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In the span of just a few weeks, both the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued decisions significantly expanding liability under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (CPL or UTPCPL). While these decisions involved claims by private parties, the CPL also permits lawsuits by district attorneys and the commonwealth’s attorney general. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court broadened the scope of the CPL by imposing a strict liability standard under which a company can be liable if it “engage[s] in conduct that has the
that it wanted law schools to essentially ignore the third circuit decision, that it wanted that it was going to take that decision to the supreme court and that it wanted law schools to continue to do what they had been doing, we did change back, we did precisely what dod asked us to do, and dod never withheld the well, you didn t, ms. kagan, you didn t do what the dod asked you to do. just ask this, put your legal hat on for a second, the third circuit opinion never stayed the enforcement of the solomon amendment at harvard, did it? did that law remain in effect? senator sessions, the question was new york city that s my question to you. did the law remain in effect at all times at harvard? the solomon amendment remained in effect, but we had always thought that we were acting in compliance with the solomon amendment, and for many, many years,
offensive. she pained herself into this box and academia, probably maybe when she dreamed of being on the court but didn t think she would be on the court and said these hearings are awful. they have to be more candid. talking about everything. a situational decision here as when you get in there. i think you don t want a supreme court justice who tells you what they think about a certain issue, abortion or guns. you know they are going to come up. can we just talk a second about the 50 thousand-foot view? i don t think anybody believes that this elena kagan is not going to be the next supreme court justice. so what are the hearings about? they are about republicans sort of we have a mid-term election coming up in november. republicans will use this as an opportunity to talk about barack obama s agenda, the big government democratic agenda, the so-called activist court, democratic agenda, to take on the standard of empathy we were talking about yesterday. and use this as a wa
1954 brown versus board of education, a decision that was unanimous and is still pretty unanimously supported, again, she was trying to walk the line on originalism saying that agreeing somewhat but not completely. we are all originalists and senator hatch is right. i mean no one can say she s not a politician. right? saying the senator hatch was right about his interpretation of her article in 1995. i thought it was very cleaver she didn t want to talk about past cases. very interesting past case, the settlement of legislation that said if you if we are giving federal money to the universities p, then you cannot ban the military from recruiting. this is a big thing at the heart of whether she is pro or con military which isn t the issue. she join eed before the supreme court taking the opposite stand
s corporations, s chapter corporation in america and we have 56,000 in my home state of utah alone. these are small companies who want the legal protections that incorporating provides. these are family farmers. ranchers, mom and pop stores and other small businesses. before the citizens united decision, these small family businesses could be barred from using their regular budget for, say a radio program or even a pamphlet opposing their congressman for his vote on a bill if it was that close to an election. do you believe that is the constitution gives the federal government this much power? senator hatch, congress determined the corporations and trade unions generally had this kind of corrupting impact on i m talking about all of these 4.5 million small corporations, as well. senator hatch, of course, in the solicitor general s office we defend statutes and congress determined