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What’s left is the New York court system, which has defied partisan pressure, spurned dilatory tactics, and held firm to the concept of speedy justice.

Time may be finally running out on the filibuster, the signature dilatory tactic in the Senate embraced by some as a protector of minority rights and reviled by others as an outdated weapon of partisan obstruction.

"Mr Trump's current situation is a result of his own dilatory actions," he wrote.

In early February, after Harvard’s first round of submissions, Representative Foxx accused it of a “limited and dilatory” response.

That plays into Trump’s dilatory desires, and not just with respect to the Florida prosecution.