When they tried to register they were confronted by a number of humiliatingly frivolous questions to "test" their literacy, the most infamous of which was "how many bubbles are there in a bar of soap?" When they couldn't answer, they couldn't vote.
The Republicans argued that would cut down on frivolous requests for testing and court challenges.
And to the extent the litigation is frivolous, the four-part test is a stiff one and "the plaintiff can be hastened from (the) court by summary judgment". Barlow v. Collins, 397 U.S. 159 , 175n. 10, 90 S.Ct.
Testing for frivolous purposes, such as to trace your ancestry or find out if you are "compatible" with your lover, will remain unregulated.Closer scrutiny could be good news.
Conservatives mostly point to frivolous lawsuits that encourage doctors to order unnecessary tests and procedures, and extremely expensive patients like premature infants.
Though the yield is not yet known, Mr. Mahoney suspects that the new requirement deterred frivolous applicants as well as weaker ones (grades and test scores increased slightly).
The National Press Photographers Association, et al. notes that allowing animus-based claims in the arrest contexts would not create an unwarranted evidentiary burden on police officers, because the Court has already established tests that allow officers to defend against frivolous claims.
Diagnostic tests for women may, in fact, be a frivolous luxury that's been adding to the burden on our already strained economy. .
The fear of frivolous lawsuits plays a big part in motivating doctors to conduct "unnecessary" tests.
With all of the standards to be met and tests to be taken, there simply isn't time for something as "frivolous" as recess.
