Sentence examples for abandoned argument from inspiring English sources

But the Supreme Court kept Bond's argument alive by appointing a lawyer to defend the Government's abandoned argument.

On the other hand, it can take a long time for politicians to abandon arguments based on outdated numbers and to embrace new data that make the opposite case.

In September 2009, just before the appeals court heard arguments in the case, the Obama administration abandoned the argument that Mr. Bensayah could be detained as a substantial "supporter" of Al Qaeda.

In Ethics Moore abandoned this argument, saying that egoism cannot be proven false by any argument, even though he thought its falsity was self-evident (99 100).

Nagel eventually abandoned this argument in light of objections from Nicholas Sturgeon (see Sturgeon 1974), but the argument is ingenious and Nagel may have abandoned it prematurely.

The administration had initially pressed but later abandoned the argument.

In addition, the McCain campaign months ago abandoned its argument that Mr. Obama now favors a historic tax increase.

The administration found itself in an awkward position on this question before the Supreme Court, as it had initially pressed but later abandoned the argument.

Technically, the Obama lawyers have not abandoned the argument for broad presidential power, just implied that such authority is unnecessary to get them what they want.

Let's just say I abandoned my argument that MP3 players would encourage my offspring to steal music off the Internet.

Comey said several times that he wasn't seeking to set precedent, notably in an op-ed on beltway legal blog Lawfare; by the time he went before the House of Representatives judiciary committee on Tuesday, he had more or less abandoned that argument and much of the committee was hopping mad about it.