Sentences with phrase «biased against a party»

Of course, where the outcome is not favourable to the party, the same expression of humour could have a significantly different meaning, as it could suggest the decision may have been affected by bias against the party.

A judge who is biased against a party is, in the sense under discussion, corrupt because the judge is acting contrary to the principles of the system.

Not exact matches

Conservatives can be the party that reduces the tax system's bias against working parents, that uses markets to increase the productivity of our enormous health care system, and that transforms our welfare state to make work and family formation a better deal.

We must remember that Paul, the narrator, is a biased party in the dispute and that he uses the event to bolster his argument against persons in Galatia who would like gentile converts to adopt such Jewish customs as circumcision, religious holidays and dietary restrictions.

It would be helpful for the petitioners, if they exist, to show what action was taken and should have been taken against district electoral officers performing key functions and showing party biases as they allege.

The BBC denied its coverage was biased against the Green party.

Since being elected party leader in 2005, David Cameron has proved himself relentlessly pro-female and anti-male in his public statements and policy directions, yet even he faces accusations of being biased against women because of the low number of women in his Cabinet.

Last month, her Progressive Caucus formally endorsed Ellison «s bid to lead the party into 2018 and beyond, citing the need for «a leader who will stand firm against hatred, bias, discrimination, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia.»

«The bias against smaller parties is one concern arising from this study of our election system in 2011 another is the power handed to party machines in deciding who goes where on the list and so in many cases who gets a seat.

But owners of the two media houses blacklisted by the NPP have denied accusations of bias against the opposition Party.

With more than two parties it displays bias against third or smaller parties whose supporters are widely spread geographically.

Partly this is because the media has an in - built bias against left - wing parties.

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

They say the actions and inactions of the Ashanti regional Chairman of the party, Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, smacks of bias against some of the executives in the constituency.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has vowed to expose the Electoral Commission as a biased institution set against Ghana's largest opposition pParty (NPP) has vowed to expose the Electoral Commission as a biased institution set against Ghana's largest opposition partyparty.

In the last four general elections the voting system has delivered significant bias against the Conservative party.

Many of these laws should have long ago been held unconstitutional, but the federal judges in the First Circuit seem markedly biased against minor parties.

According to the party, the Commission's posture is worrying because of its bias against some political parties.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio praised Democrats for ousting Wasserman Schultz, saying emails that showed party bias against Sanders «did not represent our values.»

According to its own internal memo, hundreds of listeners accused the Corporation of bias against the Tories — pointing out that the party received NO cash at all.

And GOP party functionary Hugh Hewitt is already laying down a line of covering fire for the retreat, arguing that CNN and Youtube are biased against Republicans.

suggests @huwbbc on 34 cllrs elected from 2,000 candidates «In the context, it is impressive... first of all an incredibly unfair electoral system that is hugely biased against small parties.»

Although another hung parliament is a long shot because the House's non-proportional electoral system is heavily biased against non-major-party candidates, the Greens have a good chance of maintaining the balance of power in the Senate, providing a check on whichever major party forms government.

Could either party successfully argue that the arbitrator is biased for or against them because of a previous ruling on an expert's credentials, evidence or credibility?

Repeated interventions by the trial judge, particularly if done in a sarcastic or denigrating manner, can lead a reasonable party to perceive that judge to be biased against him.

The concern arises because of the risk that unscrupulous parties with a poor case may make unjustified allegations of bias against one or more members of the tribunal as a tactical ploy, coupled with the fact that there is now a power to detain and confiscate the passport of the alleged offending arbitrator pending investigation of the complaint.

These include proceedings in which the judge has a personal bias or prejudice against a party, when the judge has served as an attorney or witness in the case or any stage of it, and when the judge or a member of the judge's immediate family has a financial interest in the case.

Israel's response the the U.N. inquiry was that it was biased, which is the same charge leveled against the Turkel Commission by other parties and some international observers.

Evidence that a witness has a bias, prejudice, or interest for or against any party may be used to attack the credibility of the witness.

A more accurate model is: politics is a system that 1) selects against skills needed for rigorous thinking and for qualities such as groupthink and confirmation bias, 2) incentivises a badly selected set of people to consider their career not the public interest, 3) drops them into dysfunctional institutions with no relevant training and poor tools, 4) centralises vast amounts of power in the hands of these people and institutions in ways we know are bound to cause huge errors, and 5) provides very weak (and often damaging) feedback so facing reality is rare, learning is practically impossible, and system reform is seen as a hostile act by political parties and civil services worldwide.