But Democratic strategists and officials of liberal groups opposed to confirmation said privately throughout the hearings that they did not believe that demonstrating Judge Alito's opposition to abortion rights would be enough to defeat his nomination.
But, as many of the cases demonstrate, judges tend to follow guidelines that give primacy to constitutional rights over foreign or religious laws.
JAMES A. DUEHOLM Washington, July 9, 2011 To the Editor: David R. Dow correctly points out that, as a host of studies demonstrate, judges and juries exhibit a prejudice that sees white lives as more valuable than black lives.
The men's lawyers had not demonstrated that Judge Coombe had failed to sum up significant evidence.
He said politicians are treating the press like the East India Company, with a royal charter, and that the recent attempt to extract answers out of the court of appeal judge, Sir Brian Leveson, about his report into press ethics demonstrated why "judges should not be asked to solve political problems".
He said the case demonstrated "how judges manipulate facts and law to make a case come out the way they want it to".
Lucy A. Dalglish, the executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said the ruling on Friday "sets a very welcome precedent" because it demonstrated that judges could balance the public's interest in investigative reporting against claims by prosecutors that forcing a reporter to testify was necessary to protect national security.
Individuals or institutions that have demonstrated what judges deem to be the most creative and influential research will receive about $1.36 million in each of four fields; an additional $341,000 will support recipient-proposed plans for research and talent development in related fields for 5 years.
No convincing evidence of nonlinear effects, including J-shaped associations, was demonstrated as judged by residual-by-time analysis, fractional polynomials, and (cubic) regression splines (7).
The overall top prize winner will be the entrant out of the weekly winners whose original entry, in the opinion of the judges, best demonstrates the judging criteria (as set out above).
