Sentence examples for cornerstone of arguments from inspiring English sources

But with jury selection nearly complete and opening arguments scheduled for Monday, there is little question that the city's culpability in the 2007 fire will be at issue during the trial, and will form a cornerstone of arguments by the defense lawyers that their clients — Jeffrey Melofchik, Mitchel Alvo, Salvatore DePaola and the John Galt Corporation — should be held blameless.

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay made is a cornerstone of their arguments for the new constitution in the Federalist Papers in the late 1780s.

A cornerstone of this argument is that management has no right to withhold dividends.

It was, however, just that belief that Rousseau made the cornerstone of his argument.

It is the cornerstone of his argument that our obsession with food is a dangerous waste of our energies.

He added: "The cornerstone of the argument is that it is not the free-for-all it was when there was more land.

The NRA, for its part, cites the risk of governmental overreach as a cornerstone of its argument for subjecting any contested gun purchase to the scrutiny of a judge.

He also made a cornerstone of his argument the claim that Obama "funneled" $716 billion out of Medicare to pay for Obamacare.

Consider the rise of Women's Right to Know laws, a cornerstone of Sanger's argument.

A cornerstone of the buyers' argument is that the financing was rock solid, with few outs for the lenders.

Ms. Mosby's remarks, dissected in the courtroom on Wednesday, became a cornerstone of the defense argument that the prosecution had prevented the officers from getting a fair trial.