Senate Republicans said the judge's action would only delay the inevitable: a ruling that Mr. Paterson's move was unconstitutional.
Beyonce and Jay-Z have reportedly chosen to make Oprah the godmother of their inevitable planet-ruling daughter Blue Ivy Carter.
Now that a Ninth Circuit panel has ruled that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, it seems inevitable that the ruling on Proposition 8 will eventually be appealed to the Supreme Court.
"It was inevitable that the ruling party would maintain power, unfortunately to the detriment of the people who have long suffered under callous dictatorship and devastating poverty".
Lawyers said it seemed inevitable that after a ruling from the appeals court in Manhattan, the case would end up in the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals in Albany.
But Judge Brieant stopped short of ordering the districts, Mamaroneck and Pelham, to make the change immediately, saying they must wait until the inevitable appeals to his ruling are settled, which could be a year or more.
As FairVote's board chair Krist Novoselic commented, the repeal was likely "inevitable once the Supreme Court ruling in 2008 restored Washington's top-two system for our state and federal races.
Using the so-called election scheduled for May 2010 as a backdrop, Eskinder crystal-balled the inevitable implosion of the ruling "EPDRF" party, and sketched out the qualifications of the motley crew of droll characters standing in line as heirs-apparent to succeed Zenawi on the "throne".
Yet when the Cheek by Jowl troupe presented its take on the equally grotesque "Duchess of Malfi" at the academy five years ago, they burrowed into the skins of their obsessed characters, presenting them as inevitable products of a ruling-class pathology.
Further court rulings are inevitable, rival rallies will take place and both sides will be guilty of more fear-mongering hate speech but where this will lead Thailand is anybody's guess.
