Sentences with phrase «plain reading of»

Supposing that the wiretapping law was irrelevant, you would not be breaking the law, under a plain reading of the law, except for the potentially subjective elements pertaining to «the intent to intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass» — let us assume that no other actions could be added to the charge, and the potential arrest rests only on the fact of recording while masked.

However, here's the most important part: House and Senate officials should be permitted to disclose specific examples of Executive or Judicial overreach from the plain reading of the law, as long as it occurs during an open debate on the floor of their respective chambers or in their committees.

However, unlike other criminal trials, the employee seeking to rely on the whistleblower protection would have the burden of showing, on a balance of probabilities, that the Executive Branch gathered the leaked information without a warrant where a warrant was required by law, or that the FISA court's interpretation of the law is grossly inconsistent with the plain reading of the law.

[38] On a plain reading of s. 84 (1) of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, the provisions pertain to the statutory subrogation issues between the insured and the insurer, which issues were not before me in this litigation.

A plain reading of these provisions indicates that Parliament conferred broad discretion upon BDC in the exercise of its powers under the BDC Act.

It is easy to rely on a plain reading of the Sixth Amendment and argue that because there is no constitutional right to a plea bargain, an attorney's ineffective assistance at the plea bargaining stage does not deprive a defendant of any constitutional rights.

[47] A plain reading of the Execution Act makes it clear that it does not create any substantive rights that override or supplant the long - established principle of corporate separateness.

A plain reading of this subsection implies the mens rea element of the offence has been diminished to the point that it verges on a strict liability offence...

Recognition of the intrinsic and equal dignity of human life underlies any plain reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights.

«A plain reading of the quoted portion of the funding agreements demonstrates that the use of the phrase «shall receive nothing» in conjunction with «no associated obligation to pay» means that the requirement of repayment is completely contingent upon the recovery of proceeds from the related legal claims,» the Court of Appeals wrote.

Judge Ellis said this interpretation is contrary to the plain reading of the statute.

Adopting a plain reading of contractual terms prevents insurers from broadening the meaning of the words beyond those written on the page.

Since Congress chose the word «program» rather than «file», the plain reading of this is that permission is always required to read digital content.

[17] The respondent argued that a plain reading of the reference in s. 95 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act to only «the gross income that the person lost in that period less the amount that would have been payable on that gross income» compels one to the conclusion that the past income loss award is to be taxed without reference to taxes otherwise payable during the same taxation year.

Overall, on a plain reading of the language used, the court held that the restrictive covenants were accepted by Mr. Payette «in consideration of the substantial advantages he would be depriving from the transaction, not of his potential status as an employee».

Similarly, a plain reading of Bill 132 suggests an organization's right to claim litigation privilege over documents created pursuant to the investigation will be diminished, because an investigation is arguably conducted for the dominant purpose of compliance with Bill 132 and an organization's internal policies, rather than for the dominant purpose of litigation.

One might have thought, on a plain reading of s. 26 (2), that there was clearly an appeal as of right to the Court.

They acknowledged that a plain reading of the statute did create some internal tensions and stated,

Or the apparently unlawful (and I would suggest actionable) releases being prepared at UDel and UVA in violation of the plain reading of the state FOI laws?

«The plain reading of the Constitutional text contemplates the authority of an «other body» which could submit a plan for legislative action.

Thus, under a plain reading of the law, as applied to Ms. Shirley's facts, the answer to her question can only be «yes.»»

If people believe with absolute conviction that what a plain reading of the Bible tells them is wrong, then it seems to me that the best course is to reject the Bible rather than make up bizarre and far - fetched excuses for how it can be right if you just stretch the words way out of shape and add some extra made - up stuff.

Your adding on to the plain reading of what God said.

So far as I can see in any plain reading of the Bible, God is very empathetic toward humanity, but I don't see him ever assuming a position of guilt and asking for forgiveness.

[i] Regardless of how one sides on this issue, a plain reading of Romans 13, clearly indicates that the civil government plays a role in God's design for society and His people.

For those who have defended the traditional interpretation of the resurrection of Jesus as an historical event involving the raising and removal of a physical body, that which has carried most weight is simply the fact that, on a plain reading of the New Testament, the Bible itself seems to give unqualified support to such a view, in some places if not in all.

Jeremy, I find it rather humorous, in a sad sort of way, that you can write posts about changing (or stopping) baptism and communion (which were good and valid posts), and not hear one peep out of the «plain reading of Scripture» crowd.

now you can argue man's laws vs God's law all ya want, but a «plain reading of the text» is the only way to get to that conclusion.

Not exact matches

But none of these legitimate considerations excuse the plain old boorish behaviors or worse that we're reading about today.

Take the time to read the terms of your credit card agreement since disclosures should now be in plain English.

To make gains among these voters, Republicans needed to make detailed (but pithy) arguments about what was wrong with Obamacare and the benefits of Republican health care policy X (read National Affairs to get an idea of some of the things they could have said), and do so in plain language.

Read the first words of chapter 6 and understand the plain meaning.

When I am told not to think so much because the «plain and simple reading» of Scripture demands certain conclusions, the cognitive dissonance is excruciating.

The fact is, most of the defenses of American slavery were written by clergy who quoted Scripture generously and appealed to a «clear, plain, and common - sense reading» of biblical passages like Genesis 17:2, Deuteronomy 20:10 - 11, 1 Corinthians 7:21, Ephesians 6:1 - 5, Colossians 3:18 - 25; 4:1, and I Timothy 6:1 - 2.

We can not build a universal application from such a text through a «plain reading» of the words.

Following St. Paul, the Church Fathers argued that a surface reading of the Old Testament, what Origen calls the «plain» meaning, missed what was most important in the Bible: Jesus Christ.

I recall reading of a Washington, D.C., bookstore that was being asked to refund the cost of Woodward and Bernstein's The Final Days after disappointed purchasers found that it was about plain old politics, not spine - tingling biblical prophecy.

So I read the four Gospels straight through in two sittings, to see what kind of Christ emerged from the plain text.

According to the rabbinic cycle of Torah readings, this is when we come down from the great heights of Genesis and Exodus, with their breathtaking perspectives and sweeping visions, and enter the flat and seemingly arid plain of Leviticus.

Using a mixture of suggestion, «cold reading», hypnosis and plain old trickery, Brown has the ability to make people believe in God, miracles and the power of prayer faster than you can say «prestidigitation» (look it up).

We are always amused by the ignorance of Christians who feel it necessary to read or tell LGBT people what the Bible «says in plain English» (presumably about LGBT people and / or behavior).

The fact is that every one of the passages whose supposed «plain reading» limits women from certain roles has been demonstrated to have significant cultural, contextual, and even syntactical complexity which makes such a «plain reading» highly suspect.

Or they just plain don't want to read the Bible, or our history, or perhaps not even the Big Book and its earlier manuscripts (Compare the facts in: Turning Point: A History of Early AA.

Anybody who actually DOES read it, and does so objectively, will notice it's full of flaws, inconsistencies, illogic and just plain nonsense.

Perhaps if he took a few quiet hours to read through the continuous postings of bigotry, intolerance and plain hatred spread about by people who loudly proclaim their atheist affiliation.

Positively speaking, in the Theology of Liberation becomes manifest «the very tense transition from a culturally more or less homogeneous, and in this sense monocentric, church of the West, towards a world church which has many cultural roots and is, thus, polycentric», as formulated by Johann Baptist Metz.11 It is fairly plain that Boff has become, internationally, the most published and read theologian from Latin America.

It is amazing how often, in casual reading or conversation, one encounters either a total inability to see and understand, or a deliberate refusal to accept, the plainest evidence of this material fact of the inevitable drawing - together of Mankind.

No cult, no group, just the plain old «Truth» I read Genesis — Malachi, the last prophet until this day, «look it up» for myself, and I learn that YHWH is alone, and His spirit does all this for His own sake, for He is the King, and Creator of all life, there is none else, in Isaiah 44:22, He forgave our sins and in Isaiah 43:25,26, then in Isaiah 44:6,8, there is no other, and in Isaiah 44:24, YHWH did all creation alone, then in Isaiah 43, He specifically teaches us that there is no other savior but Him, YHWH.

Moltmann's caricature of certain traditional models of pastoral care makes plain the advance demonstrated in Hunter's practice: the pastor visits from house to house, and from hospital room to hospital room, with Bible and prayer book in hand, reading a few verses from each to his parishioners, before moving on.

The Golden Fleece: Padraic Colum City of the Golden House: Madeleine Polland Detectives in Togas: Henry Winterfeld Sarah, Plain and Tall: Patricia MacLachlan Happy Little Family: Rebecca Caudill A Lion to Guard Us: Clyde Robert Bulla and other read - alouds, though I'll be having the 7 - year - old do a good bit of «tandem» reading with me.