A firestorm of criticism of Mr. Blumenthal, who has never faced such a test, was set off Monday night, when The New York Times reported that Mr. Blumenthal had sometimes claimed to have served in Vietnam.
Mr. Blumenthal, who repeated his apology in person in New Haven on Monday, came under attack on May 17 when The New York Times reported that he had sometimes claimed to have served in Vietnam, though he actually served stateside in the Marine Reserve after receiving five draft deferments.
Purdue has sometimes claimed to have never "lost a case" related to OxyContin, but it's more accurate to say that the company has never allowed a case to go to trial, often settling rather than litigating the culpability of the company — and the Sacklers — in open court.
Lower courts have sometimes claimed legal authority to invalidate a regulation (which is at issue in this case) even for parties who aren't before the court.
Although presidents have sometimes claimed that the Constitution gives them inherent powers to act beyond ordinary legal limits in an exigency, those claims tend to fare poorly when challenged in court.
Clients have sometimes claimed that health workers do not listen carefully to their problems before writing the prescription.
But for decades, forensic examiners have sometimes claimed in court that close but not identical ballistic markings could conclusively link evidence to a suspect and judges and juries have trusted their expertise.
Brownback's critics say the state's persistent deficits are evidence that the economic benefits from reduced taxes are not always adequate to make up for reductions in revenue, as advocates of supply-side changes have sometimes claimed.
For decades, forensic examiners have sometimes claimed in court that so-called pattern evidence like ballistic markings, fingerprints, shoeprints, and more could conclusively link evidence to a suspect.
The congregation thus probably does not, as its pastors have sometimes claimed, comprise a quarter of the population of the city.
