A big question for the bureau is how seriously to take the banks' assertions that they will cut back on lending without a strong legal shield.
Just yesterday, for example, a closely divided Supreme Court made it harder for death row inmates to obtain federal relief when a state court denies their right to defend themselves against prosecutors' assertions that they will endanger society unless executed.
In the process, he has set himself up as more than the company CEO, but also society's moral gatekeeper and disciplinary parental figure, who knows what's best for his children and will force it upon them whether they like it or not - on the assertion that someday, they will thank him for it.
Not every investor says they knew that Ezra's fund Ascot was fully invested with Madoff, an assertion that will be at issue in forthcoming lawsuits.
He is not afraid to be disliked, he says, "as long as what you're doing is professionally correct and hopefully of some benefit to society and mankind" - an assertion that will surely have his enemies howling.
If two angles look unequal, then you know that no correct proof will involve the assertion that they are equal.
Perhaps this will bolster the Huskies' assertion that they are the greatest women's basketball team ever.
This section is devoted to certain auxiliary assertions that will be needed in the proof of the main theorem.
