Sentences with phrase «for obstructionist»

In numerous posts, ethicalEsq took bar groups — e.g., in Illinois and Maryland, New York and Ohio, Massachusetts — to task for obstructionist attitudes toward self - help law (including reform of small claims courts), while noting the occasional exception.

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Eventually the design pros went to the CEO Tim Miller, complaining about the obstructionist from R&D, but Miller explained that for Stolt and his team there was method to the madness.

Another obstructionist strategy was to keep calling for more data and endless analysis, until the initiative faded from view.

Of course, the republicans will continue their obstructionist ways, and the evangelicals will continue their fight to destroy Consti.tutional freedom, but at least there a glimmer of hope for this country.

It's their way or the highway and to compromise is to show a lack of faith which means you have one side willing to make exceptions for all peoples religions as long as they don't force it on others, and the religious side that says making exceptions or compromising is against their religion so if they are not a majority in the democracy they instead decide to play obstructionist.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected the president's suggestion that hundreds of vacancies across the federal government exist due to «obstructionist» Democrats, saying the Trump administration has failed to select a nominee for 442 of the 500 vacancies.

``...» Ralph, to allow Carl Paladino to use you as a stalking horse or an obstructionist is not good for the future of the Party.

@Rick McDaniel, boy you're right because we've been getting plowed by your unpatriotic republican degenerates since Pres.Obamas been inaugerated and at midterms Rick I think we'll return the favor sending your obstructionists home... Don't worry Rick I'll think of a good send off for your moron buds as well!

They're obstructionists for personal gain — pure and simple.

The state claims that the Senecas are being obstructionist, lobbying for additional monies to be paid to them.

I suspect that Obama will nominate a reasonable candidate, conservatives will throw hissy - fits (ignoring their previous cries for «up or down votes»), the candidate will be confirmed, and Republicans will just be further exposed as obstructionist ideological stooges.

I hope not... If they do, will you call the Republicans in the Senate «obstructionists» as Republicans have been calling Democratic Senators for years?

If the Repubs try to play obstructionist from the start they'll get spanked in 2010 again and they'll be in the wilderness for a generation instead of just 10 years or so.

«The question for every New York State lawmaker is do you want to be remembered as a leader on civil rights, or an obstructionist?»

«Hard to believe Obstructionists May vote against Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State,» Trump tweeted.

Yet at the same time, it is his Health Department that was conspicuously unhelpful, even obstructionist, when residents all but begged for help during the early going of the crisis.

So for now, although this likely sounds obstructionist and noncommittal, I am still most interested in seeking right questions rather than right answers.

The foundation has already committed some $ 135 million to overhauling fundamental aspects of urban school districts: identifying new sources of talent for positions of authority; developing alternative training methods for managers, principals, and teachers union leaders; creating new tools for analyzing performance data; and working with school boards to help those sometimes obstructionist bodies become more focused on student learning than on petty power plays.

White House petition: Side with the blind over obstructionist companies to secure a Treaty for the Blind that makes books accessible globally.

It creates on obstructionist relationship with the collection industry, that in turn, makes success more difficult for a debt settlement companies clients.

Not all republicans have been been obstructionists or deniers or enablers for the Iraq mess or our «Dead End» energy policy.

This puts Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bind: He knows he needs to increase India's power supply (one avenue for doing this is investing in dirty coal - fired plants), but he also knows that being the lone obstructionist at global climate talks will impede his ability to deliver on a range of his campaign promises, many of which require global finance.

Blaming the previous administration's conduct and policies for the present mess is a staple when one party takes the mantel of power, at least for the short term, until the party in power, for a term or two becomes the perceived obstructionists to progress.

The Wall Street Journal's opinion section has also served as host to prominent climate obstructionists, such as Bjorn Lomborg and scientists - for - hire Richard Lindzen and Patrick Michaels.

Recently, Saudi Arabia blocked a call by vulnerable island states at climate talks for a study... A Fox News / AP article says that Saudi Arabia has a long history of playing an obstructionist role at climate conferences.

And part of what I'm hoping everybody here comes away from is hope that we can actually do something about it, but also a sense of urgency that this is not going to be something that we can just kind of mosey along about and put up with climate denial or obstructionist politics for very long if, in fact, we want to leave for the next generation beautiful days like today.

«The obstructionist Congress has shackled justice and delayed ambition for far too long.

The work of holding Republican obstructionists, anti-government extremists, and right - wing conspiracy mongers to task is work for principled conservatives, not liberals.

Also not much doubt that Obama will fail to convince Abbott that action on climate is high priority; I'm sure that climate obstructionist Republicans will be in Abbott's ear, assuring him that they will soon undo everything Obama does and more, and praising him for his taking a wrecking ball to anything climate related.

[DC: Last time I looked, the political parties accepting climate science and the need for effective action were in the majority in both Canada and the U.S. I suppose those opposed to science will keep «asking questions» and perpetrating falsehoods until they get the answers they like or manage to elect enough obstructionist legislators.

We now, for example, know much more clearly where the obstructionists and liars are most active.

More on Global Climate Treaty Obama Paves the Way for International Climate Treaty Russia Joins Global League of Climate Obstructionists, Putting Future U.N. Treaty in Doubt

Many managing partners have told me that they agonized for years over what to do with «the 800 pound gorilla,» who was a productive, economic contributor but a total non-team player and an obstructionist.

In it, RIAA lawyers Eve G. Burton of Holme Roberts & Owen in Denver and Victor B. Kao of Robinson & Cole in New York ask that both Beckerman and his client, Marie Lindor, be required to pay sanctions for «obstructionist tactics and misinformation.»

Unless the judge as factfinder or jury clearly shows that they are ready for the criminal defendant lawyer to let the obstructionist witness have it — which usually will not happen with any witness other than an opposing expert puffing out his or her obstructionist and obfuscating chest at all times — the judge and jury may well punish the overbearing cross examining criminal lawyer, in one way or another.

To be clear, I do not for a moment hold the view in law that filming a police interaction or reading off one's rights is obstructionist as a matter of law and should never warrant charges; however, I practice in a world where I argue on a daily basis why police overreacted and the charges ought to be withdrawn.

In a hopeful sign, the previously obstructionist legislator has now changed his tune and, after meeting with the CVP, authored an amendment of his own designed to make the divorce process simpler, especially for those who may be victims of violence.

Some solutions proposed are: rationing of judicial time for example by assigning a fixed number of motions to each proceeding; charging higher filing fees for additional motions; penalizing obstructionist conduct through multiples of indemnification costs; awarding priority dates to well - run litigation; more motions in writing; higher filing costs for longer hearings; more aggressive use by the Bench of rules that permit judges to control the court process such as time limits for evidence in chief and cross, and some outsourcing of judicative functions.

A bag of wind (1878) · A blatherskite (1890) · A cowardly slanderer and a bully (1907) · A dim - witted saboteur (1956) · A parliamentary babe and suckling (1890) · A parliamentary pugilist and political bully (1875) · A servile follower of the government (1878) · A trickster (1919) · Above the truth (1962) · Abusing his position in the House (1877) · Ass (1970) · Attempted to misrepresent (1961) · Attempting to distort the facts as he had in the past (1956) · B and B gang (1964) · Bullshit (1973) · Canadian Mussolini (1964) · Cheap political way (1960) · Coming into the world by accident (1886) · Crook (1971) · Deceive (1977) · Deceived (1960) · Deliberate distortion (1968) · Deliberate falsehood (1961) · Deliberate malignity (1962) · Deliberately deceived (1960) · Deliberately distorted (1972) · Deliberately misleading (1977) · Deliberately misled (1959) · Deliberately misstated the truth (1960) · Deliberately trying to pervert (1960) · Demagogue (1963) · Devoid of honour (1960) · Dictatorial attitude (1961) · Disgracing the House (1896) · Dishonest (1959) · Dishonest answers (1968) · Dishonest insinuations (1960) · Dishonest performance (1960) · Does not have a spine (1971) · Evil genius (1962) · Fabricated a statement (1961) · Fabrication (1959) · False (1961) · False representations (1975) · False statement (1961) · Falsehood (1976) · Falsify (1964) · Fraud (1960) · Fraudulent character (1962) · Grovelling in the dirt in order to get an office (1900) · Has not got the guts (1959) · Honourable only by courtesy (1880) · Hypocrites (1961) · Hypocritical (1961) · Hysterical (1943) · Idiot (1962) · Ignoramus (1961) · Illegal (1977) · Illegal (actions)(1976) · Insolent and impertinent (1890) · Insolent and irresponsible reply (1962) · Inspired by forty - rod whiskey (1881) · Intentional deceit (1961) · Irresponsible Members (1969) · Irresponsible reply (1962) · Joker in this House (1960) · Kangaroo court (1960) · Lacking in intelligence (1934) · Lie (1959) · Lies (1976) · Living politically by deceit (1899) · Members have aligned themselves with the murderers in Quebec (1970) · Mislead (1958) · Misleading the public (1960) · Misrepresenting his constituency (1909) · Nazi (1962) · Nefarious (1960) · Not telling the complete truth (1964) · Not telling the truth (1960) · Obstruct the operation of government (1957) · Obstructionist (1961) · Offensive (1964) · Pompous Ass (1967) · Reneged promises (1962) · Scarcely entitled to be called gentlemen (1876) · Scurrilous (1961) · Seeking cheap notoriety (1919) · Shameful conduct (1960) · Sick animal (1966) · Silly reason (1961) · Sitting for his constituency by the grace of the leader of the Government (1884) · Slanderous accusations (1960) · Small and cheap (1960) · Stealing (1960) · Stooping to pretty low motives (1956) · Talking twaddle (1898) · The political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917) · Theft (1960) · To hell with Parliament attitude (1961) · Trained seal (1961) · Treason (1957) · Trickery (1959) · Underhanded (1961) · Untrue statement (1961) · Violated his oath (1967) · Wilfully misled (1970)