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2 senses
A state of conflict between the two houses of Congress regarding the time of adjournment. The condition empowers the President to adjourn the houses to a time the President deems proper.
A fundamental conflict between a lawyer and client over action the client insists upon taking. The conflict permits the lawyer to withdraw from the representation.
Each sense below has its own examples, sources, and questions.
A state of conflict between the two houses of Congress regarding the time of adjournment. The condition empowers the President to adjourn the houses to a time the President deems proper.
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A fundamental conflict between a lawyer and client over action the client insists upon taking. The conflict permits the lawyer to withdraw from the representation.
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Dominic Drake and Dorothy Daniels lead the House and Senate respectively. The chambers reach disagreement over the precise date for ending the session. The President exercises authority to set the adjournment date unilaterally.
Diana Delgado and Deanna Davenport represent same-sex couples in separate circuits. Lower courts reach conflicting conclusions on marriage recognition. The Supreme Court grants certiorari to resolve the disagreement among the courts of appeals.
Dominic Drake challenges a state contraceptive ban. Several justices disagree with the majority's chosen doctrinal foundation for invalidating the statute. The opinion records the narrow disagreement over the proper clause while reaching the same result.
Dolores Diaz serves as special prosecutor investigating executive wrongdoing. The President asserts privilege and the parties reach disagreement over production of recordings. The Court holds that judicial process may resolve the disagreement.
Derek Douglas litigates a state abortion restriction. The majority invalidates the statute under the Due Process Clause. A dissenting justice registers fundamental disagreement with the constitutional analysis and outcome.
The Constitution authorizes the President to adjourn the houses only when they disagree on the time of adjournment. The power is narrow and arises solely from that specific impasse.
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A disagreement among the courts of appeals that produces geographic variation in federal law supplies a compelling reason for the Court to grant review and resolve the conflict.
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Derek Douglas directs his lawyer to file a pleading the lawyer views as fundamentally at odds with professional standards. The lawyer determines that continued representation is untenable because of the disagreement. The lawyer files a motion to withdraw.
Withdrawal is permitted only when the disagreement is fundamental or the action is repugnant to the lawyer. Mere policy differences or ordinary strategic disputes do not satisfy the standard.
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…fact and a wealth of legal scholarship. While the opinion thus commands my respect, I find myself nonetheless in fundamental disagreement with those parts of it that invalidate the Texas statute in question, and therefore dissent. I The Court's opinion decides that a State may impose virtually no restriction on the…