"Sorry… eh, Mr. PNOS, would you place Wilhelm Tell in the proto-romantic Sturm und Drang movement or Weimar Classicism?" Not that this is any far from happening; After the enormous success of far-right parties in the European elections this weekend, it wouldn't be all that surprising if we come to see the EU court adapting the Swiss court rule on a broader scale.
"The courts must adapt to this modern reality," Judge Kaye said in a statement released yesterday.
Most Americans are committed to the Constitution and rely on the courts to adapt our antique highest law to modern technological and cultural developments.
Still, Lippe concedes that the courts must adapt to a more Web-based generation and engage the online public at large.
Gustavo Kuerten, whose clay-court instincts adapt better every day to the all-round requirements of hard courts, was able to progress comfortably and little noticed, easing out Albert Costa 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 to earn a quarter-final with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
After some experimenting with juries, mostly in outlying regions, the courts have not adapted very quickly.
Here, in the midst successive attempted coups and violent political upheavals, he serenely holds court, prudently adapting his views to those of his politically varied patrons.
His perfect balance on the tennis court, to adapt an old joke, suggested he had chips on both shoulders.But Mr Murray has since done much to assuage his critics.
Robert Russell, a judge in Buffalo, New York, after noticing an increasing number of veterans on his docket, in 2008 created the first court specialised and adapted to meet the needs of veterans.Every Tuesday, Mr Russell presides over "Veterans Treatment Court", a hybrid of drug and mental-health courts.
In effect, the Court in Katz adapted the meaning of the word "search" to take into account the impact of new forms of technology through which the government could invade individual privacy in ways that were undreamed of when the Fourth Amendment was adopted.
