On January 23, 2012, doing its best imitation of Inspector Javert and after learning that Douglas had returned to the U.S., the SEC filed a Motion for a Rule to Show Cause and for an Order of Civil Contempt, requesting that the Court hold Douglas in contempt for a second time.

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In this, as sometimes in the way he used his newspapers, he seemed to show a rich man's contempt for decency.

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During the hearing, he'll have to show why he should not be held in contempt for violating the couple's divorce settlement, which stipulates that neither may enter the other's home without permission.

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Litigants, too, have been summoned to show cause why they should not be committed for contempt for expressing what they believed to be legitimate complaints of unfairness in the administration of justice.

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The independent counsel has been asked to show cause why it should not be held in contempt for leaking, and the outcome of that determination, when it is made, as Mr. Starr's invitation would seem to agree, bears on the substantiality and on the credibility of the evidence.

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