A handy way to distinguish a government announcement inspired more by politics than its actual policy outcome is when the prime minister's office briefs (some) newspapers about it before it has been considered by the cabinet.
The Guardian and other news organisations are filing supporting briefs, arguing that if the company loses, the US government could come after news organisations by targeting emails and other information stored overseas.
Though he had always promised to commit suicide during a show, a defeated Allin finally walked off stage in Manhattan in June 1993, sporting just soiled briefs, his body smeared with blood and droppings, and into a fatal heroin overdose.
She would use these briefs in the meetings, interlarding them with her own comments.
The oral argument is the public face of the case, sure, but it's important to remember that it is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the material that will contribute to the court's decision – particularly in a case like this, with 136 amicus briefs.
The other ministers, apart from speaking to their ministerial briefs, often reminisced from their own experience or that of their children, which was not particularly relevant to the development of a national curriculum for state-sector education.
The "desire to forestall social change," the Kentucky brief says, is "not a legitimate state interest".The petitioners' briefs do a creditable job of exposing the apparent illogic behind the states' bans on same-sex marriage.
Add in the dozens of amicus briefs from people and organisations who feel they have a stake in the outcome, and the justices (and journalists) have quite a lot of reading to do.
A written decision could be handed down as early as this month, but the judges may take their time given the growing importance of the case.No less than four amicus briefs (filings by someone not party to the case) have been received and not just from the usual suspects.
The distraught couple realized that unless they obtained a court order, John's death certificate, his final record as a person and as a citizen of Ohio, would not reflect and respect [their] 20-year relationship and legal marriage.It is impossible to read the briefs and come away with the impression that gay marriage bans are harmless.
The briefs also point to Zablocki v Redhail, a 1978 case in which the justices struck down a law declaring that people who had fallen behind on their child support were ineligible to marry.
