions of funding, expansion of non-audit based suspensions for up to ninety days, and immediate special grant conditions for compliance issues. The final rule provides updates and enhancements to the rules regarding enforcement generally, terminations, debarments, and suspensions. It also provides a technical conforming update to a cross-reference in the private attorney involvement regulation.
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One of the state's highest-paid municipal attorneys enjoys a 30- hour workweek, eight weeks of paid time off each year, and the promise of a six-figure pension -- all courtesy of North Bergen taxpayers.
Herbert Klitzner's $214,106 municipal salary and benefits are unrivaled by attorneys who lead legal departments in the state's biggest cities. He even outearns the state's attorney general.