Sentence examples for damaging precedent from inspiring English sources

"It has set a hugely damaging precedent," she says.

If the subpoenas survive appeal, they will set a damaging precedent for newspapermen.

Acting on it would be bad for Iraq and would set a damaging precedent for the international financial system.

The prime minister, Theresa May, is under pressure from ministers, including the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, not to offer her backbenchers a free vote, which some believe would appear weak and create a damaging precedent.

This is the same double standard that allows Washington to complain about the flouting of international law in Syria and Ukraine while ignoring the damaging precedent set in 2003 when the Bush administration invaded Iraq without explicit UN legal authority.

Harriet Harman, the shadow culture secretary (and also shadow deputy leader, prompting some to question whether she has the time to focus on culture), has now intervened in the crisis, persuading Forbes not to set a damaging precedent.

Reversing years of damaging precedents is hard, but a Supreme Court ruling against Prometheus would be a start.

They should not be laying plans that undermine an orderly and honest transition to a new presidency or set damaging precedents for future elections.

In a detailed letter of his own, Kelleher of Better Markets, argued that it would be not only illegal for OMB to comply with O'Malia's request, but a procedural nightmare that would create a damaging new precedent for government functionality.

"The court did not fully address legal issues raised and has established a damaging and questionable precedent," the airline group said in a statement.

Attempts to get electors, both pledged and unpledged, to change their votes would be especially damaging as a precedent for the future.