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the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations
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The intrigue: Other Democrats argued the memo rescission was simply a sleight of hand, and that the Trump administration is seeking to circumvent lawsuits while keeping certain funding frozen.
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Zachary Basu, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
That statement led to further confusion about what the rescission of the memo did and did not do, and a group of states who were suing over the policy cited it to argue that their lawsuit should continue during a hearing later on Wednesday.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Jan. 2025
Vance, a practicing Catholic, made his recent remarks in response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) statement on the rescission of the ICE policy.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
The order does not reference any form of social activity, and its only mentions of the LGBTQ acronym appear in a list of publications targeted for rescission.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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Zachary Basu, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
That statement led to further confusion about what the rescission of the memo did and did not do, and a group of states who were suing over the policy cited it to argue that their lawsuit should continue during a hearing later on Wednesday.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Jan. 2025
Vance, a practicing Catholic, made his recent remarks in response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) statement on the rescission of the ICE policy.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
The order does not reference any form of social activity, and its only mentions of the LGBTQ acronym appear in a list of publications targeted for rescission.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rescission. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsizh-ən 
: an act of rescinding
Legal Definition
rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsi-zhən
: the act, process, or fact of rescinding especially a contract
specifically
: the equitable judicial remedy of rescinding a contract in a suit brought by one of the parties compare reformation
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