Sentences with phrase «side the issue whether»

Putting to one side the issue whether this is a matter for Congressional action in the first place — good federalists would have cause to insist that punitive damage issues should be matters for state - level policymaking — the suggestions Professor Owen makes seem prudent, and enter into territory already explored in some jurisdictions.

Not exact matches

The issue of further reducing crime apparently depends on whether you side with criminals or the law - abiding.

While most people are firmly in one camp or the other, roughly 3 to 4 out of 10 Americans either sympathized with both sides — or with neither — on issues of whether employers should be required to provide birth control (43 %), transgender people should be able to use the bathroom of their choice (37 %), or businesses should be required to serve same - sex couples (33 %).

Questions such as whether torture is permissible in Tolkien's world view, whether war is glorified (with a side - debate about how the films differ from the books in this respect), and how victory and defeat are characterised, are worth considering and will encourage readers to think more deeply about LOTR and appreciate how nuanced Tolkien's treatment of these issues is.

Whether hosting an event on campus to inform your community about a humanitarian issue happening on the other side of the world, going into your city to help at a local organization or picking up trash on the way to class, getting involved and engaged in any way possible is an important facet to add to your college life.

To yet another side, or perhaps underneath all these issues, lie the questions of value: whether reality exhibits worth independent of interpretation, whether interpretation inevitably is valuation, whether political life which contests values is a struggle about reality or about the intentions in interpretations or merely about getting along socially.

I have no clue whether C.S. Lewis is right in either of these cases, but here's why I love what he has written: He's taken a two - sided issue and found a new side.

All of us, even those who lean toward the pro-choice side of the issue, should question whether the choice to abort is truly a choice.

The main issue here is whether scientists will be open to more consideration of the subjective side of the world with which they deal.

The participants in the discussion thus found themselves again and again grappling with the same issues, whether approached from the mission side or the dialogue side.

This recent ruling has global media commentators on all sides of the political aisle debating whether this issue is an affront to religious freedom or a victory to protect the foreskins of young male babies around the world.

Whether the issue is size of government, or taxes, or abortion, a larger fraction of nonwhite voters are (moderately) on the conservative side of the issue than voted for Romney.

You'll hear a lot of differing opinions on both sides of the issue, and I'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not to use one.

Many women experience latch issues, whether on the mom's side or the baby's side or both.

Whether you are pro or con about using time - outs as a form of child discipline, both sides agree on one key issue: If a child is acting inappropriately and causing potential harm to himself or others and ruining an event, parents should remove him from the activity or situation immediately without second chances.

Regardless of which side of the gay marriage debate one happens to embrace, I think a seperate debate can he held on the issue of whether or not children should necessarily be encouraged to attend gay parades?»

Lawyers for both sides in the two - hour hearing veered a bit from the issue at hand which was whether the plaintiffs had legal standing to move ahead in their case.

While side - stepping the question of whether Smith — or anyone else, for that matter — will be absent, Sampson insisted that tomorrow is about «resolving oustanding issues that the governor wants us to resolve,» adding: «Once those issues are resolved... we will be moving forward.»

On 421a, the issue has been over whether the abatement should be allowed to expire along side rent regulations for New York City.

If you «move to the centre» on these issues, voters might wonder whether you are really on their side.

Aaron woolf said Elise sWefanik is on the wrong side of the issue over whether to raise the minimum wage.

ALBANY — Education issues like charter schools and a proposal for an education tax credit could split the State Senate's Democrats, with advocates on both sides of the issues waiting to see whether a proposed reunion of regular and Independent Democrats will come to fruition.

The debate about whether transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that align with their gender identity is now before the Buffalo School Board — and the group is getting fierce pressure from those on both sides of the issue.

Petty squabbling over a side issue — whether to hold conference committee hearings in which both houses would publicly hash out differences — has consumed the Capitol for weeks.

Via e-mails, a side discussion developed on the issue of whether the U.S. government should do more to regulate non-CO2 greenhouse gases, begun by Michael MacCracken of the Climate Institute in Washington, D.C.:

If you are suffering from thyroid issues, Hashimoto's, adrenal fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, hot flashes or hormone - related conditions, it's important to be fully aware of the «other side of coffee» and make an educated decision whether it is good for you.

The debate was hosted by Intelligence Squared US, a non-profit whose mission is to host debates that give both sides a chance to present their arguments so people can decide for themselves how they feel about a particular issue, whether it's dating, politics, the effects of technology, or any number of challenges we face today.

I have perhaps too MANY passions all clamoring for time, whether it be writing or political reform or embracing energy renewal and addressing the issues of food scarcity (I guess those are political too though my focus is more on the tech side of it).

For instance, whenever the Wiley team debates, it invariably is conveniently assigned to argue the politically - correct side of the issue, whether that be about welfare, lynching, integration, child labor, civil disobedience or elsewhat.

As the Avengers and their newfound allies take sides on the issue of whether to sign a treaty agreeing to international oversight or continue with their current strategy of world - saving, no matter the cost, it's fascinating to see who falls where.

Klein goes through a few of these testing issues — whether parents can opt their kids out of tests, whether school districts can choose their own tests, and how big a role tests should play in accountability — and explains where the House stands, where the Senate stands, and the pros and cons of both sides.

An important issue on the suck side is whether Amazon starts to suck with respect to readers, or with respect to authors.

As for me, this will give me a little help in making adjustments to earnings estimates as I try to think through valuation issues, and give me some rough idea as to whether the hockey stick that the sell side illustrates is worth considering or not, or to what degree.

Whatever side of the issue you come down on, whether your state has passed licensing or not, there is plenty you may not know about the process and the impact of home inspector licensing.

If you played the original Splatoon then you'll know that these festivals were big in - game events where players have to pick where they stand on important issues like whether pineapple belongs on pizza (it doesn't) and then battling against players on the opposing side.

It was disappointing both sides didn't address the issue of whether anything actually should be done in the face of climate change, be it human - induced, sun - induced, or whatever.

People are choosing sides on this issue strictly based on whether they like Gore or not.

The issue is whether the benefit of doubt errs on the side of natural variability (as has been the case) or on the side of a human influence.

But the record clearly shows that it was Trenberth who made that last comment, and that he was expressing misgivings about the quality of the researcher's work, not whether he was on the «right side» of scientific issues.

However, one has to ask whether you invariably disclose relevant evidence on both sides of an issue you discuss.

And whether or not the level of agreement in the literature to the claim that humans have caused greater than 50 % of recent warming is near 97 % or closer to 50 % is very relevant to that issue (and the correctness of my ascriptions of which side is indulging in disinformation.)

The stated point of McIntyre's request was to try to eliminate from the discussion any side issues about exactly what code was used (remember that because Mann did not reveal his code much of the really discussion of MBH revolved around the easily resolvable in principle issue of whether or not Mann had done his principal component analysis properly).

This is not the way to grow our membership, since most academics are on the other side of this issue and since the issue has nothing to do with whether one agrees with our core values.

The American environmental and labor movements have often been on opposite sides of the table, whether the issue is drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or raising fuel economy standards on American - made cars.

If you're able to effectively communicate why your plan is better, whether they realize the mistake or not, you may be able to side step the issue altogether.

Whether or not that's an issue likely depends on what side you were on; but for all the divisiveness over the past few months, and this equally split electoral finale, it can help to remember the words of Winston Churchill, «indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.»

Whether on the buy - side or the sell - side, those involved in carve - outs face a huge number of legal and commercial issues, from financials to brands, employment protection regulations to tax planning.

Again, the issue is not whether you should never disagree with your professor, it's about how you present your side.

A second issue is whether the substantive provisions of a contract are even handed, or strongly favor one side or the other, which seems to be what you are talking about and is not normally considered a «style» issue.

Whether or not as a consequence of the increasingly important factual components of commercial contracts, by the mid-1990s the English courts clearly felt the need to put to one side the proposition that the issue in hand was simply one of law.