Although BAT calculated that 'the decision will be accepted as commercially justified and a consequence of the CACM development' [ 51], the substantial redundancies resulting from regional rationalisation were directly at odds with BAT lobbying arguments that a high common external tariff was needed to protect employment, described above.
"We repeat those assurances here," wrote Mr Alito in the new opinion.The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a bipartisan movement that advocates gun control, did its best to put on a brave face, claiming to welcome the court's rejection of the gun-lobby argument that its "any gun, for anybody, anywhere" agenda was protected by the constitution.
Georgia officials issued her a pardon in 2005 after six decades of lobbying and arguments by her family that she likely killed the man because he was holding her against her will.
Lofty speeches and fierce lobbying; impassioned arguments in town halls and America's highest court; stacks of regulations and millions of dollars of federal contracts; obstinate governors and desperate efforts to appease them these were just the prologue to the main event.
Conservatives sympathetic March 25 , 2014John Gramlich (@johngramlich) Just out of Hobby Lobby arguments and my strong impression is that Kennedy could be swing vote March 25 , 2014Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) Paraphrasing @petersuderman - Paul Clement is like a talk show host crossed with a law professor.
ExxonMobil made the same argument when lobbying the UK government this year.
The internal documents show how PMI intended to push the "one in, one out" argument when lobbying the BIS.
Republicans are being beseeched to revolt in a torrent of lobbying, centered on the argument that Clinton won the popular vote and Trump is unsuited to the presidency.
The stakes are huge for both sides, so both are pouring millions of dollars into political contributions and lobbying to press their argument.
There were two days of fierce arguments and lobbying over how to form a national assembly, and whether it should serve as an advisory council or a legislative body.
