Along with the prosecutors and defense lawyers, Judge Gardephe agreed that about one-third of the prospective jurors would be excused based mainly upon statements indicating that they had biases too strong to overcome.
The jury selection, which began last week with about 500 prospective jurors filling out questionnaires about themselves and their views on capital punishment, moved to the courtroom yesterday as the judge, prosecution and defense began interviewing the more than 300 who were not excused based on their written answers.
When you tell African-American college graduates not to make excuses based on their upbringing, you are telling them that a social critique of poverty is not legitimate.
When this model was undone, fighting was impelled by control of territory, rather than propagandistic excuses based on differences in religious observance or grievances in past wars and conquests.
He throws in his usual talking points about "strengthening the middle class," as if to say, "Trust me, I'm not a president for the poor". And then he repeats that charter-school refrain, "No excuses". When you tell African-American college graduates not to make excuses based on their upbringing, you are telling them that a social critique of poverty is not legitimate.
It generates excuses based on the "bastard operator from hell".
While it may be possible for a plaintiff to meet the burden under some set of facts, plaintiffs in this case have failed to state a Caremark claim sufficient to excuse demand based on a theory that the directors did not fulfill their oversight obligations by failing to monitor the business risk of the company.
But that excuse is based on either not fully comprehending the economic realities of the world or, more importantly, not understanding the changes in the IMF structure that were included in the bill, or possibly both.
Thankfully, this fear is often an excuse and not based on real facts.
