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One of the most enduring aspects of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's legacy will be his vision and leadership with regard to expanding access to civil l...
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*SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS: May telling someone "Nice to see you," ever be untrue? How about, "You look good"? Or asking "How are you?", even if you actually are uninterested in a truthful answer?
In the Torah reading of Shoftim, we are told to "Pursue perfect honesty" (Aryeh Kaplan's translation of the three Hebrew words usually rendered "Justice, justice you shall pursue"). But what are we to make of this admonition?
At the Academy of Rabbi Yishmael it was taught: Great is the cause of peace, seeing that for its sake, even the Holy One, blessed be He, changed the truth, for at first it is written, 'My lord [i.e., husband [Abraham]] is old,' while afterward it is written, 'And I am old.'" (Yevamot 65b)
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... JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.*Scott L... Under §2254(d), thatapplication "shall not be granted with respect to [such a] Opinion of... a prisoner madeinsufficient effort to pursue in state proceedings." Id., at437; see also Richt...
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We asked several local teachers to explain why they see teaching as a calling, an act of faith. Here are excerpts from eight teachers. Read their complete essays at faithinmemphis.com .
Lydia Berryman
... in Deuteronomy 16, when Moses proclaims "Justice, Justice shall you pursue . ." As a teacher, I am ...
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... about global distributive justice--what I shall term 'associational' approaches (1) and 'humanity-.... I shall pursue a different tack. Both preceding replies have forc...
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Widely regarded as an incurable liberal, a frequent dissenter, the only appellate judge in recent memory to face a serious retention challenge, Richard B. Teitelman is the Missouri Supreme Court's most controversial judge -- on paper.
In person, he is perhaps the court's most beloved member. An unerring presence at parties, an inveterate glad-hander, he's the judge who wanders through the courtroom before a hearing to say hello, then compliments the lawyers after their arguments.
..., 63, began a two-year term as chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, a position that mak... don't think [Teitelman] ever attempted to pursue an ideological agenda. It was simply an access to ...'s mentioned twice: 'Justice, justice, you shall pursue it.'". (Copyright 2011 Dolan Media Newswire...
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.... --Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (2007) (3) . INTRODUCTION . At ... of equality (that is, government may pursue equality, however equality is understood, so long ...Its language is explicit: "No State shall .. deny to any person within its jurisdiction the ...
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Defenders of duties of justice to compatriots sometimes criticize the aspirations... with the cause of cosmopolitanism, I shall try to do my bit to carry some of the weight for i... the domestic policies that countries may pursue. The policies that states may employ in the pursui...
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... A Port in the Storm?: The Problematic and Shallow Safe Harbor for Electronic Discovery, 101 NW. U.L...., " Science, and the Ministers of Justice, 86 NEB. L. REV. 1 (2007). . Christopher Onstott, ..., "Justice, and Only Justice, You Shall Pursue": Network Neutrality, the First Amendment and John...
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... of the article she quotes the Talmud: "Justice, justice shall you pursue!" The correct citation i...