But the former president's admission on Friday that he lied in a 1998 deposition about his relationship with Monica S. Lewinsky, and his agreement to surrender his Arkansas law license, both in exchange for immunity from indictment, present serious obstacles to the granting of a New York license, a state bar official said.
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials in Maryland may continue to collect DNA samples from people charged with violent felonies while the Supreme Court considers whether to hear an appeal on the constitutionality of the practice, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ruled on Monday in a brief order granting a stay of a state court decision.
But it does point to an important fact: that the organisation which so many of us take for granted is in a state of rapid evolution.
While the Syrian constitution liberally grants free speech, a state of emergency in effect since the Baath Party seized power suspends this freedom.
Only two generations ago, the Holocaust wiped out most of Europe's Jews, convincing the U.N. that the survivors could not live safely in the Diaspora and should be granted a state of their own.
Granted, a state of armed conflict could arguably be said to exist in the small tribal regions in Pakistan where drones strikes now occur -- but what about Lahore or Islamabad?
Arlene Wohlgemuth, the executive director of the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, explains that Texas would still expect its share of federal funding, but in the form of a block grant for a state-designed programme.
In 1787 she was the first woman to be granted a state pension (of £50 a year) for scientific work.
The Anti-Masons left two legacies: the practice of granting to each state delegation a number of votes equal to the size of its delegation in the Electoral College, and the rule by which a nomination requires a three-quarters vote.
Health care advocates scoff at the assertion by Mr. Scott and the Legislature that some of the rejected grants would duplicate existing state programs (a few of the grants require a state contribution).
