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  • n  a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits)
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    Call it the Scalia standard. More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court justice suggested that one measure of how free societies resolve contentious issues is whether losers have “the satisfaction of a fair hearing and an honest fight.” He was writing about abortion, but his words are worth recalling...
    June 27, 2013 - New York Post

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