Ms. Rice could thus have faced theoretical liability for false statements whether or not she had agreed to testify under oath.
Justice Madsen, writing for the dissenting justices, said that the First Amendment does not protect false campaign statements, whether or not they injure reputation, as long as proof of actual malice is required.
Many of these California festivals have published their own self-serious mission statements (whether or not they achieve it is another thing), and Lightning's is an admirable one: not only to "leave no trace" but to go even further by establishing itself as one of America's greenest music festivals promoting environmental sustainability as well as mental and physical wellness.
Cast Chiwetel Ejiofor as Everyman, for example, as the National Theatre has, and that still makes a statement – whether intentionally or not.
Continuing the thread of "We Can Work It Out", "The Word", "Nowhere Man", "Rain", and Revolver's strangeness, it's the Beatles most overtly political and spiritual statement, whether intentional or not.
Consequently, he said, "the committee adopted the policy of not making any statement about whether or not a recession had started, but only to report and comment on the data that will ultimately go into the decision".
Saying journalists are not the target of the new laws is of course not at all a definitive statement about whether or not the laws could apply to journalists.
In a television interview that he taped with CNN on Saturday, he would not be roped into a firm statement about whether or not he would consider a vice presidential candidate who supports legal abortion.
While women who gave birth in Oregon can no longer keep their identities secret from their adult children, they can file a statement saying whether or not they want be contacted.
The army's support for the current government is uncertain, with the army chief recently making an ambivalent statement about whether or not another coup could take place.
