Sentence examples for defensible rules from inspiring English sources
The administration is now working with a bipartisan group in the Senate to devise new, more legally defensible rules to try some detainees before military commissions, an approach introduced by the Bush administration but that was repudiated by the courts and widely viewed as too heavily tilted to favor prosecutors.
Instead, the agency needs the extra weeks to build a more defensible case for its rules, given the inevitability that someone will challenge them in court.
The 52-page report recommends changes in state fire prevention and response, including updating some local building codes to include rules on defensible space and additional work to identify sufficient evacuation routes.
The state updated its fire code in 2008, mandating that newly built homes near wildland areas meet standards for fireproof roofs, windows and decks, and follow rules for creating "defensible space" clear of flammable material in the 100 feet immediately surrounding a home.
She concluded that the Bush-era ozone rules are "not defensible" under the Clean Air Act, and she committed to creating a legal standard that protects Americans' health.
My goal was to use the answer to this question to distinguish bogus rules of usage from defensible ones.
"I cannot think of any administrator who paid so much attention to creating rules that are legally defensible," Rivkin said.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) attempts to make the imaginary world of neoclassical economics real have resulted in rules which are not defensible.
For this reason, a general preference for minimalism is no more defensible than a general preference for rules.
There's no point in adopting rules that are legally defensible if they don't actually protect the open Internet.
The economic analysis conducted by the Trump administration to justify revoking the Waters of the U.S. rule falls short of a defensible and consistent basis, a Yale economist writes this week in Science.
