Sentences with phrase «heard arguments as»

In view of this deficit, Clarke LJ heard arguments as to whether non-party costs orders should be made against the funders pursuant to Section 51 (3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, and concluded that they should all be jointly and severally liable to pay the defendants» costs on the indemnity basis (subject to the «Arkin cap» as further discussed below).

For the first time in our nation's history, a federal court heard arguments as to whether living, breathing, feeling beings have rights and can be enslaved simply because they happen to not have been born human.

I find it interesting that in assessing similarities and differences, the court hears argument as to particular features and puts itself in the position of the «informed user» to make the judgment, much, I suppose, as it would when the standard is the «reasonable person.»

Not exact matches

She tells The New York Times that as she prepared to deliver her closing argument, she went back and made additional notes to her original statement after hearing Bliss speak.

But as law professor Eugene Volokh notes, the First Amendment argument is a strong one, and the Supreme Court would likely hear the case since it involves striking down a federal statute.

It's an argument heard as frequently on the shop floor as at city hall.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could derail the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare, and potentially increase the cost of insurance for millions across the U.S.. It's a big deal, and it has insurance companies, medical providers and everyday workers holding their breath.

Then there's what I see as a major conceptual flaw in the opposing arguments I heard today: Fed policy is presented as all costs, no benefits.

As the Judge would summarize the case and after he listened to all the witnesses and heard arguments from the lawyers, I would think, he is going to find this guy guilty, and then the Judge starts talking another way and then I think ooohh he is going to find this guy not guilty...... then the Judge keeps talking and then I think, I have no idea what his finding is going to be....

The most common argument you hear from the pass - through lobby (which includes, notably, lobbying firms themselves, who organize as partnerships) is that pass - throughs face a higher rate than C corporations.

We are not saying that the individual retail investor's vote does not matter, but when most of the proxy materials are cast into the garbage or just voted as suggested, it becomes more difficult to defend the argument that having each individual investors voice heard is of the utmost importance.

I have heard many arguments about how a downtown arena could revitalize the area, but I have not been convinced that our current arena, Rexall Place, is as bad as its detractors would characterize it.

As for the argument that we should look to our churches... the BILLIONS spent by organized religion to build exorbitant places of worship (Jesus preached in open fields and I'm confident that God hears MY prayers in the privacy of my home) and the building of health clinics in third world countries would help a lot — but they are not inclined to help those in need HERE!

I have yet to hear a convincing argument validating contraceptives as «good medicine.»

I have never, ever, once heard anyone set forth any salient argument as to how this country is somehow founded in christian principles.

«The truth will win out, the best arguments will win and we should hear them and listen to them, work out what's wrong with them, if there is something wrong and refute them as they need to be refuted and that's the way a free society works.»

While I would hesitate to engage in a full - out debate of theism vs. atheism on this forum for reasons that I have already stated, I would be interested in hearing your response to the traditional ontological and moral arguments in favor of the existence of God as well as the argument from contingency.

- «God» became angry at the world - «God» created Jesus (either as his son or as himself)- «God» has Jesus tortured and killed (and I've heard the argument that that wasn't the intention, but if a god is omnipotent and omniscient then, nothing is an accident.

I remember as a child hearing adults have very animated discussions over various points of theology, then sit down and eat together once the argument was over.

It may also become increasingly difficult for any argument against any research on early embryos to command a hearing (including arguments against «therapeutic» cloning) as other procedures that involve embryo selection and disposal become more common.

These arguments are as good as much of the reasoning one hears in favor of the sexual theory.

Even the earthly judge may hear your case, but consequences are there whether lenient as one would call it based on your mitigation and last arguments for leniency.

Joy itself is evangelical, and people are more easily shocked by a happy, chaste Christian than they are by hearing about statistical studies of homosexuality or even philosophical arguments, such as sexual acts having intrinsic meaning and being open to new life.

Well if you have an argument that I haven't heard before and has not been rufeted, then I'd like to hear it (TAG and Kalam have been thoroughly torn apart for years as a heads up).

As far as evidence of damage from Reparative Therapy, please study the arguments presented in the State of California, or contact those that claim to have been damaged by Reparative Therapy... hear their voices, JeremAs far as evidence of damage from Reparative Therapy, please study the arguments presented in the State of California, or contact those that claim to have been damaged by Reparative Therapy... hear their voices, Jeremas evidence of damage from Reparative Therapy, please study the arguments presented in the State of California, or contact those that claim to have been damaged by Reparative Therapy... hear their voices, Jeremy.

Unlikely as it may be for the Court to go beyond the arguments presented by the parties themselves to rule RFRA unconstitutional, the phrase «extreme religious liberty rights» is one defenders of religious liberty ought to prepare to hear a lot of in the coming years.

I've heard the arguments of some preachers too: that some debt is a sin but other sources of debt are not, or, as you say, «too much» debt is a sin.

In order to evangelize for our positions — whether at press conferences, in boardrooms, in sermons, at legislative hearings, on the job, at the coffeehouse, or across the fence — we must learn to present our arguments so that those who hear them have the choice to see them as compelling.

They need to hear this, not as a snark, not as an argument, but as a statement of fact about what many of their fellows, even their normally mild - mannered ones, really believe.

Honestly, as a «former» mega-church attender, I heard the grape juice argument too many times to count.

I have heard others make the argument that homosexuallity as a norm as always accompanied the downfall of many societies.

I hope we don't hear (as we did initially in the reports of arsenic in fruit juice) any more pathetic arguments regarding the toxicological merits of organic vs. inorganic arsenic.

Makes for nonsensical, contrived arguments — especially for the shouters who are quite happy to accept whatever they hear as fact.

My thoughts — as always — open to hearing arguments against.

3 — How often are we going to have to hear how well he did for Wales in the 10 role at this most recent Euros, as an argument for why he should do that with Arsenal?

One argument I've heard is that we're no longer making 53 - man roster decisions based on ST play as we did under Smith.

I don't really get it, and I'm not really in the mood to hear the «he doesn't have 90 minutes in his legs» argument seeing as he went the full 90 in his last start.

you often resort to the argument that i've heard a million times throughout my pregnancy when people find out i'm planning a home birth: that your birth experience doesn't matter as long as the outcome is a healthy baby.

As a student midwife in AZ, I have heard the same argument about not being educated from the medical camp too.

The language may have been more colourful, but the core argument was the same as what we heard at the Tory party conference a few weeks ago.

Yet another courtroom battle promises to pull the White House into the legal spotlight today as crucial arguments are heard in New York in a sweeping lawsuit that is challenging the administration's marijuana policy by seeking to legalize pot under federal law.

Pistorius sat in a dark suit as original trial judge Thokozile Masipa started hearing pre-sentencing arguments at Pretoria High Court.

At 10:15 a.m., leaders from New York's organized labor movement will hold a news conference as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, the latest in a series of attacks by the wealthy and corporate interests against ordinary working people, outside the Senate lounge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

I tried to indicate the vacuousness of Alan Johnson's Labour in For Britain as a way of saying «This is not serious, we need to hear the arguments for and against in a way that helps us think for ourselves».

Zemsky told the Assembly members that it's too early to judge Start - Up NY, and he continued that argument outside the hearing, saying, «take a deep breath,» and give the program «some more time» as he spoke with reporters.

I quite understand that, as a Minister in the Ministry of Justice, he can not be involved, but I hope he hears my argument and acts on it.

«You didn't hear any evidence that he held himself out to Mr. Aiello or to Mr. Gerardi as a guy who would be going back into government where he could sell his office to them for the money that he was earning as a consultant during the summer of 2014,» Bohrer told jurors in his closing arguments.

As more people hear his arguments, we aim to build on his early support with new policies and ideas for a fairer and more prosperous country.»

First, fiscal discipline is fundamental to Labour's thinking and policy development, underpinning every proposal we make, every argument we advance — not only because our wider message will not be heard if people see us only as spenders, and not also as reformers — but also because we simply will not be able to deliver the changes we want to make in government if we do not have strong public finances.

At 10 a.m., a Long Island man seeking exoneration after he pleaded guilty as an 18 - year - old in 1988 to sexually abusing boys and served 13 years in prison, Jesse Friedman, attends oral arguments in a state appeals court hearing seeking Nassau County DA and police files in the case; 45 Monroe Pl., Brooklyn.