Bolton did not indicate how she might rule, saying only that she will take the matter "under advisement". But she did subject Justice Department lawyers to some pointed questions.
On Thursday, Dr. Hoyt sent a statement to The Times that the college's board of regents "is aware of the issue and has taken the matter under advisement".
After hearing arguments in the Skokos case, a three-judge panel took the issue under advisement.
With thanks in advance, Respectfully, M--------H The Commissioner has taken the matter under advisement.
The judge took the matter under advisement, brought in the jury, and proceeded with the trial.
After hearing the arguments, the court took the case under advisement and promised its verdict April 10.
The judge took the case under advisement and could rule soon.
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan did not say how or when he would rule, taking the issue under advisement.
After hearing arguments, a United States district judge, Henry H. Kennedy Jr., said that he would take the matter "under advisement" and that he would rule later.
Doubtless, they were encouraged by Lincoln's admission that he saw no legal problem with emancipation and that he had "not decided against an emancipation," even as they were doubtless discouraged that he held "the matter under advisement".
And Stephen Cambone, Mr. Rumsfeld's under secretary for intelligence, gave at best a misleading answer when he testified under oath that it was his "guess" that President Bush would take the issue under advisement should it ever come up.
