Sentences with phrase «merely rubber stamped»

In this case, having considered the records and the background to them, the tribunal concluded that the offshore directors did not make a key decision at all; they merely rubber stamped a decision already made by the UK parent.

In his claim, Gillis argued the committee merely rubber stamped the trial judge's finding and alleged Richard had made defamatory statements in the complaint, knowing they were false.

It is evident that in the field of climate change, the in - group reviewers typically merely rubber stamp one another ¹ s manuscripts for publications.

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Perhaps the legislature, too often a rubber stamp for the executive, was merely asserting its independence in an election year.

The others are just rubber - stamps — or, like the Women's Equality Party, a single candidate's personally controlled machine — that merely cross-endorse major - party candidates.

Because of this, some critics have argued that the court merely serves as a rubber stamp for the government.»

Parliamentary scrutiny does make a difference to the final shape of an Act, research shows — contradicting the widely - held view that Parliament merely acts as a «rubber stamp» for government legislation.

During a committee hearing earlier this month, Hatch cautioned that the panel wouldn't merely provide a «rubber stamp.»