Moreover, in rational-basis cases, the onus is on the challenger to negate not only all justifications offered by the government, but any and all "conceivable" justifications for the law.
[n11] The only conceivable justification for an unannounced search of an innocent citizen is the fear that, if notice were given, he would conceal or destroy the object of the search.
Individuals who claim that their rights have been violated are saddled with an impossible task -- refute every conceivable justification for the government's actions, however divorced from reality.
"There can be no conceivable justification for requiring a soldier to surrender all his clothing, remain naked in his cell for seven hours, and then stand at attention the subsequent morning," he wrote.
He was profoundly right in saying that Sept. 11 was an appalling crime that had no conceivable justification, or even any real origin in oppression and injustice.
His cruel, demeaning and mean spirited actions, for which there is no conceivable justification, deserve the wrath of a modern society.
While an official is always free to resign if she does not agree with, or has doubts about, the legality of a presidential order, Yates had no authority and no conceivable justification for directing the department's lawyers not to advocate the president's position in court.
The key issue will be whether Trump went beyond his executive powers and acted "corruptly". But asking someone to lie to Congress to save your skin is a much more straightforward offense, for which there is no conceivable justification in the Constitution.
There is only one conceivable justification for this kind of career choice - for being a "jammy show-off" for a living.
And when a juvenile commits robbery, even armed, (but not murder) there is no conceivable justification for him to be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.
"There is no conceivable justification for this.
