The phrase "act of arguing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the process or instance of engaging in a debate or dispute.
Example: "The act of arguing can sometimes lead to a deeper understanding of differing perspectives."
Alternatives: "process of debate" or "instance of dispute".
Yet Democrats portrayed the move as an act of desperation, arguing that the state has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the elder George Bush in 1988.
Turkey insists the toll has been inflated and rejects that the killings were an act of genocide, arguing that the Armenians died as a result of civil war and general unrest during the first world war.
Paul was critical of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, arguing that it sanctioned federal interference in the labor market and did not improve race relations.
Stevens criticized the passage of the Southern Homestead Act of 1866 arguing that the low-quality land it made available would not drive real economic growth for black families.
At the Beacon Drive-in diner in Spartanburg, Paul chastised proponents of the Patriot Act for arguing the law would prevent another 9/11.
The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 argues that the nation must assure disabled citizens with "equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency".
The agency, using new authority under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, argues that the bank's trading was so large and voluminous that it violated a law preventing banks from recklessly using a "manipulative device" in the market for credit derivatives, financial contracts that let the bank bet on the health of companies like American Airlines.
The new book used 200,000 pages of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act to argue that Julius Rosenberg was guilty, and that his wife may have helped him.
Her lawyers, led by the dean of the law school, Mathew D. Staver, and Ms. Lindevaldsen, invoked the federal Defense of Marriage Act to argue that Virginia's laws had precedence and that Ms. Jenkins was not a parent.
Three decades later, in the case of Shelby County v. Holder (2013), Roberts led a Supreme Court majority that struck down the major enforcement provision of the act, arguing that the problem the act was passed to correct has long since been solved.
While they won't be speaking in court tomorrow, 10 states and more than 150 state legislators -- many of whom are from the 26 states that brought the lawsuit -- have filed "friend of the court" briefs supporting the constitutionality of the Act and arguing that it is good for their states and constituents.
