Sentences with phrase «bad precedent»

Everyone should be concerned about these fees as it sets a very bad precedent for our public education system.

This happened last season and it set a very bad precedent.

Allowing it to stick could have set a very bad precedent.

It is noteworthy to be careful in setting bad precedents which may be capitalized upon for the destabilization of our nascent democracy.

We should not entertain bad precedents by you, Sir, Mr. Mahama.

In addition, the slower phase - in for New York City businesses with ten or fewer employers establishes bad precedent and complicates effective enforcement.»

That is true of bad precedents.

@Sneftel That's probably setting too bad a precedent in terms of how other states could treat UK diplomatic missions, whereas the Assange situation isn't one they think they'll get in to.

Prop F is a bad piece of legislation and would be an even worse precedent for other cities to copy.

O'Connor's big contribution to constitutional interpretation, I've concluded, is try to bolster bad precedents because people have gotten used to them.

There are no familiar conventions to lean on when it comes to the way we use digital media — and there are many bad precedents being set!

Teachers and parents often fret about setting bad precedents.

That's basically turning the tap off — and it sets a very bad precedent for future budgets if we don't protect funding now.»

«It would set a very bad precedent for a new prime minister to interfere in the official processes.»

The Crimea resolution might be applicable to the Nagorno - Karabakh situation, as an example of annexing a group of co-ethnics or co-nationals in a neighbor's breakaway region, so Yerevan does not want to establish bad precedent.

Two, it's a bad precedent to set with those who have access to you and with whom you communicate.

For a service that has had such a profound impact on recent historical events, including the Arab Spring and London riots, it's a very bad precedent that has shaken the faith of many users.

«Even if the current minimum wage increase proposals don't affect your company, it sets a bad precedent,» Merrill Matthews a resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas wrote in a recent article for NCMM.

Apple has claimed that helping the FBI create software to help retrieve data from Farook's iPhone sets a bad precedent that could ultimately make user information on its devices more vulnerable to hackers.

The group said a ruling against the company would set a bad precedent, «jeopardizing service providers and undermining speech in the process.»

B.C.'s hardball demands over the Northern Gateway pipeline set a bad precedent for interprovincial trade.

There are those who argue that, in doing this, the foreign investors were «bailed out», and this sets a bad precedent for future investors.

Rewarding without some level of performance hurts the company in the long term and sets a bad precedent for the employee.»

Apple CEO Tim Cook has so far refused, arguing that if the company were to comply it would set a bad precedent and harm the privacy interests of Apple customers around the world.

This mandate would have set a bad precedent.

The masses do not want to mix religion with government, it's a bad precedent.

That's a bad precedent.

I believe torture is wrong because it violates international law, it is a human rights abuse, it occurs without due process resulting in the abuse of innocent people, and it sets a bad precedent / example to the rest of the world.

You're setting a bad precedent by not being able to set up your comment sarcastically enough to let people know what you're really trying to say.

But on another level, here is genuine disagreement over the obligations of our government: are federal lawmakers morally obliged to seize an opportunity to help a local community in need — even if that means sidetracking the legislative process — or to respect the autonomy of local and state governments and thus to avoid special treatment or bad precedent?

However, if the ministry does have jurisdiction over Usyk, I agree that defying their order would set a bad precedent.

Though MLB hasn't given a reason for the decision, it's believed that the deal was below market, which a) would have set a bad precedent for the other 29 teams, and b) might have lowered the value of the franchise.

I don't know that MLB will allow him to sign an extension right away as that would be skirting the rules and would set a bad precedent.

You'll only set a bad precedent and reward her behavior.

Although it's sometimes easier for parents to ignore occasional bad behavior or not follow through on some threatened punishment, this sets a bad precedent.

Not only does it set a bad precedent, but it shouldn't be necessary because his tummy should be full.

Either way, it involves the State superseding the City's law which some see as a bad precedent.

«I'm vetoing that bill because we think that it sets a very bad precedent,» Paterson told radio host John Gambling.

Leaving the county's top elected law enforcement position in a caretaker's hands for a long period of time sets a bad precedent, because it devalues the job and severs voters» ties to it.

The NTC is clearly caught up in a zero - sum struggle for power with the militias, setting a bad precedent for the forging of a working relationship between the militias and the soon - to - be-elected new government.

Many of the government reform groups who testified were also circumspect, but Susan Lerner, with Common Cause, chided the Committee to Save New York for setting a bad precedent.

Your Excellency, I have not forgotten the bad precedent set by Ex President John Agyekum Kufour in nominating Hon J. H. Mensah, his brother - law, for appointment as «Senior Minister» which the then Parliament accepted.

For his part, Manhattan Democratic Party leader Keith Wright said he was urging party officials from the other boroughs to persuade their council members to oppose Praschak's nomination on Thursday because it would set a bad precedent for legislators to buck the party's wishes.

According to him, «EOCO is setting a bad example, a bad precedent is being set and like I have already said, this is discriminatory.

Bad precedent no?