Sentences with phrase «preserves status quo»

Just as the JT commented in Assas that the interim injunction preserves the status quo pending determination of the dispute; the interim injunction also preserves the status quo pending determination of the jurisdictional challenge under the Decree itself.

The Times hypothesized that «[t] o a fatigued judge, denying parole seems like the easier call not only because it preserves the status quo and eliminates the risk of a parolee going on a crime spree but also because it leaves more options open.»

Option C No chance for signup bonus at all, preserves status quo and credit history.

In 2001, Kegan and Lecturer Lisa Lahey published How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work, which laid out a way of seeing into a previously hidden dynamic that prevents change and preserves the status quo.

«A vote no against this amendment essentially preserves the status quo, and the status quo involves the Legislature drawing its own lines and continuing a decades - long practice of partisan gerrymandering,» Citizens Union executive director Dick Dadey told journalists during a Tuesday conference call.

On the whole, they have been much more comfortable with the dictatorial image of God, an image that legitimates and preserves the status quo with all the built - in exclusivity that this implies.

But this enlightening article from a German writer about how Americans are far too timid when confronting prejudice — «at the dinner table, I've noticed, what Germans call a discussion, Americans call an argument» — reminds us that this fear of confrontation is exactly what preserves the status quo, often with disastrous consequences.

So, this tendency for «love of the same» results in people investing in those similar to themselves, and thus preserves the status quo.

Boards are empowered to protect shareholders, but many shareholders have become sympathetic to activists because they believe the system has inherent conflicts of interest; that directors are more interested in collecting paychecks and preserving their status quo than in exercising their fiduciary duty to shareholders.

Individuals and families don't have much power to change that, given the powerful, well - funded lobbies that are are fighting to preserve the status quo.

The inputs were run through the IMPLAN model to estimate the overall macroeconomic effects of preserving the status quo, which effectively prevents new pipeline infrastructure from being developed in the region.

As it turns out, they are content to preserve the status quo for now.

At their last committee meeting, Fed officials decided to preserve the status quo.

Most of us would be happy carrying on with an as - is world that is largely free of disruption, and some of us are downright militant about preserving the status quo.

It is common for those invested in preserving the status quo to try and silence those working for reform by suggesting that allegiance to a country or family or faith demands total acquiescence, that you can't love something and be critical of it at the same time.

It is supported by the three previous notions... To be obedient to God is to preserve the status quo.

One of the major causes of social conservatism is the fact that churches, schools, and other social institutions are so largely influenced by persons whose advantage it is to preserve the status quo and who are prone to regard any departure from it as an affront to Christian morality.

Because it is centered on law, it has become the refuge of traditionalists seeking to preserve the status quo.

Further: This applies to programs that would preserve the status quo as well as to those intending to replace it.

Those who wanted to preserve the status quo were, accordingly, in position to play them off against one another.

As this matter plays out, we will preserve the status quo and continue to engage with the New York legislature, as we are in dozens of states around the country.»

They preserve the status quo, and if a sufficient number of members of General Synod decide that it is better to permit same - sex marriage, then their proposal will undoubtedly be ratified by the House of Commons without much debate.

Instead, it has acted with the sole purpose to maintain power and preserve the status quo after the parliamentary elections of 2018, regardless of the costs for relations with the EU.

Conservatives try to preserve status quo — change is not easy — but hyper partisan and mindless opposition to change is indefensible.

Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra says he's dropping out of the Republican race for governor and will run as an independent instead, because the two major parties are too interested in preserving the status quo.

The US House mid-term races are «Sturm und Drang» [Storm and Stress]; exercises in preserving the status quo; equivalent to a political ice bucket challenge when the candidates pour the water on their heads and challenge their opponents to do likewise; and exercises in highlighting what is wrong with our politics....

The belief being held by some soldiers is that these cadets are being groomed now to take fear out of them so they would be well equipped mentally to be deployed in the 2020 elections to preserve the status quo.

«If the Independence Party would rather choose a designee based on who has the deepest pockets or who is willing to sell out their principles to preserve the status quo rather than which candidate will bring real independence to Albany, then so be it.»

Anyone seeking to preserve the status quo is fighting for fewer prevailing wage jobs and less of the affordable housing New Yorkers desperately need.

In an unusual occurrence in 2000, for example, the two dominant parties in the state of California cooperatively redrew both state and Federal legislative districts to preserve the status quo, ensuring the electoral safety of the politicians from unpredictable voting by the electorate.

«We are pleased that the Air Force has agreed to preserve the status quo until we can have a full hearing,» said M. Andrew Woodmansee, an attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP, the law firm representing Fehrenbach in conjunction with the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

This question asks why Trump would be blocked from ending DACA, and the answer was that he wasn't - it was just suspended until all ongoing lawsuits against Trump's action were resolved, presumably to preserve the status quo and avoid any unreversible actions.

They like things how they are, and generally support measures which they believe will either preserve the status quo or will return society to a (real or imagined) «better time».

«The words that I used earlier is that it's the epitome of preserving the status quo, which I find very disheartening.»

The international development secretary meanwhile defended an announcement that appeared to preserve the status quo of trading arrangements with countries across the developing world after Brexit.

But inter-borough politics has always managed to preserve the status quo that has given New Yorkers a crazy hodgepodge of high - toll bridges and tunnels and no - toll bridges.

Another city resident, Betty Chaplain, said she would be willing to pay more taxes to preserve the status quo.

He says opponents are trying to preserve the status quo at the expense of children who are missing out on an opportunity for advancement.

He's the same as any other rich white guy worth $ 500 million dollars: into preserving the status quo.

«It's not ideal, but it's far better than preserving the status quo.

In granting an injunction to two scientists who oppose widening US government funding for research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), Judge Royce Lamberth wrote of «simply preserving the status quo».

November 16, 2016 • Superheroes preserve the status quo, employ symbolic visual imagery, have flawless bodies and use their powers to place themselves above the law.

The movie lacks any conventional rooting interest, but because of the actors, we pull for the characters to survive, whether it's a boy prematurely aching to become a made man, misfit adolescents dreaming of becoming kingpins themselves, a master dressmaker yearning for recognition and self - determination, or a paymaster straining to keep his modest job and preserve the status quo.

Those who want to preserve the status quo have historically had the upper hand.

This will give fodder to the crowd that claims that defined benefit plans do a better job of retaining employees than 401k - style defined contribution plans and support those seeking to preserve the status quo in most other states.

Much will be learned from these experiences in the years ahead, but for the time being one immediate takeaway merits repeating: Local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs.

We know that states and districts desperately need money, that they have a preference for preserving the status quo, and that when the federal government asks them to do things they're not fond of, they may just go through the motions.

Finding that «local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs,» Smarick urges policymakers to heed the lessons learned from that experience and to focus on reducing the gulf between reforms promised and reforms delivered when it comes to the Department of Education's $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top fund.

The two goals proved irreconcilable because many reform proposals threatened the vested interests of people who wished to preserve the status quo.

'' [A] nother governor lamented that his state's plan «stymies any attempt to hold schools accountable for student performance and includes provisions aimed at preserving the status quo in failing schools.»»