Sentence examples for against mandates from inspiring English sources

In some corners of Washington, that raises a cry against "mandates".

"We have an independent streak that rebels against mandates or anything that seems trendy or hyped up," said Mayor Bill White, who favors expanding the city's recycling efforts.

The case against mandates is clear... and here it is, laid out by candidate Barack Obama.

And she highlights Republican pickups in Virginia and the (admittedly symbolic, uncontested) vote against mandates in Ohio.

Federal officials decided against mandating breaks in driving shifts.

Women justices came out swinging against mandate opponents.

STEPHEN T. McCREA Portland, Ore., Jan . 30 2013   Thank you, Dr. Gordon, for arguing against mandated treatment.

It would be important that the board guard against mandate creep, as the fund's resources should complement those raised through specific appeals, particularly UN-co-ordinated appeals.

Device makers lobbied against mandating disclosure for failed products, arguing that releasing such data would be confusing to patients and would give away valuable information to a company's competitors about devices under development that might succeed in subsequent trials.

Because so many criteria can be used to assess effectiveness — median or mean survival times, side effects, quality of life and the like — there is a case to be made against mandating that doctors follow what seems at any given time to be the best practice.

One of the biggest arguments against mandating backdoors in encryption is the fact that, even if you trust the United States government never to abuse that power (and who does?), other criminal hackers and foreign governments will be able to exploit the backdoor to use it themselves.