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"You didn't ask, but my all-time favorite slogan comes from the 1991 Louisiana governor's race between Republican (and former KKK grand wizard) David Duke and Democrat Edwin Edwards, an (ahem) ethically challenged Democratic candidate who had been indicted--but not convicted--for mail fraud, obstruction of justice, and public bribery.
Following receipt of comments, some of which challenged the burden estimates contained in the proposed rule but none of which contained alternatives to the SEC's estimates, the SEC reviewed its estimates and retained the estimates set forth in the proposed rule.
1 Helping 2 win 3 by 4 overcoming 5 what threatened, Lederer, 6 who persisted 7 when challenged, triumphed.
It extends further, it must be noted, so that state statutes inconsistent with federal law under the Supremacy Clause may be neither challenged nor questioned.
I can't count the occasions on which I said something in a message that my correspondent challenged.