Sentences with phrase «precedent because»

Michael Whalen, an attorney in Washington, D.C., calls the OCC actions well established in precedent because the projects are clearly for the banks» use for their staff and clients.

While the ruling will not serve as binding legal precedent because the Viacom - Google case will be decided in Federal District Court in New York, it may prove influential.

Indeed, the entire system of stare decisis would be undermined if courts, and in particular trial courts, were free to deviate from established precedent because, in their interpretation, its underlying principles no longer accorded with society's basic, and ipso facto, shifting values.

It sets a precedent because France is the first country to (plan to) adopt a law banning fossil fuel exploration and extraction.

This is actually a dangerous precedent because it shows that we are willing to give in to terrorists.

They do not constitute binding precedent because they are not rendered in an adversarial setting like a lawsuit, but, as the personal opinions of the sitting justices of the state Supreme Court, they can be persuasive.

Borman asserted, however, that case did not establish precedent because Anderson had not actually appeared on the Republican primary ballot.

O'Connor's big contribution to constitutional interpretation, I've concluded, is try to bolster bad precedents because people have gotten used to them.

Not exact matches

If you set the precedent early that you're willing to do more than what they're paying for (because you want to please them, after all), they'll continue to push that.

That's because there is no official exit poll, because most exit polls are based on «swing» factors from previous elections, and there is no useable precedent.

While Citizens United seems to allow more unrestrained political speech — and some legal experts warn such activities may wind up in court because a precedent has yet to be set — that doesn't mean your organization should go ahead and do it.

Thomas speculates that the Bangladeshi government may be spooked because it could set a precedent for action by the EU, the second largest market, where he says consumers are «very sensitive» about these issues and «preferences are largely centered on apparel items.»

«Because some of these questions will be matters of gray, the question is interpretation of the Byrd Rule given past precedent,» Sarah Binder, who studies Senate procedure at George Washington University, told me.

And because the issue of LLC ownership by IRA has no legal precedent, companies advertising home storage of IRA gold are careful to note that they don't provide legal advice, the Journal writes.

We certainly aren't speculating because of any historical precedent (inflation has been non-existent for much of bitcoin's lifespan).

I'll tell you why: It's because these groups are religious and they want to violate the Constltution and try to set a legal precedent by which they can continue their illegal activities in other public areas.

This is just perfect «Kyev Tatum, pastor of Friendship Rock Baptist Church in Fort Worth, called The T Board's vote «a dangerous precedent» because it only took a matter of days for religion to be taken out of public policy.

CNN confirmed with a Vatican spokesman that «the new pope took the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi because he is a lover of the poor» and the new pope should be known as Pope Francis, not Pope Francis I.» CNN also quotes reporter John Allen as calling the choice of name «stunning» and «precedent - shattering.»

This was a national test case, because even though the ruling is effective only in Alaska and a precedent only there, it can serve as a model for pro-abortion forces in forty - nine other states.

Kyev Tatum, pastor of Friendship Rock Baptist Church in Fort Worth, called The T Board's vote «a dangerous precedent» because it only took a matter of days for religion to be taken out of public policy.

«Part of the value of precedent — and it has lots of value, it has value in and of itself, because it is our history and our history has value intrinsically.

These were of course poor precedents, since no clear - headed person had ever argued that women should not be ordained because being a woman was a sin, while many thoughtful people had noticed that the shift toward increasing tolerance of divorce had been at best sloppy and at worst downright unfaithful.

You are reading the constltution correctly, they are just giving credence to what is called «precedent» aka «grandfathering» where just because it's been done for so long they deem it okay even though it is actually in violation of the 1st amendment.

(Just because two individuals share a gender doesn't mean they share a story or a prediction or a precedent.)

And there is a real sadness in this, because the consequences of so great a joy rejected are a sorrow, bewilderment, and anxiety for which there is no precedent.

An interesting perspective... because we can still wonder whether the entire universe is controlled by an alien being who might at any moment do something for which there has been no precedent in all of human memory... we could still see beyond that practically all - powerful being a being that we could rightfully know to be God even to that other being to whom we are at their mercy.

Because I set that precedent early on with my friends and family, no one ever expects me to eat broccoli, green beans or lettuce.

Keep talking... you're like that Crystal Springs Baptist Church in Mississippi that denied a black couple a wedding in the church because they didn't want to set a precedent of marrying blacks.

It came to this the first time the rating system permitted schlock films to show nudity because of the precedent set by worthwhile pictures like The Pawnbroker.

Three elegantly crafted essays that are perhaps without precedent in gay literature, perhaps because they are not gay literature.

However, the Church's theological discourse can not be so intimately bound to any one scientific theory, as «the final way» to explain something, that it becomes difficult to separate itself from such a theory, either because a theological doctrine itself can no longer be explained without it (which it can) or because a scientific theory has been superseded by a more coherent scientific theory (better able to explain reality) as is the nature of progress in science.There is a precedent for this in the Galileo controversy from the 1600s.

There may be precedent, it's just that in this case it looks pretty stupid because gay and lesbian adults know who they are and have biology and psychology on their side, so these backwards nuts won't get a lot of takers for their hollow «welcome».

No Eric, they aren't aware that there are precedents to the OT or NT because their ignorance and fear is a tool that the priest - perverts use to keep people cowed and repeating the absurdities they put forth.

Meeting on the Lord's Day is proper because I use the rule of Apostolic Precedent.

but it is only because of the precedents set by other men of God that have been reported by the press that you would even be lumped in with such poor excuses for human beings.

And while Aristotle eventually received Catholic blessing because of the precedent set by Thomas Aquinas, Arab Aristotelians were largely secular professionals (physicians mostly) who had to rely on worldly patronage from caliphs and provincial governors.

I believe torture is wrong because it violates international law, it is a human rights abuse, it occurs without due process resulting in the abuse of innocent people, and it sets a bad precedent / example to the rest of the world.

But immigrants have come here not because Canada has no core political identity, but precisely because of Canada's core political identity: a stable democracy with a vibrant tradition of the rule of law rooted in British and French precedents.

«This had never been done before here, so it was setting a new precedent, and there are those who reacted to that because of that,» Weatherford told CNN affiliate WLBT in July.

She's definitely overreached and showed poor judgment because she had to know this would be appealed, that there was no legal precedent and that she's wasting taxpayer money to satisfy her personal feelings.

For some, it's finally a chance to move into their true form — they noted they were originally hesitant to enter the snacking space because of some unspoken precedent that functional brands need to start with a bar in order to enter the protein market.

The cabinet will reconsider the issue on 30 January, but has been extremely reluctant to approve the grant with the prime minister, Tony Abbott, declaring in December he was loth to consider requests for subsidies because «we don't believe in corporate welfare» and cabinet ministers arguing privately it would set a precedent for other companies looking for handouts.

Liverpool will remain a circus though, because their pandering to Suarez has set a dangerous precedent.

If I gave in and began negotiating baseball contracts through an agent, then I set a precedent that's going to bring awful pain to general managers for years to come, because every salary negotiation with every humpty - dumpty fourth - string catcher is going to run into months of dickering.

Because of the precedent set in the early years of the Calipari era at Kentucky, most just assumed that Jones and Lamb (Jones especially) would be gone after one season in Lexington.

If McGregor is stripped Ferguson gets promoted to full champ, injured or not (for precedent see GSP / Whittaker) That means Khabib can fight for the interim title vs Holloway, the legit, lineal LW title belongs to McGregor or Ferguson, Khabib has no claim to it whatsoever without beating one of those two, this whole situation is a complete farce and the only reason you «fans» aren't complaining about it is because you all ride Khabibs dick so hard for some reason.

Gary Sanchez's suspension was four games because of precedent.

Don't let a child stay up late to watch a much - anticipated football game, despite how a child may plead, because then you've established a precedent which will only yield more requests.

«We have to figure out a solution to the problem (as we go along) because we don't have any precedents,» Eysenbach said.

Not only does it set a bad precedent, but it shouldn't be necessary because his tummy should be full.