Sentences with phrase «minority opinion of»

Deference as Respect Another interesting recent American case is Wos v. E.M.A.. Here, the minority opinion of interest is that of Justice Breyer.

In the view of scientific experts, the recent findings vindicate what used to be the minority opinion of those who referred to cigarettes as «coffin nails» and who otherwise challenged what were commonly viewed as the health benefits of smoking.

And the law is on your side, whatever the minority opinions of anyone or any antiquated establishment may be.

They tend to be minority opinions of the politicians.

The debate between the two policy analysts, which appears to have influenced both majority and minority opinions of the court, is presented in the upcoming issue of Education Next.

For example, the majority or minority opinions of the Supreme Court of Canada in Hollis v. Dow Corning Corp., [1995] 4 SCR 634, 1995 CanLII 55.

Torts — Negligence — Medical malpractice — Causation — Trial judge finding respondent obstetrician liable for applicant infant's injuries — Whether, under principles described in Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 311, it is open for a trier of fact to find causation by drawing an inference based on all the evidence led at trial, notwithstanding the fact that the defence has led some evidence to the contrary — Whether, in an informed consent case, the causation issue is decided in accordance with the majority or the minority opinions of the House of Lords in Chester v Afshar, [2005] 1 A.C. 134.

Not exact matches

A recent Biz2Credit survey of more than 1,500 minority business owners from across the country in late March and early April asked for their opinions about the economy overall and their own prospects for success in 2016.

The opinion of an independent third party can also help you decide which route to take when dealing with relationships and transactions with minority shareholders, employee ownership and stock option arrangements, and litigation and shareholder disputes.

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

Whereas social networks are dominated by a noisy minority of people who may not reflect your customer base, insight communities help brands build authentic relationships, while gathering continuous consumer feedback, opinions and preferences.

CNN I beg of you to stop giving such minority opinions so much attention, and using such inflammatory headlines.

Akbar believed that he needed closer social contacts with the Hindus, for he was of the opinion that Mughal rule in India could not rest for long on the strength of the Muslim minority unless it had the active support of the Hindus.

A group that barely tolerates gays, Muslims, and other minority issues (much less the rest of mainstream America) can not be considered to have a diverse group of opinions.

Further, lest the public presume that his message represented a minority opinion, the whole fellowship signed their spokesman's text ahead of time.

At the September 1933 World YMCA conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bonhoeffer warned of the «growing persecution of minorities» in Nazi Germany and successfully influenced the delegates to pass a strongly worded resolution condemning the violence against Jews: «We especially deplore the fact that the State measures against the Jews in Germany have had such an effect on public opinion that in some circles the Jewish race is considered a race of inferior status.»

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

The most drastic example of the application of this principle is to he seen in the view of religion which underlies the recently published report of the Laymen's Appraisal Commission on Missions.4 In agreement with the opinions of a minority group among the missionaries, it implies the abandonment of the old methods leading to conversion, which are based upon the conviction of Christianity's possession of absolute religious truth.

Mention should here be made of a minority opinion among some of the Greek Fathers.

My view is a minority opinion, of course, but I was thrilled to read a few years back something that N. T. Wright wrote about Q:

I am glad we are moving towards a time where nonbelievers and people of minority religions are feeling as free to speak their opinions as freely as the privileged «Christian» masses.

Rather we will permit expressions of a wide variety of responsibly presented minority opinions, including some very unpopular ones.

Next Sunday, in the First Church of Nixie, New York, or the Saint Waldemar's Church of Proxie, Alabama, I am sure the respective ministers will declare that love is a wonderful thing, that Jesus agreed with their opinions; so why doesn't everybody get on the bandwagon and love one another — taking it easy, of course, with Negroes, minority groups, homosexual persons, criminals, the mentally ill, and many others?

He's an example of what happens when a tiny minority gets a lot of money and believe that because someone is different or has different opinions it's okay to break every rule they professes to follow.

My personal opinion at this time is that nothing much will come from THIS movement except a fair amount of new awareness (who besides a small minority thought or more importantly discussed their thoughts about the 99 % before all this?..)

In a world where the law increasingly seems to exist not to protect minority opinion but to impose the sexual or identitarian taste du jour, the uses of these laws are increasingly sinister.

Although ghetto and other poor people are being served by many centers (one condition is that they must give help to anyone within a certain geographic area), minority groups in particular have often viewed such services as being offered by an alien «university whitey» who, in their opinion, fails to consult them about the kinds of services they need.

Differences of opinion regarding strategy, timing, and so on may exist among the members, but each minority is in basic agreement about the nature of the wrong it intends to correct.

In his maiden speech — which, following a tradition now rarely observed, he waited a year after his election to deliver — Sasse argued that the upper house of the U.S. Congress was intended specifically by the framers to preserve minority opinion by enshrining a process of long - form debate to preclude a legislative fast track.

Judge Richard Posner, author of the opinion, wrote, «Homosexuals are among the most stigmatized, misunderstood, and discriminated against minorities.»

As to good uses... the majority of history disagrees with your opinion, simply because of percentages.Atheism is by its very definition an extreme minority among peoples.There simply have not been enough of them to be a serious contributing factor to the progress of mankind.Granted even a blind squirrel gets an acorn once in a while.

This, however, is perhaps the experience of only a minority in secular Western society, although opinion surveys suggest that even there the majority of people believe in the existence of God.

«We feel good about the people we have on offense, and if we can get a little better on defense, we'll be competitive,» says Jones, who is of the minority opinion that a team with an exceptional offense can overcome the handicap of a mediocre defense.

I'm sure it is a minority opinion and many folks who have more football smarts than I will think I'm full of it.

However, I'm of the minority opinion and believe that Sanchez is not going to be sold no matter what.

The opinions and voices of the minorities in the group were mocked and belittled and unfortunately, we had to make the decision to moderate the mob as this post (and a number of others) devolved into ugliness.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

If said areas have first - past - the - post voting, a minority opinion population of any given area is basically robbed of being a full participant in a democratic process - the votes of any Republican in NY, or a Democrat in Utah, don't matter at all in terms of Presidential election.

A loud minority of opinions and commentaries could dominate most media outlets.

Now, I don't want to be too cynical - if you wanted people to support a constitutional amendment which relinquishes sovereignty to Canada, you'd need a huge amount of social influence over a prolonged period of time; but some of the existing initiatives for constitutional amendments are challenging mostly because of active minority groups applying pressure in both directions rather than staunch popular opinion.

[51] Michael Millar, writing in The Spectator, was of the opinion that «the Equality Bill before parliament today gives employers the right to choose an ethnic minority candidate or female candidate over a white male, specifically because they are an ethnic minority or female.»

In the light of what is happening, the slant of the newspapers, and just by gauging the feel of current public opinion «on the streets» I can not see how Ed Miliband can now shrug off the dire warnings (and fears) of a minority Labour government in hock to the ScotNats, and become Prime Minister.

More voters have a favorable opinion of Planned Parenthood (57 percent favorable), than of Vice President Mike Pence (47 percent), President Donald Trump (44 percent), House Speaker Paul Ryan (37 percent), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (33 percent), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (26 percent), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (20 percent).

The Majority and Minority of the legislature and the Governor may have differences of opinion but we are not enemies and should not be working in the middle of the night out of the view of our constituents and the media,» said Tedisco.

The reason, in my opinion, why the tiny minority of racist boneheads may have felt emboldened by the EU vote may have been partly due to morons like you and others who said all leave voters were racists.

Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

That same poll found 63 percent of NY - 23 voters have a negative opinion of Pelosi, which explains why Owens ran an ad recently that claimed he votes 63 percent of the time with House Minority Leader John Boehner.

The minority of people will have a different opinion than the majority.

I said that in my opinion, the people of the UK were receiving a mixed message from the Labour party because a minority of our MPs had chosen to appear on platforms with the likes of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, prominently on TV hustings, and one even on a boat with Nigel Farage during the ridiculous Thames flotilla.

Lhota trails de Blasio by 50 points in the latest public opinion polls, and does particularly poorly among minority voters, with just 6 percent of black voters and 10 percent of Latino voters.