I have no idea whether there was a proper basis for the beliefs to which May refers, but even if one assumes there was, such beliefs do not justify the use of the schedule 7 power.
Why isn't it somewhat like a proffer, that you've got to proffer the evidence in the form of these recounts so we know what is in those recounts and whether there is a proper basis for there to be an amended certification?
He agreed with the clinics that the racketeering law was a proper basis on which to assess damages -- a total of $85,000, which was then tripled under the law -- but maintained that only the government and not a private party had authority under the law to seek an injunction.
"The lord advocate and the US attorney general have recently agreed that there is a proper basis in law in Scotland and the United States to entitle Scottish and US investigators to treat two Libyans as suspects in the continuing investigation into the bombing of flight Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie," a spokesman said.
Prosecutors said there was a "proper basis in law" to treat the men as suspects.
It is almost as clear that an attempt to do the same is a proper basis for punishment, though how to define the concept of an attempt is highly contested (Duff 1996; Alexander, Ferzan, and Morse 2009: ch. 6; Yaffe 2010).
Pietig also took exception to the jury's conclusion that population was a proper basis for evaluating staffing levels.
"Local development plans aren't being prepared as quickly as they should be, which means there isn't a proper basis for the consideration of planning applications.
In view of our ultimate decision that loss of profits are not a proper basis for damages in this case it will not be necessary to address appellant's claim that it was error to disallow the testimony of Jake Holster as to the amount of profit ordinarily realized on a ton of hay bought and sold by Panhandle.
According to the court, whether that "is based on moral disapproval of homosexuality, animus towards gays and lesbians or simply a belief that a relationship between a man and a woman is inherently better than a relationship between two men or two women, this belief is not a proper basis on which to legislate".
