Sentences with phrase «argued against me on»

Calvin not only argued against them on the basis of clear scripture, proper definitions and dialectical reasoning.

I'm going to argue against it on this Sunday because Tiger Woods is back and he's playing some fascinating, exciting, eyebrow - raising golf.

I'm pretty sure even he would argue against you on that point.

I'll argue against you on this, Mr. Miller.

Although I'd previously argued against this on the ground that those proposing that it reduced pressure were theoreticians and should therefore be judged on the merits of their theoretical arguments, I'm starting to come round to the other viewpoint.

If you don't like the policy, fine, but don't argue against it on the grounds that the science is wrong, because that's a non-starter.

Eric responded to someone inline above writing ``... If you don't like the policy, fine, but don't argue against it on the grounds that the science is wrong, because that's a non-starter.»

At a CPD (then called MCLE) conference many years ago, I argued against it on exactly this ground.

(I spent months if not years arguing against them on Geraldo Live during the Clinton impeachment years.)

Not exact matches

In a separate suit that argues against the FCC on similar grounds, Alamo Broadband, of Texas, has also challenged the ruling.

Hof cautioned against this approach, arguing that «with civilians on Assad's bull's - eye, there can be no sustainable peace talks or political compromise in Geneva or anywhere.»

The lawsuit filed against Facebook on behalf of the communications workers argues that the company essentially plays the role of an employment agency — collecting and providing data that helps employers locate candidates, effectively coordinating with the employer to develop the advertising strategies, informing employers about the performance of the ads, and so forth.

Carvin argued unsuccessfully against the ACA at the Supreme Court level on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business in 2011, and successfully for George Bush in Bush v. Gore during the 2000 election.

The former Treasury Secretary and Obama Administration economic advisor has come out forcefully on his blog and in interviews against the Fed's apparent plan to raise rates, arguing that the risks of raising them too soon — like smothering the economy recovery — far outweigh the risks of excessive inflation that may be the result of waiting too long.

The Wisconsin Democrat argued that he is focused on holding Congress to high standards and said he hadn't compared the allegations against Moore and Trump.

FBI Director Christopher Wray and Rosenstein met on Monday with the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, to argue against releasing the memo, saying the document contained several inaccuracies and that releasing it could expose sources and methods, The Washington Post reported earlier Friday.

Buchholz also argues against policies like France's 35 - hour cap on the workweek, conceived to promote a better quality of life among its citizens.

The fight pits strong proponents of the Second Amendment right to bear arms against those arguing for greater restrictions on the ability to obtain weapons.

Though Geoff Smith is certainly outspoken — on his blog, he defends nepotism and argues against «rah - rah» corporate team building — he's committed to building a workforce that's as outspoken as he is.

Christopher Ragan, on the other hand, argues against the idea, insisting the Bank focus solely on inflation (and pushing down on the dollar would escalate inflation).

Prosecutors dropped the charges against a shooting suspect, Walker recalled, after his attorney argued that the identification process «was tainted» because the victim had seen the suspect's name and photos on Facebook.

«If you randomly picked a fantasy lineup and played against someone who put thought into it, they would beat you 9 times out of 10, if not more,» Robins argued on ESPN.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

Tillerson, who flew to DC in 2010 to lobby against the section of the law driving the rule, argued that it placed an unfair burden on US companies that their foreign counterparts don't have to deal with — requiring them to disclose trade secrets.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.

People are actually arguing in favour or against the HST based on how many jobs it will create or destroy?!»

As a result, Republican lawmakers are more resistant to calls for gun control — arguing against «politicizing» mass shootings and focusing on issues like mental health instead.

However, Uber argued that it can not give anything from Levandowski without infringing on his Fifth Amendment rights, or the right against self - incrimination.

Judge Brendan Shannon of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., indicated he would sign off on the plan, subject to changes, despite attorneys for the U.S. trustee and Securities and Exchange Commission arguing against the broad protections offered to third parties that could shield them from future litigation.

Qualcomm has countered with a patent suit and argued that Cupertino, California - based Apple encouraged regulators from South Korea to the U.S. to take action against it based on false testimony.

The porn actress, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, filed suit against President Trump in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, arguing that a nondisclosure agreement about their alleged affair is invalid because Trump never actually signed it.

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.

Game of thrones: Turner Networks CEO John Martin, speaking at the anti-trust trial on AT&T's bid to buy Time Warner, argued that the companies need the merger to compete against Google and Facebook for ad dollars.

Depending on what it says, Trump could argue that it provides evidence of deep bias against him at the FBI and use it as a pretext to fire top Justice Department officials he perceives as insufficiently loyal, like Rosenstein.

Renting, rather than owning a home, has positive implications for labor mobility, argues Harvard professor Jeffrey Frankel in a May 29th article posted on the Project Syndicate website, headlined «The Case Against Subsidizing Housing Debt.»

Libertarian populism seeks to reverse that impression by arguing that higher taxes, greater regulation, and big government generally work on behalf of the politically connected and against the average person.

«Those who argue against a further focus on prospective deficits» based on rosy scenarios «counsel irresponsibly,» President Obama's former Treasury secretary, Lawrence H. Summers, wrote in The Post on Inauguration Day — and we agree.

In court their lawyer Moshkani Farahani, who had previously argued against the charges faced by each of his clients at the last court session of this trial on 24 November, said they should be released.

It amazes me that many on the left cry out about separation of church and state when arguing against prayer in school or the words in god we trust on money.

George Bush, on the other hand, was the democratically elected leader of a free nation conducting what was, most would argue, a just war against Saddam's undoubted aggression.

@ Tom Tom: I'm not arguing against their authority on this one.

If 90 % of the country believed in the tooth fairy and thought we should all live by laws originating in the tooth fairy and run our country according to the tooth fairy's wisdom, you'd probably be on blogs dealing with the tooth fairy and arguing against the use of her existence as a basis for running society.

Some atheists will spend all of their time, day and night, on forums like this, arguing against the truth.

In light of historical events, one might argue against her views on the Eichmann trial but most certainly not that the theme of banality reflected anything other than despair over the German Jewish community's failure to recognize the pervasiveness of the system and the corrosion of the legal groundwork of its Nazi - infected mass movements.

Catharine Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, argued against women's suffrage on the grounds that «women could influence public affairs very satisfactorily without recourse to the ballot box, by the simple expedient of influencing the opinions and outlook of those who did have the vote — their husbands and sons» (Reay Tannahill, Sex in History, [Stein & Day], 1980, p. 389).

It says that 100,000 people are alive today because of the country's laws on abortion and argue that «a world which continues to pit the rights of a woman against the rights of her unborn child is not advancing human rights.»

I had a philosophy professor some years ago argue against Christianity based on its nonfalsifiability.

Maudoodi entered the lists against the Muslim wing of the Indian National Congress by writing a book on Muslims and the Present Political Struggle, in which he argued so forcefully against the stand taken by the Muslim Congress that the Muslim Leaguers hoped he would come over to support the Pakistan movement.

In particular Michel Barnes argues against readings of Augustine which, on account of Augustine's alleged reliance on Neoplatonism, hold him responsible for a supposedly chronic trinitarian deficit in Western theology, only just now made good.

If you're on the right, you might insert «assault rifle» and use that logic to help argue against any new gun control — even in the wake of Parkland and Las Vegas (and Columbine, and Aurora, and Virginia Tech, and San Bernardino, and Sandy Hook, and Sutherland Springs, and Orlando, and on and on).