Sentences with phrase «flimsy evidence»

There were also civilian detentions in military facilities, often based on flimsy evidence; denial of fair public trial; executive influence on the judiciary; infringement on citizens» privacy rights; restrictions on freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and movement

A tribunal found that the Home Office has deported thousands of students from Britain based on extremely flimsy evidence.

And — on such flimsy evidence, why do you believe it at all?

You have to bear in mind that another NYC DA pursued a felony gang assault charge against Renzo Gracie on exponentially more flimsy evidence for the scuffle at One Oak several years ago with video evidence in existence to contradict the DA's witnesses» false statements which is the only reason it abandoned those charges for a misdemeanor assault plea.

The truth is that Max and I had some pretty flimsy evidence.

The establishment of an early consensus on very flimsy evidence, driven by very forceful personalities, has proved disastrous.

You do not accept such flimsy evidence in any other area of your life; you wouldn't make investments solely on the word of the salesperson.

All too often, she charges, psychologists have allowed rather flimsy evidence to be used to support an often unjust status quo.

The group claims in a recent report that WUR, which depends on contracts for half of its research budget, often uses flimsy evidence to act as an «advertising agency» for the dairy lobby.

It has many conjectures and huge extrapolations based on quite flimsy evidence, but evidence nonetheless.

After a tribunal found that the Home Office has deported thousands of students from Britain based on extremely flimsy evidence our most read item this week took a look at the lives which have been destroyed by Theresa May's actions.

I had the sense this was pretty flimsy evidence, so we conducted a routine study to simply confirm what everybody suspected about oxygen consumption increasing with blood flow.

We're not convinced by the supposed science of brain training - it's a sector that makes bold claims based on very flimsy evidence - but there's no doubt that spending time learning or practicing useful things is better for you than mindlessly swiping through trivia on Twitter.

A third search warrant obtained by the state attorney general's office in May 2016 — information from which was shared with federal prosecutors — also was based on flimsy evidence, Miller wrote.

The lone sitting Republican on the commission, Maureen Ohlhausen, wrote a scathing dissent to the FTC's decision to sue, saying it's based on a flawed legal theory and flimsy evidence.

Hoffman said it also may fall apart because of what they think is flimsy evidence: «The evidence is basically non-existent so there is a chance the court will acquit him as well — but you never know in Turkey.»

Some United Methodist bishops spoke up when two of its sons, George Bush and Dick Cheney, led the nation into war in Iraq on flimsy evidence and for questionable motives.

Even if they had but the flimsiest evidence, their threat of creating public scandal induced dioceses to pay big money to keep the accusations secret.

Next is a report on a court ruling which found that the home secretary deported thousands of students from Britain based on extremely flimsy evidence.

After all, a study based on flimsy evidence would needlessly put your health at risk and potentially waste money.

But some scientists say the studies are based on flimsy evidence and could harm patients, and two of them have filed detailed complaints with the U.K. Parliament's Science and Technology Committee in an effort to stop the studies.

Backbench Labour MPs have criticised the government's plans to open new grammar schools, claiming they are based on «flimsy evidence» in a debate i

Backbench Labour MPs have criticised the government's plans to open new grammar schools, claiming they are based on «flimsy evidence» in a debate in the House of Commons.

Challenging the Prime Minister in the Commons yesterday, she warned against creating a new national schools policy based on «flimsy evidence».

Research shows that, on average, the proportion of pupils in grammar schools who are eligible for free school meals is less than 3 per cent, and the Labour MP Lisa Nandy (pictured top) warned today that the government's proposals could see it «inflict an experiment» on millions of children based on «flimsy evidence» in favour of grammars.

One of the persistent problems with the models is that the aerosol forcing history is not only made up based on flimsy evidence (just take a look at it in the IPCC reports — does that look like data to you?)

An overzealous prosecutor relied on flimsy evidence to convict and sentence Dennis to life in prison.

Their failure to inquire further puts one in mind of ostrich tactics — of failing to inquire for fear that the inquiry might reveal stronger evidence of their scienter regarding the authenticity of the confidential source than the flimsy evidence of scienter they were able to marshal against Boeing.