A broad reading of "any other law enforcement officers," Ali contends, would seemingly subsume "any officer of customs or excise" and thus render the phrase meaningless.
"It was a very broad reading of the law," a former counterterrorism official said.
Since those appointed by Democrats seem likely to uphold a broad reading of government's powers, a 5 to 4 decision would highlight the partisan divide.
It's possible that, under a broad reading of intellectual-property precedent, a judge might find that the tourists, working as creative directors, were entitled to claim co-author status and split some of the revenue.
The Citizen Media Law Project, together with the Online News Association, Media Bloggers Association, New England Press Association, and Globe Newspaper Company, publisher of The Boston Globe and Boston.com, this week urged a broad reading of Massachusetts' anti-SLAPP law in a friend-of-the-court filing.
By a narrow, five to four majority, the court opted for a broad reading of the recess clause, effectively rubber-stamping a practice which, they said, had been used routinely by presidents going back Andrew Johnson in 1867 – without much objection from the Senate.
Section 163(d)(3)(c) states, "For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'interest' includes any amount allowable as a deduction in connection with personal property used in a short sale". A broad reading of "any amount" could be construed as opening the door to borrow fees, but I doubt that.
Nonetheless, it was an important victory for the Whitewater independent counsel, Kenneth W. Starr, who had asked the Justices not to disturb a decision by a Federal appeals panel that upheld a broad reading of his prosecutorial mandate.
The government collects this information under a broad reading of the Patriot Act, but without having to demonstrate to a court that there is probable cause that any individual subscriber is involved in terrorism.
Indeed Judge Cummings was sufficiently committed to a broad reading of the Second Amendment that, in the Emerson case, he dismissed the indictment of a very dangerous man for possession of a gun while subject to a restraining order.
