Sentences with phrase «absurd results»

«The [appeals] court provided no basis for [that] interpretation, much less the strong justification needed where interpretation of a statute produces absurd results.»

It appears he has gone overboard on simplification, so it is not surprising that he is getting absurd results.

What makes you think anything that absurd resulted in what we see in space and on Earth.

And in answer to the argument some have made that a broad interpretation of the MBTA could lead to such absurd results as convictions for bird deaths caused by automobiles, airplanes, and plate glass windows, the Moon Lake court pointed out that to obtain a guilty verdict, the government must prove proximate causation.

The plaintiff urged a contextual and purposive approach to statutory interpretation of s. 86 that would not result in absurd results as urged by ICBC.

Or you could show that the logical extension of your opponent's cited case would create absurd results, as Judge Frank Easterbrook did in Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

The implications of the government's position are so far - reaching — both in terms of what it would allow today and what it implies about Congressional intent in 1789 — as to produce impermissibly absurd results.

Interpreting radio communications to include all of these technologies would also violate the Golden Rule of statutory interpretation, providing absurd results.

«These are certainly absurd results,» Clement continued.

This very basic requirement would lead to absurd results if congregations were defined by specific snapshots of church attendees.

Congress could not have intended such absurd results.»

Justice Blair listed a number of hypothetical scenarios where this interpretation would create absurd results, including parents who would have to report to the Ministry because a nanny was injured in their home, the home becoming a workplace.

If it were, we'd get an absurd result: any offering could escape securities law jurisdiction simply by building in a trivial utility to the token.

We have already seen, however, that removing the question of the appropriate content of the gift leads to absurd results.

First, one might claim that these arguments constitute a reduction to absurdity (such frequency of divine occasions being construed as absurd) of the Hartshornian position and consequently that the position must be altered to avoid this absurd result.

Late Judaism is an absurd result of a decadent, «blind» rabbinic scholarship that is exaggeratedly preoccupied with the letter of the law.

I decided to use Hare quota, which I consider most intuitional (it can lead to absurd results, though, such as in the Alabama paradox).

Cards Against Reality In our everyday world, it seems, the laws of quantum theory lead to absurd results.

Samsung has now asked the supreme court to look into the absurd results of this rule.

Mandating environmental assessments for the aquarium fish permit holders «would create an unreasonable, impractical and absurd result,» said the opinion written by Judge Katherine G. Leonard.

You must see that this is an absurd result.

In new Zealand our last government committed us to it and the present one supports that with the absurd result that as a clean, green nuclear free country with four and a half million population on a land - mass nearly the size of Britain we are buying carbon credits from Russia, who are classed better environmentally than us, pollution, dodgy power stations, doubtful farming, the lot, as their population / area ratio is lower!

Leaving them out leads to absurd results; owners of new plants would have a big advantage over those who own existing plants.

This fakery continues into the twenty - first century with the absurd result that the 2010 El Nino now stands higher than the 1998 super El Nino does which is impossible.

That, in my humble submission, would be an absurd result.

That would be an absurd result.»

If cases involving a state, such as theft, murder, or suits by a state over fraud had to be tried in Supreme Court, that would bring the Supreme Court to a halt, which would be an absurd result.

The Court also found that if the CPA governed it would lead to an absurd result.

In other words, it is possible that one party has insufficient authority to comply without the other party's permission or assistance, but both may be held liable for non-compliance — an absurd result.

it would be an absurd result and contrary to public policy to enforce an arbitration agreement in an employment contract and thereby deny vulnerable non-unionized employees their rights and protections under the Employment Standards Act, 2000, which precludes employees contracting out of their rights under the Act.

Of note is the Court's blunt statement that Mr. Morel's view «would lead to absurd results» and to «awards of statutory damages that are massively disproportionate when compared to the actual harm caused by the infringing defendants.»

In my view, such a result is both a direct contradiction and an absurd result.

I find this funny, as it strikes me as an absurd argument that asks for an absurd result.

Justice Moldaver, who dissented, said the majority's ruling allows for the absurd result that Justice Nadon could qualify by joining the Quebec bar for one day.

The New Jersey District court found that strict adherence to the plain language of the statute would defeat the legislative intent and, accordingly, the law should not be interpreted to produce an absurd result.

Among the difficulties in this case was that either interpretation could lead to absurd results.

To so hold would produce an absurd result.