On the other hand, there are serious questions as to whether this law is being watered down or not.
The justices must decide whether a law known as the Alien Tort Statute permits US courts to rule on that case.
They say it is too early to judge whether the law is working as intended.
We are there to ensure that BP is doing everything that it has to do as the responsible party in this disaster, whether that is paying for -- as the law stipulates -- paying for the response, paying for the environmental damages and the recovery, and paying the claims of those that -- whose economic livelihood and well-being has also been damaged by this spill.
It's for them to operate within their own law as to whether there are grounds to detain these people, or whether they're just going to monitor them very closely to make sure they don't case problems.
So if there's any question as to whether in fact it's law or some subjective exercise on the part of the poll worker just a few minutes before you go to vote would answer that question.
Mr. Weill, who has been vilified as the Dr. Frankenstein of modern banking, didn't really say whether he wanted that particular law back. (He did later describe his proposal as something very close to Glass-Steagall).
And a judge can make a determination as to whether or not I am upholding the law or breaking the law.
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The politics of Senate confirmation could impact the speed of further implementation, as well as whether any of the more controversial portions of the law are re-opened for further negations.
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If you are in any doubt as to whether stealing digital goods is frowned upon by the law, take a look at some of the penalties imposed for illegally downloading music.
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The question is whether the law should allow either of these discoveries to be protected as inventions.
And so the question, in part, is whether or not they can actually prosecute this man under the law as it is written now.
As early as next week, the court could rule whether a federal labor law pre-empts California's prohibition against employers using state money to deter union organizing campaigns.
Wilson told the AP Wednesday that prosecutors had not responded to the offer and said he didn't know whether prosecutors had relayed the offer to any victims as required by state law.
One law firm has already opened an investigation as to whether the Weiss family and the Board of Directors of AM are breaching their fiduciary duties by not engaging in a full and fair independent auction to ensure that shareholders will receive the highest price possible for their shares.
The system only gives a yes-or-no answer as to whether the putative buyer is eligible to own firearms under federal law.
No one at all has any right, whether in law or morality, to get back their uninsured deposits if as and when a bank goes bust.
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For starters international law has objective criteria for determining whether or not an entity qualifies as a state.
Many people apparently believe jurists are to act as super-legislators, voting for or against a law based on whether it is good policy.
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The cases turn on whether online postings mirror activity that is protected under the Wagner Act, as the 1935 law is also known.
U.S. and Algerian officials are still trying to confirm the identities of those involved, according to a federal law enforcement official -- and it was unclear whether the terrorist identified as a Canadian was carrying authentic or false identification.
Since 2005, horses are required by law to have a "passport" that contains a declaration as to whether the horse is intended for human consumption.
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Neither exemption is categorically inapplicable to unlicensed accountants as a matter of law, and PwC has established material fact questions on whether Plaintiffs fall under either exemption.
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We feel that the issue of whether APIs are copyrightable is sufficiently far-reaching that it should be addressed as a point of law in its own right.
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Chief Justice Roberts said that the law passed by Congress stripping the detainees of habeas rights is unclear as to whether the appeals court can order a detainee released.
One of the biggest questions, should Judge Vinson rule that the individual mandate violates the Constitution, is whether he would decide it could be "severed" from the rest of the law, as did Virginia judge Hudson.
But Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she prefers to wait and see whether lawmakers craft a new law this spring that would allow the concealed carry of weapons, as the federal appeals court ordered them to do.
Gay rights advocates hope this will be the session in which the justices decide a key issue involving same-sex marriage: whether homosexual couples who are legally married under state law are entitled to the same benefits under federal law as heterosexual spouses.
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But the legislation stalled over such issues as how to extend Brady law background checks to gun shows, banning large-capacity ammunition clips or whether to require safety locks on handguns.
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