Because they realize that the new statute is substantially different than the previous one, the plaintiffs want to get the case in front of a judge that they believe will be friendly to them based on his rulings on a different statute.
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Crony capitalism takes a number of forms: protectionist regulation, tax incremental financing and unalloyed handouts. It is almost always a mistake.
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Evers made a choice. He decided not to go after a teacher who had viewed pornographic images on his computer, shared them with at least one other teacher and who was alleged to have made sexual remarks about middle school students. His claim that he had no choice is wrong. Here’s why.
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When schools are beset with crime, it is the teaching staff and the overwhelming majority of law abiding kids who just want to learn who will suffer.
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Tax incremental financing might seem to be a dry and technical subject. The details are real green-eyeshade stuff. But their impact on the political process teaches us a tantalizing lesson: Tax incremental financing is an occasion of sin.
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Judge Dallet’s emphasis on political values is instructive. A major part of the progressive legal project has been to argue that the law can advance a left-of-center political vision.
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A brief that compares Marquette University to other private institutions in Milwaukee would be comparing apples to oranges.
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We want someone who believes that there is a strike zone and, as difficult as calling balls and strikes may be, that’s all he’s there to do.
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It would have been wiser for the panel to stay its decision until its novel theory has been ruled on by the US Supreme Court.
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