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114 documents for misadventure definition
  • ...S. C. §1254(1), theconstitutional definition of a case or controversy wouldstill constrain... Yetthis Court's "puzzling misadventure in constitutionaldictum" still has not come ...

  • ... and “has produced … a disastrous misadventure in judicial policymaking,” Holder, supra, at 893... could be met in a district where, by definition, white voters join in sufficient numbers with mino...

  • To curb graffiti, cities like Lewiston and South Portland are relying on overbroad rules. Here's how to make stopping vandalism good for the public, police and the artists. In "The Tipping Point," best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell describes a "magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire."Maine is currently facing several tipping points. Our ponds and lakes, for example, are threatened by invasive aquatic plants which, once introduced, spread rapidly through bodies of water. Much like the threat posed by these plants, Maine is threatened by unauthorized graffiti, criminal vandalism which, once established, also spreads rapidly.

    ...The model ordinance's legislative misadventure begins with its definition of "graffiti implement,...

  • ... for comparison under § 5 exists by definition: A proposed voting practice is measured against th... that has produced such a disastrous misadventure in judicial policymaking. I would hold that the si...

  • I RECKON we're all supposed to puff up with civic pride when a presidential candidate visits. But, frankly, I'm not feeling so puffy. Oh, sure, it's a nice gesture. When a Barack Obama (who's scheduled to visit Chesapeake today) or a John McCain (who's undoubtedly heading this way to help fledgling maverick Rep. Thelma Drake) swoops into town, it's a visible sign that we're important - or, at the very least, that there's someone nearby willing to host a fundraiser.

    ... headquarters of Blackwater, the very definition of adventure. Or misadventure, depending on which ...

  • The photograph dominating the lead sports page in Mondays newspaper showed Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race participant Mark Bamford of Bucksport reaching for a lifeline after having been spilled from his kayak into the roiling icy white water at infamous Six Mile Falls last Saturday. Shot by Bangor Daily News photographer Gabor Degre, the photo pretty much said all there is to say about the hazards of negotiating the falls located on the outskirts of Bangor proper. It also brought to mind a story that former BDN co-worker Ken Buckley enjoyed telling about his misadventure in the race in the early years of the event.

    ... a new appreciation for the clinical definition of the word hypothermia. They made it downstream t...

  • ... any speech that could fit under some definition of "offensive." After all, much political and reli... (calling the requirement "a puzzling misadventure in constitutional dictum"); Dirrane v. Brooklin...

  • ..., Engquist, and the Supreme Court's Misadventure," 61 S.C. L. Rev. 107, 121-25 (2009); Kerstin Mill... on a forbidden characteristic, then by definition it would not be a class-of-one case. Under rationa...

  • ... that amounts to “a puzzling misadventure in constitutional dictum”). And application of t... not meaningfully advanced … when the definition of constitutional rights depends on a federal cour...



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