Last week, prosecutors said they could not bring a case against him, given a three-year statute of limitations for sexual assault, but they said there was evidence that he had sexually assaulted Ms. Banon.
There was evidence from Mr. Strauss-Kahn's own testimony of sexual assault in a 2003 encounter with a French writer and novelist, Tristane Banon, the prosecutor said in a statement, but given a three-year statute of limitations on that charge, no case would be brought.
She got a hearing — and a lot of wary questions — on one of her cases before the state's highest court last week for arguing that anyone denied records should be given a two-year statute of limitations to sue, instead of the current 45 days.
Police referred their cases to the St . Louis Countycounselor's office, which, given a one-year statute of limitations, had until Thursday to bring charges.
As MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out, the jurors were at first given a 1979 Missouri statute that said that a police officer was allowed to use whatever force he or she "reasonably believes is immediately necessary to effect the arrest".
In the decision in that court, the trial court judge stated: "I do not think that 'income' as used in the statute, should be given a meaning so as to include everything that comes in".
Tax protesters attribute the following quotation to the Court in this case: "income; as used in the statute should be given a meaning so as not to include everything that comes in".
Where a statute gives a decision-maker a discretionary power, it is generally unlawful for the decision-maker to delegate that power to another person or body unless the statute itself expressly provides that this may be done.
Where a statute gives a decision-maker a discretionary power, whether of a judicial, legislative or administrative nature, it is generally unlawful for the decision-maker to delegate that power to another person or body unless the statute itself expressly provides that this may be done.
On the basis of that conclusion, the court in Schempp devised a test to determine whether a given statute is in violation of the establishment clause: The test may be stated as follows: what are the purpose and the primary effect of the enactment?
