Sentences with phrase «own policy judgments»

That uncertainty necessarily adds to the normally substantial degree of uncertainty we face in making monetary policy judgments.

Hicks omits criteria for making normative judgments about what levels of inequality are just — normative criteria that Christian ethicists of an earlier generation called «middle axioms» between broad theological and moral principles and policy judgments.

The slip came moments after he pressed: «The important thing is to be open and honest about the difficult foreign policy judgments which are being made here.»

«By placing a substantial number of injuries into categories that presume little to no compensation, the Board has made a policy judgment that exceeds questions of medical improvements and worker healing.»

There is no financial judgment that can be made without a corresponding policy judgment.

«We don't feel that we are able to feed in properly, we don't feel that we have any effect on policy judgments, we don't feel that policy is being made properly and we don't feel that there is any understanding of what we could do.»

They were right about Iraq, the biggest foreign policy judgment call of the past half - century, when Labour and the Tories were both catastrophically and stupidly wrong.

«It is time for the NRC to employ sound science and common - sense policy judgments in its decision - making process.»

The current international policy judgment is that 2 degrees warming above preindustrial is defined as «dangerous.»

I'm not aware of any other sort of country as a matter of policy that has been able to make that policy judgment.

Answering those questions goes beyond facts into economic, ethical, and policy judgments.

The political system is how policy judgments are made and these judgments call for information, including scientific information.

«It's unlikely that we will make good policy judgments if we follow either side,» he says.

I argued that by cloaking its value - laden argument in vague concepts of «international justice» and promoting a «just world,» the Daily was attempting to insulate its policy judgment — that the United States should join the International Criminal Court — in an «unassailable moral imperative,» not in logic or reason.

Neither Kimbrough nor Spears authorized district courts to categorically reject the policy judgments of the Sentencing Commission in areas outside of crack - cocaine offenses, as the majority suggests.

Thus, in the view of Lord Hughes and Lord Mance, the conclusion in Robinson is best understood as a fresh policy judgment.

Though the public policy behind statutes of repose is based on the policy judgment that a potential defendant should have no reasonable expectation of responsibility for injuries that occur after the passage of a number of years, the Court held that such a policy rationale does not apply to asbestos cases because: (1) the potential dangers associated with asbestos exposure were well known by 1971; and (2) the typical latency period from asbestos exposure to disease is much longer than the six - year window for filing personal injury claims under the statute of repose.

Decisions by some district judges to give the guidelines heavy weight obviously reflect a kind of policy judgment, as do decisions to apply a particular burden of proof or to increase a sentence based on acquitted conduct.

After Booker, the impact of policy judgments at sentencing is evident in many ways.

I don't even understand the claim (basic 1L lesson — at common law and in equity, courts make policy judgments), so I'm curious what motivates it.

As we reflect on these realities, it is valuable to appreciate that executive branch officials make policy judgments at sentencing all the time.

And, interestingly, we never hear complaints or concerns about unelected federal prosecutors making policy judgments at sentencing (even though prosecutorial policy judgments are not made in open court nor subject to any kind of review).

In discussion of post-Booker federal sentencing at the Yale Law School class I recently had the pleasure of attending, I was surprised to often hear the refrain that judges «should not make policy judgments» at sentencing.

Likewise, decisions by circuit judges to handle Booker plain error in particular (and diverse) ways reflect a policy judgment, as did the Supreme Court's decision not to resolve the circuit split over Booker plain error standards.

I have long thought it was post-modern gospel that all judicial decision are, at some level, policy judgments.

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In sum, I questions the assertion that federal judges «should not make policy judgments» at sentencing because: (1) such judgments seem inevitable and are clearly made by prosecutors in every criminal case, and (2) a fair reading of the text of 3553 (a) suggests that Congress has ordered federal judges to make individualized policy judgments in each and every sentencing.

Furthermore, it seems that Congress, through the text of 3553 (a), has told federal judges to make individualized policy judgments at sentencing.

A particular policy judgment might entail the acknowledgement that there is not, in fact, absolute consensus as to what «policy as a whole» is, and clarification from the bench as to precisely how the sentence is believed to reflect prior public policy formulations captured in statutory rules and guidelines.

But beyond this legal realist premise, it dawns on me that all judicial sentencing decisions plainly are, at some level, policy judgments informed by views on just punishment, crime control, procedural fairness, and other express and implicit considerations.

I'm curious what others might think are the the reasons (implausible or otherwise) that some would dare to argue that «judges should not make policy judgments,» as this admonition seems otherwise steeped in appalling ignorance or naivete.

According to Alito, the California system allows judges to exceed the maximum based on other criteria besides fact - finding, such as their own policy judgments about whether a higher sentence for particular categories of crimes is needed to serve a valid purpose of punishment (such as deterrence).

The main sources of adjudicative law I describe are underlying legal principles, social practice, and judicial fiat implementing a court's policy judgment.

Not exact matches

Of course Kashkari ignores that the «best judgment» of Fed policy makers has been widely criticized - and not just by Austrians who oppose any sort of Fed policy at all.

Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack on monetary rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack on the Taylor Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary policy over to a computer, rather than continue to let Fed policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range of data and economic trends.»

These policies help to protect against payments as the result of bodily injury or property damage, medical expenses, the cost of de1fending lawsuits, and settlement bonds or judgments required during an appeal procedure.

Savvy leaders like Apple's Eddy Cue are willing to correct errors in judgment when contractors like Taylor Swift draw attention to unfair corporate policies.

Trump's reckless and uninformed positions on critical issues — from immigration to our economy to foreign policy — have made it abundantly clear that he lacks both the policy depth and sound judgment required as President.

That means each policy decision demands more judgment than in the past.

Policies protect against payments as the result of bodily injury, property damage (including if the property is damaged off - premise), medical expenses, libel, slander, the cost of defending lawsuits, and settlement bonds or judgments required during an appeal procedure.

Political values are important in antitrust, but political pressure on government enforcers undercuts their ability to make professional judgments about enforcement policy.

In January, a spokesperson said that staffers accepting payment from authorities to inform on customers «would violate company policy,» calling it «purely poor individual judgment.»

Of course, just which matters ought to be left to judgment on a case - by - case basis, and which ought to be categorically determined as a matter of policy, is a hard problem for those who design institutions of all kinds.

This review included a discussion with management and the independent auditor of the quality (not merely the acceptability) of the Company's accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant estimates and judgments, and the disclosures in the Company's consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures related to critical accounting policies.

That element of judgment in weighing financial stability considerations, including the implications of our own actions, is central to our risk - management approach to monetary policy.

There was also a lapse of judgment on part of Mr. Saxena as claimed in one of the announcements, that he had been online when the private keys were extracted for the BTG distribution process and saving in plain text format which went against the written policies of safety and security of operations.

«We trust highly trained educators to use their professional judgment to make decisions in the best interests of children, particularly given that this policy applies to children as young as five years of age,» Kenney said in a press conference on November 2.

The quality of the Bank's judgments on monetary policy will reflect, in part, the experience and competence of its officers.

There is no intrinsic conflict here between the two objectives (although actual policy making still requires some fine judgments and depends on imprecise instruments, leaving ample room for mistakes).

Zappos, on the other hand, has a policy so short it could fit on a Post-It: «Just be real, and use your best judgment.»