Sentences with phrase «argue against my claim»

In my article I argued against this claim.

They do not continue to believe something when the evidence argues against their claim.

He does argue against my claim that the rule of law implies the separation of powers.

If you look at many of the multi-platform titles for Wii, and how they usually end up being PS2 ports with motion controls, it's hard to argue against his claims.

«Nobody is arguing that we can or should stop all climate change, so in slide 9 Happer is again arguing against a claim that is not made.

Likewise, your employer or their insurance carrier may have their own lawyers who could argue against your claim.

Not exact matches

It's like arguing against «corporate personhood» or claiming that Barack Obama is a «socialist»: all you're doing is demonstrating to the world that you don't know what the words you're using really mean.

He successfully argued against forum non conveniens dismissal, obtaining the first ruling after the Supreme Court's decision in Morrison v. Nat» l Australia Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869 (2010) to permit foreign investors pursuing foreign law claims to seek recovery for losses on a foreign stock exchange in a U.S. court.

Partner Matthew Tuccillo successfully argues against dismissal of foreign investor claims in U.S. court

In 1705, Law published an academic paper in which he argued against the use of precious - metal backed currency in favor of «paper» or fiat currency, claiming that the use of fiat currency would stimulate commerce (Smant, 2001).

I don't think anyone would claim that specific groups can't have their own Facebook - like web site, but this particular site is perpetuating a gender segregation philosophy / ideology that many find abhorrent and readily use their free speech rights to argue against.

The claim of privileged access is not saved by arguing that each of us intuitively grasps this self without analysis or argument, that each of us singly grasps the essence of experience in this intuition, and that the analysis or argument is required only (1) to call it to the attention of those who have not noticed it, or (2) to defend the claim of such an intuition against those who deny it for no or bad reasons, or (3) to develop its implications and describe its content.

Legal academics have argued that this sort of harm strikes at the heart of the common good, and that judges should count it against the moral and religious liberty claims of those seeking to avoid complicity with others» sins.

My old friend Peter J. Leithart joins Tony Montanaro, Gary Inbinder, and Kelley Vincent to argue» each for different reasons» against my worries about the implicit claims of authority made when modern democratic states employ the death penalty.

I know several scientists and they have a hard time arguing against any of the findings because evolution is not observable as Mr. Nye claims.

Evolution does not predict what you claim and betrays you simply don't understand what you are arguing against.

Timothy Smith's book Revivalism and Social Reform in MidNineteenth Century America, for example, argues persuasively that nineteenth - century evangelicals with their quest for moral perfection were at the forefront of the social battle, fighting against poverty, slum housing, racial intolerance, and inhuman working conditions.68 Smith's book has often been used by evangelicals to support their claim that they have been socially active.

For example, the World Bank advises against providing aid to developing countries, arguing that the pressures of poverty will force them to build «the market solutions» which it claims are the only effective answer.

But a just appreciation of God's general revelation of Himself should preserve the truth that Christianity has meaning for man precisely because it represents a fulfillment of the knowledge of God which is made possible through all the things which He has made, Nygren claims, of course, simply to be setting forth scientifically the fundamental Christian motif without arguing its truth or value against any other motif.

I would say to anyone out there that claims they are not bigoted but merely taking a godly stand against what they believe to be sinful, If you want to honestly examine it, the next time you are going to say something to a homosexual, treat them a certain way, or argue that certain rights should be denied them, ask yourself a few simple questions.

In Just War Against Terror Elshtain argues «that true international justice is defined as the equal claim of all persons in the world to having coercive force deployed in their behalf if they are victims of one of the many horrors attendant upon radical political instability....

Hence, while I believe that Griffin has every right to maintain that free - will theodicies are implausible and to encourage us to agree, I see no reason why I, or any other FWT, needs to admit (at least on the basis of anything that Griffin has argued) that FWTs can not defend themselves successfully against the claim that free - will theism «can not provide a plausible theodicy.»

Chad, do yourself the disfavor of continuing to argue the stupidity that you do that does more harm to your position and the position of creationists than it does to the theory of evolution that you claim to be against.

I am so tired of people who, when I comment or argue against their viewpoint, claim that my reasoning or born out of fear.

There isn't, David argues, any evidence for the governor's claims about the benefits of gambling, and the governor himself presents none, and a great deal of evidence against it.

In all honesty, the «religious people» that don't legislate against things based solely on their religious convictions and thereby hurt the rights of individuals, and who don't condemn science and medicine and societal progression and other religions and other denominations and people who are not religious, and who don't claim to know that something is true beyond all other truths, are probably a very slim minority, and I'd have to argue that they aren't really religious, they are just doing whatever makes them feel good, which could be accomplished through secular means as well.

This post was arguing against my fellow atheists who were claiming that religious people should be banned from voting.

I find it ironic that those who claim to base their beliefs off of clear logic and data are arguing against a poll — a form of data.

This negative assertion therefore stands against all attempts to argue for the autonomous or intrinsic legitimacy of any «life style» and against those who condemn homosexuality from the standpoint of an assumed righteousness of heterosexual marital fidelity or those who, condemning the obvious hypocrisies and oppressions ingredient to the institution of marriage, claim the autonomous validity of a homosexual life style.

He regarded himself as arguing for orthodoxy against liberalism and he claimed, (1) that the gospels are not and can not be sources for the life of Jesus, and (2) that the Christ of the gospels is the only concern of Christian faith, not the historical Jesus.

No I simply picked out the two that were used by the author, who claimed Per was superior in both, to argue against his «analysis».

-- the problem is there are a very large percentage of Arsenal fans (or who claim to be Arsenal fans) who argue extremely vociferously against any call in — or against — Arsenal's favour (much more than you would get with any other club).

I don't even know what claim you think you're arguing against, but I don't think I disagree with anything substantive you've just said.

The Illusionary Treatment Option» by Gary Reinl, a former personal trainer and the developer of an electronic stimulation device, in which he argues that ice delays healing from a sports injury, quoting no less an authority than Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who, it says, is credited with developing the rehabilitation acronym RICE (rest, ice, compression, and elevation), as now being against the practice because, he claims, icing «decreases circulation, so it slows healing.»

You can argue against it, but you certainly can't claim that obstetricians said that scientific evidence showed that mothers and babies should be separated.

Some governments argue against legally binding instruments, claiming that non-binding intiatives such as the UN Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises can address these concerns.

Davis argues that, since the Lincolnshire case, the wind industry is using more complicated corporate structures to reduce the likelihood of legal claims being brought against operators.

In papers submitted by the UK Government last year in the case and seen by the BHA, the Government attempted to argue that there is no breach of EU law because «if a teacher brought a claim against a school (on the basis that the school, as an employer, had discriminated against them in their remuneration, for example), then the court or tribunal would consider the legislation in this wider context.

One prominent legal commentator has argued that the case against the church, to force it to perform same - sex religious marriage, is «reasonable»; another has claimed that the church's argument is hysterical.

Brennan Center Responds to Senator Skelos's False Claims Last week, Senate Republican Conference leader Dean Skelos published an op - ed in the Albany Times - Union arguing against public financing of state elections.

«I write today to express my utmost support for dramatically expanding high - quality pre-K opportunities for young students across our city,» she wrote, arguing that the claim she was planning to «march against pre-K» was «utterly false.»

Motyl claims that: «Realists want to have it both ways — arguing for and against rationality in general and in the Russian context in particular.

At one point the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, obtained an injunction against the BBC, preventing them from reporting a story they claimed was in the public interest while he argued that the story was sub judice.

But city Democrats today argued that the real «rigging» in the works are voter identification and voter intimidation efforts they claimed the GOP has turned against communities of color, the poor and college students.

The comptroller argued the claims were part of a disturbing upward trend — the 2,846 claims filed against the Department of Correction in fiscal 2015 is 73 percent higher than the number of claims filed in fiscal 2013, 1,643.

Conservatives argue heavily against progressive taxation because they claim it removes the incentive of the wealthy to continue investing or providing their valuable services.

The Catholic Conference and other critics of The Child Victims Act have argued the look - back window would lead to a torrent of frivolous claims against the church and other defendants.

Insisting that Labour can still win the election without the need of Liberal Democrat support, he argues: «This is a progressive moment,» claiming «there is no rebellion against collectivism in the country» akin to the late 70s.

«This is the strongest published data that argues against recent claims that RNAi exists in mammals, he says.

Judge Carlos Lucero, in a partial dissent, argued against such immunity: «The notion that a device manufacturer is immune from liability for harm caused by its device when the manufacturer has pushed the device for a use that the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] never approved is neither logical nor consistent with the Supreme Court's prior rulings about the scope of preemption of claims arising from harm caused by medical devices.»