I also object to the idea that there should be a presumption of privacy in public, for that would harm the journalist's – that is to say, anyone's – ability to report on what they witness in public, especially acts by public officials.
"It was a presumption for many years that we girls would grow up and marry nice white boys," said Barbara Cummings, an Aboriginal woman who was a member of the stolen generations.
"There's a presumption for openness in Florida," she said.
The immigration minister, James Brokenshire, accepted that there should be a presumption against detention for a new category of "adults at risk", including sexual violence victims.
Taken together, these forces have conspired to create a situation in which there is a presumption of guilt, especially for gang members.
There should be a presumption that a contract accepted for clearing by one of the houses and approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the Securities and Exchange Commission must be centrally cleared.
There is a presumption that, for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), early follow-up, that is, within 4 weeks of an elevated reading, improves BP control.
It's as if there's a presumption that triumph for Mr. Obama is the natural order of things, and that when it doesn't happen, evil has been afoot.
For too long, there has been a presumption that an increase in demand for energy services must lead to an increase in energy consumption.
