Sentences with phrase «against the charge of»

Wearing the same dress Melania wore at the convention, and mimicking her accent, «Melania» defended herself against the charges of plagiarism by featuring a long string of lines and catchphrases taken from sources ranging from Charles Dickens to the movie Braveheart and the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was in court March 9, 2018, to formally begin the process of defending himself against charges of murder.

Romney isn't really inoculated against charges of extremism by his record as an opportunistically moderate Massachusetts governor.

Atheists and theists alike share this expectation, with atheists eager to show that their moral knowledge and action are uncompromised by disbelief in God's existence, and theists eager to establish the rational credentials of their moral convictions and protect themselves against charges of fideism.

It is precisely its immunity from proof which secures the Christian proclamation against the charge of being mythological.

In particular, it is a defense against the charge of inconsistency or contradiction.

For the last decade, the press has tried to defend Muslims against the charge of terrorism by saying that non-Muslims can be terrorists also.

A traditional defense by evangelicals against the charge of theological inconsistency and contradiction has been to classify all disputed theological areas as adiaphora, i. e., «things indifferent» to Scripture and thus of secondary importance.

Does Heidegger fare any better against the charge of «metaphysical nihilism»?

(Cf. the sentence right at the end «It is just its immunity from proof which secures the Christian proclamation against the charge of being mythological.»)

He defends his organization against the charge of employing offensive methods.

Women who advocated nonviolence as the superior social ethic for dealing with conflict felt the need to defend themselves against the charge of antifeminism by the militants.

Peters does wonderfully well in defending Leo against the charges of being meddlesome, corrupting the youth, and making the unjust speech seem more attractive than the just one.

Against the charge of being a meddling outsider, King points to St. Paul, the man who traveled the ancient world to preach the gospel of freedom.

Many defended Wellhausen against charges of anti-Semitism by correctly pointing out that he was evenhanded in his negative judgments: his hostility was directed at all forms of orthodoxy, as he defined these.

(To defend the cult against the charge of sexism, I might add that some of its establishments also had male priests with similar functions.)

«It goes against our charge of preserving flora and fauna.

He continues to make a feeble defence against charges of anti-semitism.

On Monday October 6th, just days after Chris Grayling published Tory plans to scrap the Human Rights Act, a foreign leader was already using them to defend himself against charges of crimes against humanity.

Chris Huhne and ex-wife Vicky Pryce appeared in court for the first time today, as they defended themselves against charges of perverting the course of justice.

She has counseled clients in balancing ethical considerations in meeting the regulatory framework of environmental protection and continues to counsel State employees in defending against charges of violations of New York's Public Officers Law.

The DoH has defended itself against charges of incompetence, claiming the new contract rewards doctors for NHS work, improving recruitment and retention.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D - N.Y.), who had frequently clashed with Dean over strategy and investments, endorsed Ellison and defended the first Muslim member of Congress against charges of anti-Semitism.

She recounts one almost farcical encounter with Brown, in which he asked her to defend him publicly against charges of using women as window dressing, while refusing to give her, his elected deputy leader, the cabinet post that would make her title meaningful.

Another lawmaker, long - time Assemblyman Bill Scarborough, pled guilty and faces prison, and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos joined his former counterpart Assembly Speaker Silver in having to defend himself against charges of corruption.

«Consular officials seem to be applying Visas Mantis very broadly to protect themselves against the charge of not being vigilant enough,» says Johnson, noting a 20-fold overall increase in Mantis reviews during the past 3 years.

A good precedent was set earlier this week, in a federal court case in Tennessee, in which the attorney defending Lorne Semrau against charges of fraud attempted to submit brain scans as evidence that his client was telling the truth.

From Experiments and Observations Upon Oriental and Other Bezoar - stones, etc. etc... A Vindication of Sugars Against the Charge of Dr. Willis, Other Physicians, and Common Prejudices, by Dr. Frederick Slare (1715) From The London Practice of Physic, for the Use of Physicians and Younger Practitioners (1769 edition)

Set during the first World War, Paths of Glory follows Kirk Douglas» Colonel Dax as he's forced to defend three of his soldiers against a charge of cowardice.

He'll be giving a speech to the U.N. in just a few days to defend himself against charges of unilateral aggression by saying that he was simply pre-emptively protecting his people from terrorism.

In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, this is the true story of 1940s Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston, the inventor of the lie detector and creator of the iconic Wonder Woman, who defends his feminist superhero against charges of «sexual perversity» while at the same time maintaining a secret that could have destroyed him.

Sweden's provocative export got hung up in the US court system, where it prevailed against charges of obscenity.

Frequently, a second administrator is present as a witness to defend the principal against charges of prejudice.

A young girl is killed in crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself against a charge of police brutality.

Apple goes on trial today as the last man standing against charges of ebook price fixing brought by the US government.

Defending PETA now on the basis of what they did many years ago is like defending a serial killer against the charge of murder on the grounds that, as a boy, he was kind to his mother.

The committee is requesting a permanent injunction against the charging of tuition, the removal of trustees who mismanaged funds, and a full investigation.

Ask yourself how * you * can defend yourself against a charge of apparently appearing to be supportive of people on the internet whose dishonesty is apparent, based on the statement I've cherry - picked from your overall reasonable post...

Roger Pielke Jr. is being asked to testify for the Republicans today, I'm guessing because Pielke always defends Bush against charges of politicizing science.

If a climate scientist of the activist / advocate stripe doesn't feel some cognitive dissonance over their own personal carbon footprint, well it is difficult to defend against a charge of hypocrisy.

Fairfax DUI defense and DWI defense throughout Virginia often also includes defense against charges of unreasonably refusing to submit to a breath or blood test for blood or breath alcohol content (BAC)...

Since 1991, our Baton Rouge homicide defense attorneys have successfully obtained real results for every client we have defended against a charge of murder.

Haddad Law Firm is experienced in dealing with all the ins and outs of a DWI defense case and is ready and willing to defend you against a charge of Driving While Intoxicated.

His recent cases include defending the former President and majority shareholder of VAB Bank against charges of contempt of court (sole counsel); acting for Mercuria Energy Trading in its successful defence of a US$ 270 million claim by Citibank in one of the biggest High Court banking trials of 2014, acting for the Claimant in an on - going US$ 830 million fraud claim in the Commercial Court (Russian banking sector), a US$ 800 million joint venture dispute in the BVI and acting as junior counsel to the Claimants in Hulley & ors v.

They also pay tremendous insurance premiums and have resources devoted to vigorously and successfully defending themselves against charges of medical malpractice.

Defending against charges of a white collar crime requires particular skills, including knowledge of financial matters and the ability to understand complicated paper trails.

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Since 1991, we have successfully obtained real results — not - guilty verdicts, reduced charges, dropped cases or death penalty taken off the table — for every client we have defended against a charge of murder.

Over the last 20 years, Mr. McDonnell has built a criminal defense practice that is devoted to defending individuals against charges of fraud.

To learn more about defending against charges of domestic assault, criminal harassment and related charges, please see our domestic dispute overview.