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  1. Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police
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    OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Newly released documents say the man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others appeared to try to evade authorities just days before his arrest. James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo,... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Barack Obama quickly added his voice to the bipartisan outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, it's hardly the first time a White House and... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  3. Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals court, for a full Senate vote. Senators voted 18-0 to move forward with... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans. But it's unclear how... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

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  1. The attorney general and I agree that the state is on firm legal footing as we move to return the Bibles to the rooms
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  2. It looked like we sneaked down there and did it ... We didn't do anything illegal. ... I have to prove to the people watching in Virginia that it was legal.
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  3. The Philippines underscores that the apprehension and illegal detention of peacekeepers are gross violations of international law
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  4. The decision is outrageous. It's wrong. It's illegal. It's a nullity. The magistrate has totally misconceived the law
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  5. The law in itself is a legal violation because parliament passed it while it was under a state of terrorism and intimidation
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  6. When a legal economy is bad, (law firm mergers) really slow down ... I think law firms are concerned about their revenue picture at this point of the year, and that might put a damper on finalizing merger talks right now.
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  7. The attorney general was the one who pushed the law in 2009, which got set aside. I'm not completely surprised
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  8. This case not only impacts Mr. Coats, but also some 127,816 medical marijuana patient-employees in Colorado who could be summarily terminated even if they are in legal compliance with Colorado state law
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  9. This case not only impacts Mr. Coats, but also some 127,816 medical marijuana patient-employees in Colorado who could be summarily terminated even if they are in legal compliance with Colorado state law
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  10. While I do not believe I did anything illegal, or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong and there is no one else responsible for my sins
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  11. Sadly, Reis is not the first attorney to be prosecuted for this type of illegal conduct, and he will not be the last.
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  12. This is a pending legal matter ... There will be no further comment until the legal process has run its course.
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  13. We asked through the Red Cross and the attorney general in Damascus, but received no answer about his place of detention and his health
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  14. I feel he's a capable attorney ... Now that I know how things turned out, this wasn't his best case.
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  15. We are lawful and legal citizens of New York state and we always obey the law ... It's as simple as that.
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  16. This may be a strategic decision by the attorney general's office to not give the court the opportunity to review the extent of the attorney general's powers
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  17. The attorney general must explain the Justice Department's actions to the public so that we can make sure this kind of press intimidation does not happen again
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  18. If District Attorney Hynes spent less time worrying about getting on TV and more about doing his job, Brooklyn's reputation wouldn't be tarnished by prosecutorial misconduct or the lowest felony conviction rate in the city.
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  20. I can speak of everything. There is nothing that cannot be discussed ... If the law does not talk about civil rights, there's no law, because the law is about protecting one's rights.
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  21. Once shareholders have made their peace, they can't take a second bite at the apple through the attorney general
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  22. You want to talk about legal questions? That could be an equal-protection-under-the-law question
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  23. Illegal kickbacks in any form pervert our health care system, which is designed to insure that health care providers make decisions based solely on what is best for the patient
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  24. If you implanted these embryos, which would be illegal, I think you would get the same results as in mice: Most of them die at birth, and the others encounter big troubles as they age.
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  25. Mr. Bryant's personal property has ended up in the possession of someone who does not lawfully own it. We look forward to resolving this legal matter through the legal system.
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