Sentence examples for as justifications for from inspiring English sources

Conservative proponents of voter ID measures invoke the specter of voter fraud and the need to protect the integrity of elections as justifications for the legislation.

American legislators would find this more palatable; so would developing countries, which fear that internationally binding commitments could be used as justifications for imposing tariffs on them.Opponents of this approach complain that unless the targets are internationally binding, and there is a compliance mechanism to enforce them, any global agreement will be toothless.

DeMoss, an evangelical conservative with ties to some big-name Republicans, cited a general lack of interest, as well as pervading signs that the nature of political discourse appeared only to be deteriorating during Obama's first two years as president, as justifications for halting his program.

Even before September 11th, Mr Blair was citing Rwanda and Kosovo as justifications for a doctrine of liberal interventionism under which great powers had a duty to use force for virtuous ends even without the say-so of the United Nations.

The presiding judge, Rolf Seedorf, said, "It was a cruel and illegal killing," but he cited the length of time since the crime and the uneven nature of witnesses' testimony as justifications for handing down a lesser sentence than the life imprisonment the prosecutor demanded.

Early voting would allow positive campaigning and direct contact with voters, often cited as justifications for the special role of Iowa and New Hampshire in the process, to retain their importance during the six months before the national primary (at least until the very end).

Authorities cited homosexual conduct as justification for the ban.

This is presented as justification for our invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Flint cited a preceding consultation as justification for the government's reversal of support.

Pussy Riot are staunch opponents of politics as justification for incarceration.

And then they are consciously held up as justification for absurdly lax gun laws.