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Readers react to a push by Texas Republicans to redraw the state's voting districts, a political fight that is reverberating ...
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. – ...
Following the letter rather than the spirit of the law is often the refuge of scoundrels. Former Congressman George Santos comes to mind in this wordplay, "I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal ...
Chancellor Donde Plowman sent a letter back to Sen. Blackburn addressing her concerns that UT is hiding diversity, equity and ...
“L.A. Unified has chosen to violate both the letter and spirit of the law and students are suffering as a result,” the coalition’s analysis states. “Knowingly violating the law is wrong.
Israel, like the United States, is party to some but not all the U.N. conventions and agreements that, taken together, constitute international humanitarian law and the laws of warfare.
Jarrett Carter, vice president of external affairs, communication and advancement, said that the college does not admit to “lawbreaking or wrongdoing,” in the settlement agreement between them and the ...
The second is the spirit of the law, which is set forth clearly in the act’s preamble: “The affairs of government are not intended to be conducted in an atmosphere of secrecy since at all ...
An executive order issued by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 required the federal government to follow the letter and spirit of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Donald Trump's reversal of ...
Illustration by Chelsey Fredlund, ALM. Whenever I hear the names of certain storied British legal brands, I’m hit with a wave of nostalgia—none more so than Slaughter and May and Ashurst ...