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The plaintiffs cite three legal grounds in their attempt to justify a restraining order.

Antiwar groups immediately cried foul, claiming the picture was another attempt to justify a war with Iran.

Tonight Syria issued a statement accusing Mr Kerry of a "desperate attempt" to justify a military strike.

It was just the latest desperate attempt to justify a case that wasn't even put together with smoke and mirrors, just smoke.

Mr Johnson later said: "The blame for this strike lies squarely with union leaders, who have resorted to myths and stunts in a pathetic attempt to justify a strike that is utterly pointless".

Even worse for Gordon Strachan and those who inevitably will attempt to justify a new contract for the Scotland manager over the coming days is that capitulation arrived from the point where his team were ahead.

That's an attempt to justify an indefensible tax break for the wealthy by tossing crumbs to others.

"The case demonstrated the common practice of the police and prosecution adding, as a fig leaf afterthought, a second and flimsier charge in an attempt to justify an initial charge that could not be substantiated after investigation," said Jerome Cohen, an expert on Chinese law who advised The Times on the case.

"By Night in Chile" may be Bolaño's most searing monologue: a Chilean priest, on his deathbed, attempts to justify a shameful past.

The company's founder and C.E.O., John Schnatter, attempting to justify a bad quarterly earnings report, blamed decreased Papa John's sales on the poor ratings performance of the N.F.L., with which it advertises, specifically criticizing the league commissioner for allowing the player protests during the national anthem to continue.

For the most part, though, attempts to justify a general obligation to obey the law will rely on one of these five lines of argument.