Mr Watts also reminds us that Disney was not always held in contempt by the intelligentsia.
When he first arrived at Nissan, Mr Ghosn was held in contempt by the corporate establishment.
So the IRS is back in Court trying to have Christopher and Matthew Gehrisch held in contempt.
In June Mr Holder became the first sitting attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress.
But sometimes the IRS runs amok and the agency deserves to be held in contempt by the American people.
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Held in contempt of court, he then went back to prison, for three stretches that together lasted more than a year.
It is not surprising, Mr Starr says, that even though 25 out of 42 presidents have been lawyers, the profession is held in contempt these days.
It will doubtless be uncomfortable to consider, but there is ample reason to believe that whistleblowers are held in contempt as often as they are because their nobility makes people uncomfortable.
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Given that she had already incriminated herself in the recorded conversation, refusing to decrypt the hard drive just becomes a case of withholding evidence for which she can be held in contempt.
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During the hearing, he'll have to show why he should not be held in contempt for violating the couple's divorce settlement, which stipulates that neither may enter the other's home without permission.
As a result of the Times story, the White House filed legal papers with the judge overseeing Starr's grand jury, U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, seeking to have Starr and members of his staff held in contempt.
The independent counsel has been asked to show cause why it should not be held in contempt for leaking, and the outcome of that determination, when it is made, as Mr. Starr's invitation would seem to agree, bears on the substantiality and on the credibility of the evidence.
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On December 5, 2011, the Court held Marciano in contempt, but ruled that he could purge the contempt by filing complete and accurate schedules of his assets, turning the assets over to the Trustee, and allowing an inspection of exempt assets.
The Green Party called for Mr Heaton-Harris's resignation, saying the episode showed the MP "held the democratic process in contempt".
This has occurred despite the fact that U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman held that the administration had been in contempt of court for trying to reinstate it after he had already issued an injunction on grounds that such actions were too broad in scope and unjustified based upon available evidence.
McDougal has been held in a Los Angeles county jail while she awaits trial on local charges but is under federal custody for civil contempt for refusing to answer questions before a Whitewater grand jury in Little Rock, Ark.
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