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If Congress had really wanted to revoke habeas jurisdiction over pending cases, it would have said so.

Thomas Wilner

Ronnie Earle was abusing his power and getting subpoenas issued by a court that had no jurisdiction.

Matt Hennessy

Our jurisdiction is anyone who has anything to do with the movement of waterfront freight.

Thomas Demaria

In this particular case, they can't touch it. I think it's extremely frustrating to the ADA to not have jurisdiction.

Paul Sherry

They're worried they would lose jurisdiction.

Sherry Ragan

LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.

Ambrose Bierce

We have jurisdiction over federal land.

Matt Mathes

Roughly 4,000 individuals have contributed to Ben's campaign, from every jurisdiction in the state.

Oren Shur

It expands the jurisdiction that the Secret Service has over its ability to put in place these exclusion zones.

Timothy Edgar

It's hard to let another country dictate to you policies of something that happened to you in your jurisdiction, ... I couldn't put this family at risk of this guy coming back and doing something else bad.

Josh Mccown

What happens if a hacker in the U.K. breaks into a system in South Africa, or in the U.S.? ... Where did the crime happen? And who has jurisdiction? The police must cooperate across borders, and, frankly, the police are not very good at that.

Bob Ayers

Every time a new jurisdiction opens, I've heard that same comment, ... It's just a faulty assessment.

Terry Lanni

The. . .law doesn't apply to us. We're not under Canada's jurisdiction, we're a sovereign nation.

Janie Jamieson

The nature of our constitution is that everyone is supposed to be able to do their own thing in their own area of jurisdiction.

Stephen Harper

Our office does not appoint special prosecutors, nor do we have jurisdiction to investigate the crime of murder.

Juanita Scarlett

The resort will not commit illegal acts at the direction of government officials including those who have no jurisdiction in the matter.

Robert Murphy

Right now we're both stating our positions as to why we feel we have jurisdiction in certain areas.

Jim Moffatt

Mr. Olsen is not here. We don't have jurisdiction. ... I am very uncomfortable with any proceeding.

Sherry Ragan

You can run but you can't hide, ... This is the second defendant in six months who has fled the jurisdiction on the day of trial and it's also the second one we have caught with the assistance of the FBI.

Robert Herzfeld

Sir, two of those schools aren't even under our jurisdiction.

Randy Copeland

I can't imagine that we wouldn't talk, ... It's not about jurisdiction. It's about public safety.

Pam Iorio

There's no doubt whatsoever the FCC has jurisdiction in this area, ... We always have the right and responsibility to investigate any use of the public airwaves that has an effect on the public interest, particularly the interest of children.

Reed Hundt

It's possible that not all of the homicides occurred in Aurora's jurisdiction.

Dan Ferrelli

I would submit the FDA jurisdiction is lawless, however honorable its intentions.

Richard Cooper

Mr. Cline is also a person of interest in a number of other incidents both inside and outside our jurisdiction.

Greg Hicks

This is a dastardly crime as far as I'm concerned...It's the type of cruelty we absolutely have to send a message on, ... This is just not acceptable in this jurisdiction.

John Conte

This is a different jurisdiction. He hasn't been convicted of any offense in Hong Kong. There's no reason why he should not be able to return to his job.

Paul Harris

It gives us jurisdiction we currently do not have. Historically, the criminal cases surrounding the large-scale manufacturing of illegal documents have been brought by the U.S. attorney.

Jason Dunn

The claims commission does not have jurisdiction on the boundary.

Yemane Gebremeskel

This is a section of law and jurisdiction that continues to evolve, but because you have really three different services, it is not as clear as it could be.

Paul Larrabee

If we had jurisdiction, we would be taking a close look at the effects to Moon Brook.

William Burke

The state is acting without jurisdiction.

David Remes

If (Alamo) paid that (delinquency), that would give our jurisdiction that much more to operate on.

Bill Shanklin

A U.S. court has no jurisdiction over this alleged conduct in Canada.

Edward Greenspan