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Section 559 begins on page 317 of the bill and is written in the obscure jargon of all special-interest tax breaks--almost impossible to decipher, so bewildering is its language. At first glance, it looks like nothing more than a technical amendment to clarify some arcane section of tax...
In 2004 oil prices were safely below the line to allow synfuel producers to claim the maximum credit. The stealth amendment would roll back the calendar. (Sort of like your missing the deadline for your mortgage payment, then backdating your check to avoid a late charge. But much more lucrative...
Frederick Schauer, the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the KSG, urged audience members to remember the differences in attitude toward free speech seen in the United States, Europe, and the rest of the world.
No one questions Harvard’s legal rights, as a private institution, to regulate what happens on its property; this university is not subject to the First Amendment in the way that a city government or a state school is. Even so, the question for the university should not...
The Maryland legislature will consider the change this week but is unlikely to adopt it. The amendment may never emerge from the judiciary committee, given that the body is run by a former defense attorney. Many defense attorneys argue that the constitutional right to confront one's accuser in court...