Sentences with phrase «evolving standards of decency»

In making its judgment, the court must apply the evolving standards of decency and propriety in the 21st century.

«Yes, I think that's an importantpart of the «evolving standards of decency» that the Supreme Court explicitly said,» Stubbs said.

In the interim, the legislature had changed its laws, making Wilson's crime a misdemeanor - and the Georgia Court found that the changes reflected evolving standards of decency.

There's an interesting post at A Public Defender which wonders whether the Court should take its cues on «evolving standards of decency» from the legislature.

For him, the intentions of the Framers are almost as easily manipulated for partisan purposes, and thus almost as susceptible to abuse, as the living - Constitution theorists» evolving standards of decency.