Sentence examples for Legal scramble from inspiring English sources

The unseemly and unsettling spectacle of a last-minute legal scramble in the shadow of the ultimate deadline, with the condemned inmate waiting for word of his fate just outside the death chamber, may suggest that the Supreme Court does not render considered justice when it is asked to halt an execution.

A8 NATIONAL A10-15 High Court and State Judge Decline Schiavo Appeals The Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Terri Schiavo and a state judge rejected Gov. Jeb Bush's attempt to intervene, prompting a last-ditch legal scramble by Ms. Schiavo's parents.

In a series of court rulings, federal judges agreed, though the legal scramble continues.

After eight episodes of frantic legal scrambling and dicey backroom deals, it looks as if Mike is getting out.

Legal analysts scrambled to explain that investments in China's Internet industry, among others, had hidden risks, and that government scrutiny of the loophole was increasing.

On Sunday, legal teams scrambled to make bail, pleading from the stage for volunteers with cash and credit cards to come forward and using the arrests to rally the faithful.

[Excerpts, Page A24.] The decision, which did not explicitly tell the state legislature how to carry out the ruling, sent lawmakers and legal experts scrambling to determine what options exist short of legitimizing gay marriage.

The same week Sessions made his announcement, the largest family facility a 2,400-bed cluster of trailers in Dilley, Texas—was packed nearly to capacity, as volunteers and a few legal staff scrambled to inform women of their rights as they fought immediate deportation.

The dramatic shift in the legal drama also scrambled the political landscape in France, where Mr Strauss-Kahn, the former director of the International Monetary Fund, had been considered a likely and potent socialist challenger in next year's presidential election.

The rule on how many votes are needed for a review on the merits is set by the court, and because the situation of the court having only six members is so rare, Supreme Court officials and legal scholars were scrambling today to determine how many votes would be needed in this case.

Suddenly, abortion was almost always legal everywhere, and activists scrambled to adjust.