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But how could removing communications tools from the overwhelming majority of law-abiding citizens in a moment of crisis possibly be the answer?
CNN: Social media is a force for good during difficult days
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Critics contend that the Patriot Act was rushed into law in a moment of panic.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Our right to security
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In Mississippi, a proposal to declare that an embryo is a person in law from the moment of fertilization did not win - a defeat for social conservatism (though of course not all social conservatives are Republican).
BBC: Elections help Obama. A bit.
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Most journalists believe they can report pretty well what they like until charges are brought, though the law in fact allows for restrictions from the moment of arrest.
ECONOMIST: A battle over the public's right to know
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Yet a change in the law is unlikely at the moment, for a couple of reasons.
ECONOMIST: Abortion
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Its members are collecting signatures for a petition to change the law so it defines life as beginning at the moment of conception.
BBC: South Carolina: Up close and in personhood
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And on the International Space Station, commander Scott Kelly led NASA in a moment of silence for his sister-in-law, Ms. Giffords, who is married to his identical-twin brother.
WSJ: A Silent Moment, From Washington to Space Station
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Seven months ago, in what may have been the proudest moment of his presidency, a beaming Mr Obama signed into law a far-reaching bill to reform America's system of health care.
ECONOMIST: Obama and the mid-terms
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For the moment Elena Kagan, the solicitor-general and a former dean of Harvard Law School, appears at the top of this list.
ECONOMIST: John Paul Stevens's imminent retirement
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If I could come back to Iran for a moment, the sanctions that the President signed into law over the holiday are sort of requiring the U.S. to go to a lot of long-time allies and make the case that they should curtail purchases of Iranian oil.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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Yet under copyright law, which treats the product of employees and contracted freelancers as the work of the company from the moment of creation, Ditko owns no part of Spider-Man.
FORBES: The Last Temptation of Steve Ditko
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European Union law states that all electrical and electronic goods should be covered by a two year warranty from the moment of sale.
FORBES: China Tightens Its Oversight On Apple