Addressing the government's lawyer, Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland pushed back against the idea that the continued confusion over the validity of commission charges was the court's fault.
Casselman questioned the validity of the charges to the Times on Monday, saying that instead of charging the defendants, officers"could have told Mr. Henry and Ms. Hayes and Mr. Kiel, 'Listen, this is not a good idea.
The double standard calls into question the validity of the charges made by anti-tax groups.
Many have questioned the validity of these charges, their sequential filing, and the fairness of his trials.
Defense lawyers are challenging the validity of both charges in another matter pending before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The possible validity of those charges remained unclear as Mr. Khodorkovsky's arrest was quickly transformed into a major political scandal of uncertain outcome.
Mary Bejarano, the lawyer for Father Ordonez, said the lengthy time that passed before the woman accused the priest called into question the validity of the charges.
If Sterling did not respond to the charge within five business days, or does not appear at the hearing, it would be deemed an admission of the "total validity of the charges as presented," according to the constitution.
The validity of manslaughter charges in a fatal construction accident will be tested again in September, when the owner of a crane company is scheduled to go on trial in connection with a deadly crane collapse on East 91st Street.
The validity of bringing charges of material support and conspiracy in a tribunal — at least for actions before October 2006, when Congress approved them as triable offenses in a military commission — has been a point of sharp contention inside the Obama administration.
Until the arraignment process and purpose are redefined to require more than a perfunctory inquiry into the validity of the charges and the background of the accused, the results bemoaned by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will continue to the detriment of all concerned.
