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He has routinely blocked and delayed bills that have wide bipartisan support, often based on specious arguments".
People are being "held to ransom by an incompetent company and industrial action based on specious argument," he says.
As in the previous example, nothing in this argument hinges on arguments to the effect that certain possibilities are not to be taken seriously a priori.
In the Soviet system, verdicts were usually dictated by the Communist Party and did not hinge on courtroom arguments.
Robert Roberson's death-penalty appeal could hinge on an argument that his court-appointed lawyers refuse to make.
The case for effemiphobia often hinges on a threadbare argument against "camp" overexposure.
This selectivity, say BDS critics, smacks of anti-Semitism.Both sides are clinging to specious arguments.
They use the phrase to make all kinds of specious arguments.
Today, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and the California Restaurant Association oppose raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2020 on the specious argument that it will hurt the economy.
In support of their challenge, Appellants rely on a specious argument that there is no "Exchange established by the State" in States with HHS-created Exchanges and, therefore, that taxpayers who purchase insurance in these States cannot receive subsidies.
Government studies with blue chip, well-meaning, gifted and highly qualified people on panels write reports about the arts and education (specious arguments and delays).
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