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Age of Majority
The age of majority is the threshold of adulthood as it is conceptualized in law. It is the chronological moment when children legally cease to be minors and assume control over their persons, actions and decisions, thereby terminating the legal control and legal responsibilities of their parents over and for them. The word majority here refers to having greater years and being of full age; it is opposed to minority, the state of being a minor.
In practical terms, there are certain specific actions which a person who attains the age of majority is permitted to take, which they could not do before. These may include entering into a binding contract, voting, buying and/or consuming alcoholic beverages, driving motor vehicles on public roads, and marrying without obtaining consent of others. The ages at which these various rights or powers may be exercised vary as between the various rights and as between different jurisdictions. For example, the ages at which a person may obtain a license to drive a car or consume alcoholic beverages vary considerably between and also within jurisdictions.
A Majority of a Third of a Majority Running EPA
A cover story by Margaret Kriz at the National Journal asks "Where is the EPA?"
At a time when the nation's top environmental regulators face increasingly complex pollution problems, [the] administration's strained, pro-industry interpretations of environmental laws have repeatedly been laughed out of court, and the White House is widely perceived to be running roughshod over agency scientists and lawyers...
IT WAS A MAJORITY BUT IS IT A MANDATE?
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More On The Emerged Dem Majority
To follow up on this post, I want to point you to John Judis' terrific piece on the same subject. A flavor: This realignment is predicated on a change in political demography and geography...
Are Depressed Lawyers a Majority?
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26% of respondents to a North Carolina Bar Association study exhibited symptoms of clinical depression; 12% reportedly contemplated suicide at least monthly
Of 104 professions studied, lawyers had the highest rate of depression
By spring of their first year in law school, 32% of one group of study subjects were depressed; the number climbed to 40% by spring of the third year...
Pledged Delegate Majority Is Not Enough
Bumped: Yesterday I presented a report by Peniel Cronin on the disparity between the caucuses and primaries this year. (The actual report is here, pdf...
The Silent Majority is Back
When Turley posted about some local Ford dealer's radio commercial directed to the "84%" of true believers in a Christian nation, it was worth a few chuckles...
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