Sentences with phrase «convincing the evidence against»

The comparison of solar activity change over the past century (0.19 %) and United States temperature change (in K)(0.21 %) assumes that readers are sufficiently ignorant of basic blackbody radiation theory to think that the similarity of the numbers supports their thesis, rather than being convincing evidence against their thesis.

Alternatively, a juror might initially believe a celebrity is innocent (based on admiration), and, after hearing convincing evidence against the celebrity, change his opinion to a guilty verdict.

This leads to chronic litigation, as no matter how convincing the evidence against them or what the judge's decision, they do not let go of the idea that they are right.

Not exact matches

Overall our default perspective probably ought to be against mergers - we should require abundant and specific evidence of large potential gains to convince us that a particular merger is in the best interest of anyone other than management and the investment bankers constructing the deal.

On the other hand, Marsden offers convincing evidence of discrimination against excellent Christian colleges and universities, especially Catholic ones, by honor societies like Phi Beta Kappa, by various accrediting agencies and by the American Association of University Professors.

Harpur's arguements for the confabulation of Jesus» existance are interesting and worth - noting, but the evidence for his position does not convince me or many other's, and needs to be weighed and compared against evidence for Jesus» existance, and a decision can be made (provisionally) based on the evidence which we currently have.

Under the new plan, districts may bring disciplinary charges against educators with two consecutive «ineffective» ratings, and educators would be fired within 90 days unless they can provide «clear and convincing» evidence that they should keep their job.

As US Prepares To Go Rogue - State (Again), Putin Says «Bring It To The UN» Without Congressional approval, without UN mandate, without convincing evidence of Bashar al Assad's responsibility for launching WMD attacks against his own people, but justified only by the desire to protect US «credibility» (or the White House's credibility), Obama is preparing to go rogue - dragging the US with him.

Over several months, many Assembly members, including Republican James Tedisco of upstate Glenville, Kolb's predecessor as minority leader, have told The Post that they're convinced Silver has directly or indirectly blackmailed Kolb into silence because he possesses some evidence or allegation of improper conduct against him — a claim Kolb's spokesman strongly denied.

This is entirely different from the phenomenon of the romantic comedy with fake charm, the kind that's convinced, against all evidence, that it has chemistry and amusing banter and meet - cute likeability by the bushel.

Roundtree) who finds a way to explain each of Corky's hijinks as examples of heroism, and the sticky realization that if the forged documents are convincing enough to get Corky into the FBI building and the FBI director's good graces, then what he needs to do is check the evidence against his father out of the evidence room, thus potentially ending the film about ten minutes into it.

With all this evidence apparently stacked against charter schools, it seems downright responsible of the AFT to call for a moratorium on further charter school expansion «until more convincing evidence of their effectiveness and viability is presented.»

In general, we haven't found very convincing survey evidence for or against the claim, but there is one survey that found «A total of 64 % of survey respondents agree with the statement, «farmers and food companies put their own profits ahead of treating farm animal humanely.

The problem is, rather, that there is no evidence, and no clever way of framing the issue that is going to convince the tribal right to go against their shibboleths on this issue.

«The Panel believes that the evidence presented showed by clear and convincing evidence that there was a scheme, an ill conceived plan to get together with a friend, sell paintings to each other, make claims against Pay Pal and then pursue legal action to recover not only the Money Back Guarantee, but treble damages and attorney's fees.»

After successfully arguing against the Crown's Khan Application, which sought to introduce the complainant's videotaped statement into evidence, Defence Lawyer John Navarrete convinced the Crown that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.

You need a lawyer who can effectively manage evidence in order to present facts that can not be argued against, facts that will convince any jury that you deserve compensation.

After you file a lawsuit against the defendants, then you must present convincing evidence to a jury that they were negligent.

That presumption can be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence that shows that all reasonable measures, as discussed in rule 3.4 - 20, have been taken to ensure that no disclosure will occur by the transferring lawyer to the member or members of the firm who are engaged against a former client.

If the ALJ decides the charge against you was not proven by clear and convincing evidence, you will be found not guilty.

Regardless of each state's position for or against a presumption or preference in favor of joint custody and whether or not it has been specifically authorized, overall there appears to be a growing trend in favor of joint custody and more and more bills are being introduced to adopt a presumption that joint custody is in the best interest of the child unless certain circumstances apply (such as convincing evidence that a parent is unfit or that it would not be in the best interest of the child to award joint custody).

They think the process is a time to present «evidence» for themselves and against their spouse - the opponent - all in an effort to convince me, the mediator, to rebalance their scales.

Upon remand to the trial court, Broker must show «by clear and convincing evidence» the probability that he will prevail in his claims against Posters.

While the Statute of Frauds in many states bars oral agreements for real estate transactions, New Jersey's Statute of Frauds does not bar oral agreements in real estate transactions if a party can show either of the following: a sufficient identification of the property to be transferred, identification of the interest to be transferred, identification of the parties to the transaction, and the existence of the agreement are established in a writing by or on behalf of the party against whom enforcement is sought; or, a sufficient identification of the property to be transferred, identification of the interest to be transferred, identification of the parties to the transaction, and the existence of the agreement proved by clear and convincing evidence.