"There's an understanding that we will not make law on the back of a 16-year-old girl, and that's what her attorneys are doing, " said Hays.
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Second is a recognition of the limits of the judicial role, an understanding that a judge's job is to interpret, not make law, to approach decisions without any particular ideology or agenda, but rather a commitment to impartial justice, a respect for precedent, and a determination to faithfully apply the law to the facts at hand.
Boies ducked the question, insisting that the Florida court did not make new law, that it interpreted old law.
Contrary to the hysterics of the Obama opposition, the modification, which allows the Department of HHS to waive certain state requirements under the law, does not make any significant change in the substance of the law.
The country's law did not make specific provisions for political asylum, a government statement said.
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British law does not make tax status a qualification for sitting in the Lords.
Jacques Maheasa, a representative of the Socialists, said the law would not make any contribution to fighting juvenile delinquency as the thinking behind it was "excessively repressive".
And that's why the President has instructed his Justice Department to make progress in enforcing existing law and enhancing background checks to make it harder for those who should not have weapons under existing law from obtaining them.
Mr Eldergill said the proposed law change would not make much difference to the situation on the ground.
Opposing the appeal, Peter Wright QC told the court the judge did not make an error and that the decision "was not wrong in law".
And in fact, even all along the process, you know, in Egypt, even by law you do not make a party which is based on religious or race a foundation.
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"The line London has taken will complicate, if not make impossible, the cooperation of law enforcement organization on questions that touch the security interests of millions of Britons and Russians, " he said.
Many people would be unhappy with such a mixed outcome, but it is not the job of the law to make people happy.
Some experts reckon the law on intercepts would not make listening to someone's messages after that person had heard them an offence, distasteful as it might seem.
From what I have been reading in trade publications like Investment News, it looks like the fiduciary standard provision may not make it into the current financial reform law and if it does it could be watered down.
He believed in obeying the law but not in trying to make the world a better place.
So they not only administer the law, they sometimes make it as well.
Or would he just as soon not make a public statement about the health care law and let outside groups -- the campaign and others -- do the politicking around this moment?
Also, in upper management and law firm partnerships, HR does not make compensation decisions.
In contrast, the southern (or Mediterranean) view is that public authorities should make and enforce the law, but not otherwise nag on about personal behaviour.
The senator said that while the department wanted to help people entitled to receive benefit, it would be changing the law to make sure others were not abusing the system.
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And rare now is the law office or accounting firm which does not make some claim for its skills in lobbying the European institutions on clients' behalf.
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One reason perhaps is that although the Russians seem to be keen on such a regime, the US has not elicited enough concessions in principle on law enforcement to make this worthwhile from their perspective (notwithstanding the probable lack of practical effect of such an agreement also).
American University law professor Steve Wermiel says that distinction may not make reporters feel any better.
Under international law, formerly occupied states are not obliged to make such a concession.
"The pope does not need anybody's permission to make exceptions to how ecclesiastical law relates to him, " noted conservative columnist Jimmy Akin in the National Catholic Register.
Holding off discussions about the health law's impact on a business might not make sense for employers getting ready to enter long-term contracts with customers, suppliers or trade unions.
So can we assume that if the President wants somebody with real-world experience, anybody who has spent his entire career as a law professor or a judge is not going to make the list?
That is the essence of what we do as lawyers: advocate for clients within a system that seeks to make decisions based on law and established procedure, not whim or ideology or political power.
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Mental health coverage is not mandated by the law but it requires employers and insurers to make such benefits equal.
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