Sentences with phrase «withstand public scrutiny»

They need to write reasons that can withstand public scrutiny, and that have authority for other judges or lawyers who may rely on them.
In the same book, Farrow makes a number of arguments against what he refers to as the privatization of civil justice, such as the impoverishment of common law when cases are removed from the public system (this dovetails with Simpson's work), the use of a private (thus, confidential) system to circumvent public policies, public accountability, and basic notions of procedural fairness, and the shielding from the public of transactions that would not withstand public scrutiny.
NJ Gov. Chris Christie was codenamed «Pufferfish» by the Romney campaign in 2012, which ultimately passed him up as a VP candidate because of concerns he couldn't withstand public scrutiny.

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their practices as judicial officers have to withstand the scrutiny from the public; By law, they have to show us their real identities; they can't hide their real identities from us for ever;
The methods used to make predictions of future change will have to withstand extreme levels of scrutiny, whether that is from colleagues, policymakers or the general public.
They want the public to believe that charitable giving to benefit K - 12 students helps donors more than it should; however, their claims do not withstand scrutiny.
Where ESAs entail the allocation of public funds, they may not withstand scrutiny in states where courts have adopted very restrictive interpretations of the Blaine amendment.
Given the financial stakes, it is little wonder that alternative - energy companies, «green» investment firms, and biofuel producers are lobbying hard for more government largesse, and marketing their cause directly to the public by highlighting its supposed benefits for the environment, energy security, and even employment — none of which withstand scrutiny.
«We want an honest to goodness LCCAP that will not only benefit the public but also withstand their scrutiny,» said Francisco Pangilinan, Head of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) Officer, Angeles City.
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