Sentences with phrase «by arguing for»

I conclude by arguing for a more empirically - grounded approach to the study of international courts and tribunals, an approach that includes paying greater attention to the distinctive characteristics of the many regional and sub-regional courts outside of Europe whose increasing activity has been ignored by most scholars.

As someone who owns, and attempts to remain current on, the breed, I would like to just add a comment here for consideration by those arguing for and against the addition of content regarding the Ugly Dog Contest.

People in the art world can justify what they do by arguing for art in its own right.

It's like saying football fans tried to take advantage of Hillsborough by demanding safe stadiums, or that US congressmen took advantage of September 11th by arguing for air marshalls on planes.

Liedka separates himself from Russo by arguing for experience.

Mr Clegg said: «The police got themselves and the government in terrible trouble last time by arguing for 90 days without any real evidence to back their case.

Harrison also unfolds Augustine's insightful contribution to the science — religion debate, drawing out a number of valuable principles — not least, recommending restraint where issues are not clear, and avoiding bringing Christianity into contempt by arguing for false scientific opinions on the supposed grounds of scriptural warrant.

The answer to John's questions is provided by McGuire when he writes, «Our very existence is constituted by truth,» and in explicating that» Schelling develops this insight in his identity philosophy by arguing for the Absolute as the unity that must necessarily precede the subject - object dichotomy of the finite world.»

To take the example always used by those arguing for the «common school,» religious tolerance can be taught without necessarily giving the message that all religious views are of equal validity.

Many of my Christian critics assert that I distort Jewish Scripture by arguing for «the virtue of hate.»

My former colleague Ryan T. Anderson has a piece today on The Public Discourse in which he outlines how Princeton's Anscombe Society has had success in responding to the hook - up culture on college campuses: by arguing for chastity, marriage, and the family on rational grounds.

Not exact matches

The case for a more disciplined approach has been powerfully argued by...

In a government memo, which was first spotted by Axios, U.S.C.I.S. argues that computer programmers are not presumed to be eligible for these visas, as they have been in the past.

I've argued now, for longer than I wish, that we are in a secular bear market driven by global imbalances.

NEI filed shareholder resolutions last year with five of the largest Canadian banks calling for them to consider vertical ratios and assess the risks of horizontal benchmarking — setting salaries by comparing what CEOs at rival banks are paid, a practice that some shareholders argue has led to skyrocketing compensation packages.

They argued transporting crude by pipeline would be safer than alternatives like rail, and charged Obama with hypocrisy for complaining about the lack of investment in U.S. infrastructure while obstructing an $ 8 billion project.

The Commission also justified its decision arguing that Ireland has not provided any basis for its «special treatment» to the U.S. firm, according to a report Monday by the Irish Times.

Modelling by the Curtin University's Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute has proposed a capped rental deduction for investors using negative gearing, arguing it will be a a budget saver that will have minimal impact on the less well off.

Although both appellants and the government argue that the ACA, read in its totality, evinces clear congressional intent, they dispute what that intent actually is... We conclude that the appellants have the better of the argument: a federal Exchange is not an «Exchange established by the State,» and section 36B does not authorize the IRS to provide tax credits for insurance purchased on federal Exchanges.

«It's incredibly important because lately, this market's been led in part by the financials, and an important Fed head arguing for four hikes would be music to their ears, especially given that we are going to get a lot of bank earnings at the end of the week,» Cramer said.

Kimmel has since actively railed against Obamacare repeal efforts, arguing that various proposals being debated by the law's opponents would gut protections for people like Billy born with pre-existing conditions, either by rolling back Obamacare's mandated insurance benefits for certain health conditions or allowing states to set up rules that would let insurers charge sick people more for their coverage.

Even bitcoin booster and investor Barry Silbert has argued that the next stages of bitcoin's development will involve big Wall Street banks getting in on the action by, for instance, setting up ETFs and other products that will facilitate the currency's rise.

Rupert's son James, however, who is CEO of family holding company 21st Century Fox, argued that it was long past time for O'Reilly to leave, in order to try and mitigate some of the longer - term damage done by the allegations and the advertising exodus.

In a lengthy email to his colleagues first obtained by BuzzFeed, the foreign - policy hawk argued that the cable news network had been transformed from a «legitimate and much - needed outlet for conservative voices» into a «propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration.»

As the DOJ's complaint against the merger argues, the resulting conglomerate might «use its control of Time Warner's popular programming as a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other producers.

Zzyym's lawsuit, filed last year by the LGBT rights legal firm Lambda Legal Defense Fund in federal court in Denver, argued that the policy of requiring either a male or female designation on passport applications violated due process and equal protection rights for intersex people.

Gottlieb suggested that this opaque structure ultimately leads to higher costs by thwarting competition, and argued for broader adoption of «biosimilar» drugs to bring down drug prices.

In his book The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future, Laurence Smith, a professor of geography and earth and space sciences at UCLA, argues that we're about to see a productivity and culture boom in the north, driven by climate change, shifting demographics, globalization and the hunt for natural resources.

The messages are backed by surveys and studies arguing, for example, that paper made from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-- certified wood actually protects wildlife, flora and «the increasingly endangered North American manufacturing job.»

As noted by Friedersdorf, typically it is conservatives who argue for state's rights.

The stakes in finding discriminatory intent are higher because it provides a window for opponents to argue that Texas should be forced to resume having changes to voting laws «pre-cleared» by the Justice Department or a federal court.

Riverwalk is an easy target because it is highly visible, has a large price tag, and is financed with a federal loan backed by a local motor fuel tax that, some argue, could be better used for purposes such as municipal schools.

While the FCC has argued that net neutrality rules made it more difficult for broadband providers to invest in their networks and thus hurt innovation, evidence suggests that such regulation has had no negative impact on telecom investment — instead, it increased by 5 percent from 2014 to 2016, when net neutrality rules were in place.

The case for a more disciplined approach has been powerfully argued by my counterpart Liam Denning at Bloomberg (This is Big Oils Quarter to Lose, April 24).

The exceptions and the EPA's refusal to disclose them have infuriated the corn lobby, which argues the waivers hurt farmers by undermining demand for corn and should be used only sparingly for tiny facilities in dire straights.

While the free - market economist would argue that we pay a premium for this material, which is true, the premium is far outweighed by the financial benefit.

The New York Times (nytab) has been criticized in the past for remaining family - controlled, and some have argued that the newspaper would be better off if it were run by a regular corporation rather than being operated in the interests of a specific family.

After a week - long standoff with regulators last December when Uber argued that its cars do not meet the state's definition of an autonomous vehicle because they require constant monitoring by a person, Uber moved its self - driving cars from San Francisco to Arizona, a state with fewer regulations for autonomous vehicles.

Republicans argue that such a predicted skew would be mitigated by a future Congress extending the individual cuts that are, for now, set to expire after 2025.

The tipping point came in 1917, when President Wilson made the decision to enter World War I. Suffragettes argued that the effort to «make the world safe for democracy» (Wilson's words) ought to begin at home by extending the franchise.

On the other side of the debate, we have the ISPs like AT&T and Comcast, who argue that a re-classification of broadband providers the Internet under Title II (which was originally written for old phone networks) by the FCC is both out - of - date and without legal merit.

Besides, as some savvy environmentalists are arguing, trying to reduce GHG emissions by chocking fossil fuel supplies — rather than reducing demand for them — is tilting at windmills.)

The primary point that people are missing, he argues, is that money being pumped into Spain from Europe is going to the banking sector through the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring, a government - sponsored organization that will now be overseen by the IMF, and not the Spanish government itself.

Guillà © n and Suà ¡ rez argue that the statistical and comparative analyses reported in their paper indicate that Internet development is «a complex phenomenon shaped not only by public policy and conditions for entrepreneurship but also by specific contingencies in each country.»

His latest book, The Reciprocity Advantage: A New Way to Partner for Innovation and Growth (written with Karl Ronn), argues that businesses can gain a competitive advantage by sharing assets and forming collaborative relationships.

The filing also argues that the 9th Circuit made the test for defeating a trademark too strict, and that it should — based on an older decision by a different appeals court — instead have simply looked at how most people use the word in question.

That's why some, including Fortune's Shawn Tully, have argued that Snap made a potentially fatal error by pricing its IPO at $ 17, well below what the market was willing to pay for it (above $ 24 a share its first day trading).

However, advocates of reforming executive pay — by linking it with performance and reducing incentives for risk - taking — argue the pay ceilings are so high they lack teeth.

Comedian and late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel tackled the latest Obamacare repeal effort head - on during his opening monologue last night, arguing that the bill being pushed by Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy and others fails the so - called «Kimmel test» for people with pre-existing conditions — and that Cassidy «lied to [his] face» on the issue.

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.»