Clericalism is about deference, a demand for respect without scrutiny.
Mr. Hollande, trying to undermine a reputation for softness and charm, was an aggressive debater, often interrupting Mr. Sarkozy without deference and seemingly even with contempt.
Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, nicknamed Mr. Fix-It, arrived at the Pentagon last summer, and promptly turned an old office into an obeya a Japanese design concept (the "big room" or "war room"), made famous by Toyota, whereby everyone stands at whiteboards, without deference to rank, in order to work through a technical problem.
He also argued that the Judge Sauls could decide the issues de novo, which is without deference to the decisions made before him by the county canvassing boards, and could count the disputed ballots himself or with the help of the clerks of the court or a special master.
Because of these "extraordinary" factors, the Court itself decided the meaning of the ambiguous clause at issue in the case, without deference to the executive branch.
Thus, I advocate judicial engagement--genuinely impartial, evidence-based judicial inquiry into whether the government's actions are truly calculated to achieve a constitutionally proper end of government, without deference to government officials' beliefs, desires or unsupported factual assertions.
However acceptance alone, without deference has created a toxic environment where the grandsons of those civil rights leaders are regularly gunned down in the street by the very people who've been commissioned to protect and serve.
It holds that when a case "aris[es] under this Constitution," judges must exercise judgment in accordance with "this Constitution," without deference to the government's assertions that its actions are lawful or its unsupported factual assertions.
Judicial engagement entails impartial, evidence-based judicial inquiry into the lawfulness of the government's true ends and means, without deference to the government officials' beliefs about the law or unsupported factual assertions.
And judges are capable of, and duty-bound to, impartially pursue the truth concerning the lawfulness of the government's true ends and means, without deference to government officials' beliefs, desires, or unsupported factual assertions.
