That kind of arithmetic, an aggressive government interpretation of 1996 immigration laws that has been increasingly invoked in recent years, was rejected by the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision in June.
In 2009, Bates wrote, the court found that its approval of a government interpretation of section 215 of the Patriot Act to justify the bulk collection of all Americans' phone records – a different authority than section 702 of the Fisa Amendments Act – was substantially flawed.
And they have welcomed a European directive which is likely to force councils to change their systems - although the UK government interpretation of the rules still face a judicial review.
Wyden says that while there are numerous interpretations of how the Patriot Act works, the official government interpretation of the law remains classified.
According to the current government interpretation of the flag, the red background symbolizes the revolution and the golden colors were used to "radiate" on the red background.
Among the concrete gains currently at risk are an executive order prohibiting discrimination by some 30,000 federal contractors, a government interpretation of existing law that guarantees transgender students the right to proper accommodations, and a widely-praised new military policy that ended years of senseless discrimination against LGBTQ service members.
Having seen a strong civil society reaction against such a change that was deemed to run against the principle of constitutionalism, Abe had to abandon the plan, and that is how he then came around to the idea of simply revising the official government interpretation of the constitution to lift the ban on CSD.
RWOPS policy is subject to provincial government interpretation.
The Russians also escalated their critiques of Western governments' interpretations of the report, which offered the first independent confirmation of a large chemical weapons assault on Aug. 21 on the outskirts of Syria's capital, Damascus, that asphyxiated hundreds of civilians.
"Lashing Justice" (editorial, Dec. 3) notes that "non-Muslims are often baffled, angered, even frightened by some governments' interpretation of Islamic law".
