Note on Language

Towards an evidence-based approach to communicating uncertainty in intelligence analysis

“…Finally, research has revealed that the interpretation of linguistic probabilities may be affected by the context in which they are used. 8 The context may be externally provided such as describing a military operation as being a potential success or failure 9 or internal to the person such as his/her attitudes towards the phenomena being judged (e.g., 'global climate change' 10 ).…”

The Gompers v. Buck's Stove Saga: A Constitutional Case Study in Dialogue, Resistance, and the Freedom of Speech

“…then they must bear the consequences." 57 Justice Wright did not take this lying down: he answered back. He quoted a passage from the book that Mitchell had published declaring it a duty to resist or disregard injunctions understood as unlawful.…”

“…I will explode if I don't, and I don't want to go to jail, but I prefer that to exploding." 33 Van Cleave, of course, seized the opportunity. He announced that his next step would be to bring the union's conduct to the attention of the Justice Department's criminal division, which was charged with prosecuting Sherman Act violations.…”

“…These reforms must be secured by an act of legislation." 133 The passage of the Clayton Act would be this story's next chapter.…”

Patently Non-Obvious Ii: Experimental Study on the Hindsight Issue Before the Supreme Court in Ksr V. Teleflex

“…75 First, a study of every patent validity decision issued over an eight-year period found no statistically significant difference between the rate at which judges and juries held patents invalid for obviousness, 76 a result indicating that judges suffer the same hindsight bias as jurors. 77 Second, a study of 167 federal magistrate judges found that judicial judgments exhibited "hindsight bias to the same extent as mock jurors and other laypersons. '' 78 Other studies also have found that judges exhibit a hindsight bias similar to laypersons.…”