But the Batson rule has been gamed by both prosecutors and defense attorneys over the years, and just about any lawyer can come up with plausible, "race-neutral" reasons to explain why they excluded a potential juror.
But Mr Obama's evident star power makes it seem plausible.Race and the raceIt probably helps that he is black (or, at least, mixed-race).
With veteran starters to go with a talented young lineup, a spot in the pennant race seems plausible.
What neither piece addresses is how the hard reality of the current math is enough to make a plausible case that this race is all but over.
Nonetheless, with the stop-and-frisk policy under attack from the judge and the presumed Democratic candidates in the 2013 mayoral race, it seems plausible that the city could contemplate some changes.
So at the streetside cafes where average Egyptians pay about 15 cents a cup for Turkish coffee or sugary tea, a steady buzz of candidates' names floats above the tables, and the patrons divide themselves into impassioned camps supporting the five plausible contenders still in the race.
"There is, I think, a very plausible scenario under which the race is going to be close".
It's completely plausible that upon entering this race, Sanders had no idea how big his revolution would become and so operated his campaign in an almost alien-like non-political way.
Since the age of 15, he had been racing through more plausible alternatives: from legal clerk, to courtroom and parliamentary shorthand reporter, then on to journalism and ambitions in the theatre.
In the longer run, he might make a plausible candidate in the next presidential race, due in 2000.But Mr Berezovsky would not be everybody's choice of patron.
Many people think it is plausible, even obvious, that ideas about race are systemically operating in our criminal justice system, somehow, perhaps below the level of conscious intent.
