Word: obstructing
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While members of the Harvard University Police Department were present, Dershowitz said he did not call them and insisted that they not obstruct the protest...
...Steven Lubet: This means the first conviction, conspiracy to obstruct justice, is completely reversed. There will be no new trial on that count, because the government only gets one chance to prove their case. On the civil rights conviction, Charles Schwarz could end up on trial again, if the prosecutors decide that...
...hope that Sen. Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) can extract important concessions on these points during budget deliberations. Recent Republican attempts to paint him as “obstructionist” are true only insofar as he has tried to obstruct ill-conceived tax rebates for the rich while fighting for America’s less fortunate...
...knew better. They were aware that Sister Joan, her vows notwithstanding, is a longtime feminist firebrand in the midst of a daring gambit. "If Scripture has nothing at all to say about the ordination of women," Chittister asked, "on what basis do we use Jesus as our right to obstruct it?" Her audience thought for a moment, clapped and finally broke into cheers...
...Condit's statements to police may also provide authorities with some leverage. If it's true that it took him until his third interview to confess to an affair with Levy, does that mean he lied to them in the first two sessions? Under the D.C. code obstruction of justice charges can be brought against anyone who "corruptly" (as in by lying) "obstructs or impedes or endeavors to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice in any official proceeding" (such as an investigation of someone's disappearance). For his part, Condit has officially stated that he never asked anyone...