Sentences with phrase «favor as a matter of policy»

In some high - profile cases, Scalia followed originalism even when it led to results that he almost certainly did not favor as a matter of policy.

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«As a public policy matter, you're not doing the nation a favor if you reduce the government's share, if the total expenditure is coming out of the U.S. economy,» says Lewis Branscomb, an adjunct professor at the University of California at San Diego.

But in cases like Texas v. Johnson, Scalia remained true to his legal principles and struck down an anti — flag - burning law that, as a matter of policy, he obviously favored.

Education reformers today seem to treat any resistance to their favored policies as simple matters of marketing — throw a lot of money at consistent messaging and people will come around to realize that they actually love what you are selling.

As a matter of course, insurance policies are construed in favor of the insured if there is any ambiguity, but if the language is quite clear, it falls to the insured to have read and understood the policy.