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If there are five justices who wish to overrule decisions like those of Atkins, Roper, and Miller, Jones potentially presents them with a way to do it.
7 BIG CASES THE SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR IN ITS NEW TERM, EXPLAINEDIAN MILLHISEROCTOBER 1, 2020VOXOne report said Leach’s interview for the Tennessee job “went very well,” and another indicated that then-athletic director John Currie was prepared to hire Leach but was overruled by the administration.
IS THE SEC READY FOR THE AIR RAID? MIKE LEACH SURE THINKS SO.JAKE LOURIMSEPTEMBER 30, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTIf FDA career scientists get overruled by political appointees, that would also be a major sign of political pressure.
HOW TO TELL A POLITICAL STUNT FROM A REAL VACCINEBY CAROLINE CHEN, ISAAC ARNSDORF AND RYAN GABRIELSONSEPTEMBER 26, 2020PROPUBLICALet me give me you the three reasons why we think it should be overruled, and it was a very nice generous thing to do.
‘SKIM MILK’ MARRIAGES NOT ENOUGH: GINSBURG REMEMBERED AS LGBTQ ALLYCHRIS JOHNSONSEPTEMBER 21, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEWhen they failed, thanks to a maneuver granted by a recent state law that allows a few large cities that represent a majority of the county’s population to overrule the rest of the board, they walked out.
POLITICS REPORT: WHAT COMES NEXT FOR SPORTS ARENASCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSJULY 11, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIf all the mild mutineers could be induced to cling together, they could easily overrule Howe and his party.
DOWN THE RHINEOLIVER OPTICI think it right to state the facts, because it shows how wonderfully God's grace can overrule.
GATHERING JEWELSJAMES KNOWLES AND MATILDA DARROCH KNOWLESHope they'll overrule it—make a lot of difference to me if they don't.
LYRE AND LANCETF. ANSTEYIt will, of course, overrule any conflicting view of the Provost-Marshal-General, if there be such.
THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOLUME SIXABRAHAM LINCOLNWe know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it to overrule this.
THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOLUME TWOABRAHAM LINCOLNWORDS RELATED TO OVERRULE
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