Why dispense with such basic rules of justice?

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We may be better angels now than before, and we may be too distracted enough by cheap entertainment to avoid a life of crime, but we are still failing one another on a very basic level in not just our criminal justice system, but our public education system and our basic social contract.

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"I am saddened by the actions of those who have abandoned the basic tenets of both American justice and the Olympic movement, " Mankamyer said.

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But the emotional reactions researchers have observed indicates that there is, at a more basic level, a sense of justice among them.

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This year, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is marking the occasion with a variety of activities whose main purpose is to promote tolerance, equity and social justice through access to quality basic education and lifelong learning.

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They say in the absence of this basic information, the government has not made a case for the Justice and Security Bill.

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Justice Antonin Scalia, in a dissent, said the assumption behind the 1988 decision, Basic vs.

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The broader principle here is one that I think I've talked about, which is that this President is committed to, and I know the Department of Justice is committed to, ensuring that Americans enjoy and get to take advantage of that most basic and fundamental right, which is the right to vote.

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Although the prescription to base your compliance efforts on an assessment of risk is the most basic of common sense axioms, and although it applies generally to your entire compliance program, the Department of Justice has driven the point home and made it clear as well that an anti-corruption risk assessment is an absolute must-do.

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