Perhaps unthinkingly but quite consistently, he said, judges can be counted on to rule in favor of anything that protects and empowers lawyers.
It may also be that the liberals on the Court are not completely convinced that Justice Anthony Kennedy could be counted on to rule in favor of national marriage equality.
Levels in many cases of prostate cancer are not appreciably different from levels seen in normal men -- and thus the test cannot be counted on to rule disease out either.
(Unable to poke serious holes in his legal analysis, some supporters of Proposition 8 have made much of the fact that Judge Walker is gay, as if only a straight judge could be counted on to rule objectively on the legal status of marriage).
A presidential aide has said that candidates' representatives will be invited to oversee the count in order to rule out vote-rigging, though few think this sufficient to ensure fairness.
It is noteworthy that although tumours from patients A C were 'classical' squamous cell TCs, the tumour from patient D was undifferentiated and had unusually high mitotic counts, prompting us to rule out EBV association or a so-called 'carcinoma with t(15 19) translocation' (French et al, 2003) at initial presentation by respective molecular techniques.
Nyquist spiked a fever at the Preakness and blood work showed he had an elevated white cell count, prompting trainer Doug O'Neill to rule him out of the Belmont.
From the blood sample, a complete blood count (CBC) is obtained to rule out anemia, infection.
Counting melanocytes in sections, to rule out excess recruitment towards melanocyte lineage within the crest itself (which would be difficult to detect in whole-mount) revealed that control embryos have the same number of melanocytes in the dorsal neural tube as do ivermectin-treated embryos (n=10 embryos, P=0.33) (Fig. 3F,G).
These include blood tests measuring TSH and thyroxine to exclude hypothyroidism; basic electrolytes and serum calcium to rule out a metabolic disturbance; and a full blood count including ESR to rule out a systemic infection or chronic disease.
JCQ said this was also partly explained by the significant drop in the number of 15-year-olds taking the exam because of the "first results count" rule.
