The charges against Mr Berlusconi were quashed on the eve of last year's general election under a statute of limitation.
The Supreme Court reversed his conviction under 1503, the general obstruction of justice statute, holding that the facts were insufficient to make the case.
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As the managers stated in their presentation, there are two relevant obstruction of justice statutes: 18 USC 1503, which is the general obstruction of justice statute, and 18 USC 1512, the more specific statute which prohibits witness tampering.
CNN: Transcript: White House Deputy Counsel Mills' statement
The statute sets out one general and several specific conditions that warrant recusal.
Ms Coffey attacked the proposals, which are broadly similar to measures the Labour government failed to get onto the statute book before the general election.
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And with a new crime against religious hate expected to reach the Statute Book before the general election, this is not an issue that will go away quietly.
Under Congress' independent counsel statute, Reno explained, the attorney general does not have the authority to appoint an outside prosecutor until there is specific and credible evidence of illegal activity by a covered person.
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Kris W. Kobach, a University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law professor, who worked on immigration policy for former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and who helped draft the Arizona statute, insists that it's narrowly targeted to take advantage of an enforcement mechanism Congress left the locals in 1986.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the justices the law was a "targeted statute that's designed to deal with a particular" problem: "the misappropriation of the government-conferred honor and esteem" that such a decoration represents.
In general, the most elegant solutions to software patents involve changes to the patent statute, although most advocates are reluctant to explore this route.
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"After carefully considering the statute and its consequences, both intended and unintended, I concur with the attorney general, who has aligned herself with her predecessors, " he said.
But another state statute says that if the vacancy happens within 70 days of the primary that precedes the next general election, the special election will be held at the second succeeding election.
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