Sentences with phrase «government arguments against it»

I've been unable to find the wording of the initiative, but you can read the Swiss federal government arguments against it [PDF].

He put the government arguments against the comparability of other country's detention systems under a lot of scrutiny and found them lacking, not least of all because the government has conducted no research on the subject.

Not exact matches

We all know the arguments against taxing capital gains, if in fact the federal government is considering doing so.

One of the many arguments against this policy made by Canadian government -LSB-...]

But, on the one hand, French opinion had gradually turned against the Algerian war and no longer accepted the government's arguments.

Secondly that logic is flawed as an argument against the removal of government endorsement of religion because nobody is asking the government to endorse rejection of religion either.

The Christian charity Tearfund has urged government ministers to consider the moral arguments against selling arms to Saudi Arabia following a High Court decision.

By Richard Allen Greene, CNN London (CNN)- Christian activists in Britain are furious at the arguments their government will use against them when Europe's highest court considers whether employees have the right to wear crosses that show over their uniforms.

Is it found in the arguments for or against free sexual expression of consenting adults, prison reform, government surveillance of people's lives, and civil disobedience?

Further, the shift in the focus of his argument from opposing capital punishment to opposing violence generally, even when it is exercised by the civil government against aggressors who would harm innocent people, would result in real injustice.

If I understand Robert's opinion correctly, he basically struck down the governments argument that the commerce clause allows the government to create markets but that the tax code allows them to levy against us in order to promote (coerce?)

The argument against sugar tax made simple Coca - Cola Enterprises CEO John Brock came out fighting against the UK government's proposed sugar tax, saying he doesn't think it will pass uncha... read more

The argument against sugar tax made simple Coca - Cola Enterprises CEO John Brock came out fighting against the UK government's proposed sugar tax, saying he doesn't think it will pass uncha

Their arguments against the use of chlorine - bleached products are so convincing that one is astonished that the manufacturers keep putting them on the market, that governments continue to permit it, and that anyone in - their right mind would now use such products.

Earlier this week, NBC News leaked an unclassified white paper, drafted by the U.S. Justice Department, outlining the legal arguments in favour of the U.S. government's right to engage in targeted killing of U.S. citizens abroad when such citizens are deemed to be actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the United States.

The fact that some government interventions have been unhelpful is not a convincing argument against intervention full stop.

While it didn't hold up in the supreme court, people have argued that the income tax is unconstitutional because it's not specifically mentioned (legally that's a questionable argument), but there is a feeling that the constitution defends the libertarian against an overreaching government (sorry - that's too general).

Crook hit out against the government argument that prisoners were still able to acquire books by spending their prison work salary on them in a new statement this afternoon.

That conclusion, based on a full but complicated analysis of every possible measurement ¬ — complaints to Ombudsfolk, audit reports of all kinds, measurement of times and numbers, review of agency work and outsourcing — stands up against every possible reservation, such as the argument that costs and complaints would have risen even more had the reforms not been undertaken, or that social change made it necessary for government to run faster to stand still.

Paddy Ashdown has hit out at the chancellor and his Tory Cabinet colleagues» arguments against the alternative vote, as more evidence of Vince Cable's resistance from within the government emerges.

[The] three departments of the government... being in certain respects checks upon each other, and our being judges of a court in the last resort, are considerations which afford strong arguments against the propriety of our extra-judicially deciding the questions alluded to.

«Based on this superior argument, the consultant appointed by government to investigate the alleged hidden remittances was instructed to withdraw the pending court case against some commercial entities at the federal high court, Lagos.»

The goal of the address was to frame the Democrats» argument against President Ronald Reagan's view of limited government.

But how does one get across these complex arguments not only in the face of a media that is blocking explanation and encouraging hostility, but when a Government unilaterally and arbitrarily imposes (as the Danny Alexander intervention clearly showed a week ago), in the middle of negotiations, on a take - it - or - leave - it basis a set of proposals that is manifestly unfair and loaded against the most vulnerable?

«There are two arguments against them: one is the good government argument, which is somewhat valid, that most of these special elections are undemocratic and if they're in safe Republican or Democrat districts, voters don't have a real choice.

During closing arguments in the corruption trial against state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, a lawyer for the younger Skelos told jurors that the government's case against the former majority leader relies on burdening the jury with heaps of emails, phone calls and witness testimony to distract jurors from the lack of a supposed smoking gun.

Because Caroline Flint has finally proved that one of the Government's main arguments against holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is well and truly defunct.

In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the...

The principle argument used against the railroads in the campaign for government regulation — that they were monopolies that had to be controlled to keep them from exploiting the public — had no validity whatsoever for trucking.»

There is, in other words, a strong argument against attempts by government to use schooling to achieve political or cultural change - or stability, for that matter.

The argument by those against «government schools» is that employees in private business can't get tenure and are hired and fired at whim so teachers should be the same.

ATL is also disappointed the Government has not listened to the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) group's arguments and missed an opportunity to right a wrong.

On the surface, the senator's op ed piece seems to merely speak out against allowing Amazon to return to the top tier of ebook sales, as the lawsuit's outcome could produce; the only other argument is that a government official stands in support of anti-trust violations.

The argument against raising premiums is that it would hit workers» wallets at a time when governments keep saying the economy is fragile.

Any realtor who argues against market interest rates, an end to government subsidies for buyers without money or more prudent lending limits is making an argument against their own industry and future.

Without that, all he's got to sustain his opposition to government intervention against fossil fuels is the argument from consequences.

The second argument against mandatory helmet legislation relates to the view that government may see mandatory helmet legislation as «the answer» to cycling safety, with the result that other measures recommended in this Review (improved infrastructure, legislative review, education and enforcement activities) are de-emphasized or not acted upon.

Yes, I understand the argument against more & more regulations, but apparently without some progressive nudging from the government, these businesses are going down the toilet.

So David, I've read your argument many times before from Wakefield's «anti-vaxxer» supporters, who rant against «government - pharmaceutical industry conspiracy» and their «political smears.»

Latimer, I generally agree broadly with most of your posts, but I am so heartily fed up with the «the government just wants to oppress us with tax» meme as an argument against CAGW I just feel I have to say something.

Politicians (including the UK government) and others are (ab) using the anthropogenic climate change issue to further their own individual vested interests, regardless of whether there is any validity in the arguments for and against this issue.

For the time being, government policy on this issue is reflected in the DEA's arguments against commercial hemp production.

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.

In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People...

And with that, another «market failure» argument against the consumer - driven U.S. petroleum industry bit the dust, joining the «peak oil» argument for government intervention in order to usher in a post-hydrocarbon age.

Establishing conservative think tanks and media outlets, they propagated sophisticated intellectual arguments and expert public - relations campaigns against government regulation for any purpose whatever.

I'll observe however, that the Abbott government itself has removed the strongest argument against the RET, namely, that it duplicates the effect of a carbon price (there were valid counterarguments, which I've discussed elsewhere, but it was still an important issue)

Senator Alan Ferguson used a variant of this argument when arguing in Parliament against the adoption of the Rudd Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; he said that Australia is «responsible for less than 1 1/2 per cent of the world's emissions» and implied that since our contribution was so small there was no point in risking our economic well - being by reducing our greenhouse gas production.

People against the Tiny Home movement are essentially saying that rather than glorify the idea of giving up comforts to survive, the U.S. Government should fix the economy so that people don't view the idea of living in a home about the size of a standard RV as reasonable.Besides which, the argument continues, the people who could most benefit from having a Tiny Home are those who can't afford it.