And in fact, understanding that we needed to persuade him and other moderates on the court at the time, using facts and reason and common sense rather than resorting to the standard ideological arguments that give fodder to your supporters but do little to advance a more nuanced, compassionate law made me a better advocate.
The majority replaced that bright-line rule with a more nuanced one, and law enforcement officials greeted it with dismay.
We have learned a great deal in the six years since NCLB was enacted, and those lessons will help policymakers to shape a more nuanced and responsive law.
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By the end of the month, Republicans conscious of the looming midterms began to "retreat" from their "all-out assault" on Obamacare, "talking about the health-care law in more nuanced terms" and, in some instances, running on "fixing" the law rather than repealing it.
But some groups that represent businesses and consumers have taken a more nuanced view of the laws.
The Obama administration, which challenged the law, said the law conflicts with a more nuanced federal immigration policy that seeks to balance national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, human rights and the rights of law-abiding citizens and immigrants.
Mr. Felder objects to what he calls "feminized" law, a more nuanced view of winning and losing: "Would you want a world where there's no wrong and right, where truth doesn't triumph over lies, where justice merges with inequity?
Wednesday's hearing, which featured testimony from five state insurance regulators, produced a more nuanced picture ― of a law that has done a lot of good while running into some severe difficulties in parts of the country.
