Sentences with phrase «expedient because»

It is expedient because basing decisions on precedent means that potential litigants have an excellent idea as to what to result to expect.

Some of these handouts are politically expedient because they help start a market in which entrenched interests — such as the coal lobby — would otherwise block progress.

According to «Patrons of Ghanaian Kenkey,» «The need for this festival has become expedient because, Kenkey (in English) but called Kormi, Kokoe, Dorkono, whichever you choose to call it based on one's ethnic / tribal background in Ghana, is a staple dish similar to sourdough dumpling from the Ga, Akan and Ewe inhabited regions of West Africa.

Not exact matches

Did you know that the President at the time, John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, originally opposed the bill, but then later joined up because he realized it was politically expedient to do so?

Sorry, son, but Jefferson supported slavery as an expedient — «holding a wolf by the ears,» as he put it («you don't like it, but you don't dare let go»)-- while Martin Luther wanted to effectively exterminate an entire ethnic group because he believed they were all Christ - killers, right down to the children.

Like the true artist, the political leader must be «violent and willing to use power,» but without normal constraints — in Heidegger's words: «lonely, uncanny, without expedients without law and limit, without structure and order, because as creators, they themselves must lay the foundation for all this.»

All the more so, of course, because the Church's own teaching denies him the expedient of a «double truth», and does not permit him to adapt the Church's doctrine by some de-mythologizing or other re-interpretation, in order to reconcile it with his scientific conviction.

It is the sense of the fifth commandment in its present place and sequence - taken, that is, in context - that parents are to be honored not in terms of their achievement as persons and parents, certainly not for reasons of sentiment, not at all because the practice is expedient in society or because common sense or common duty demands it.

Depending on your opinion, the British government either (a) did nothing because they were powerless or (b) held the matter in abeyance, until 2014 when Russian actions in Ukraine and Syria made drawing attention to Russian wrongdoing politically expedient.

Firstly, while we would surely want somewhat intelligent machines to be able to refuse to unjust (or illegal) orders, they may also decide against saying «no» to patently unjust wars, and to unjust actions within wars, because they may have learned that these actions are the most expedient way to achieve their specified goal.

Most people our reporter spoke to in the constituency, vowed to vote for Elorm Mensah — because change is expedient now or never.

Fact: Vince Tabone is a carpetbagger from Astoria who has lived in Northeast Queens for a mere 7 years and only moved here because it was political expedient for his sorry political career.

Other teachers continue to do work for students because it is more expedient.

Government Executive says «ICE officials told the IG they chose to modify the IGSA because it was «more expedient» and offered «much greater flexibility» than a normal procurement process.»

How to avoid the slush pile is a question often asked because it is indeed an annoying and unnecessary great waste of time when so much garbage is pushed, but for which it seems there is currently no expedient solution.

The services provided were thorough, expedient, and I have no complaints — my Jubi is alright today, because of the expertise and quick action of the Dr. Osterbur and the other doctors and technicians involved.

This is about bad science passing for good because it's politically expedient.

This is because it is a relatively straightforward calculation to predict the boil - down time to when the fuel is uncovered (several days) at which the risk of hydrogen generation and deflagration occurs, so just why the simple and obvious expedient of providing cooling water via a temporary pump (i.e. a fire tender) was not implemented by TEPCO in a timely manner is baffling.

As this article, from Working Mother magazine describes, law firms are more willing to accommodate flexible schedules these days — not necessarily out of noble motives, but because it's financially expedient to do so.

Cutting partners isn't only equitable — a way to spread the pain — but it's also expedient, because in the U.K., it's much easier to shed a partner than an associate.

Despite how harsh these limitations might sound, states pass laws to set filing deadlines because expedient action tends to preserve reliable case evidence.

If cameras are to come at all, they should be the result of a thoughtful, well - considered policy of broad application, not because the government of the day happens to think a particular case or group of cases would make for politically expedient soundbites.

Therefore, «as a measure of preventative justice» (see Veater v Glennon [1981] 2 All ER 304, [1981] 1 WLR 567) a bind - over can not be imposed simply because the conduct complained of is reprehensible, or because the court considers it expedient.

He said the decision to arrange to pay his legal fees is yet more proof that Harper and his chief of staff Nigel Wright knew he had done nothing wrong but were asking him to lie to Canadians because it was politically expedient.

I wonder how many of the 88 percent were untruthful, who really don't give a damn about professionalism, but who voted «yes», and lied, because they are indeed inherently politically expedient, and thus, often unprofessional by nature by dint of their answers on surveys that they know the survey authors want to see / spout.

«They vote it down because it is more politically expedient to stand with neighbours who passionately oppose a project because of traffic impact, real estate values and environmental issues which underwrite the underlying fear of change.»