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Janet Ecker - definition of Janet Ecker in Encyclopedia (590 words) |
 | Ecker was educated at the University of Western Ontario, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. |
| Ecker's most celebrated controversy as Education Minister did not come with the opposition or the teaching community, but rather with Jim Flaherty, another cabinet minister in the Mike Harris government. |
| The Eves government was defeated in the provincial election of 2003, and Ecker herself was narrowly defeated by Wayne Arthurs of the Liberal Party. |
| United States v. Ecker (2870 words) |
| In November 1989, Ecker was indicted in the District of Massachusetts for possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). |
| Although conceding that the statute is silent, Ecker argues that the structure of the relevant statutes, their legislative history, and the caselaw compel the conclusion that Congress intended to require dismissal of a pending indictment upon commitment. |
| Ecker attempts to advance his cause by misleadingly quoting a recent Ninth Circuit case: "The fact that an indictment is no longer in place is irrelevant to the governmental interests at stake: `the control and treatment of dangerous persons within the federal criminal justice system who are incompetent to stand trial.'" United States v. |
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