As noted above, the ALJ had no reservations about weighing the evidence and making credibility judgments.
The internet is awash with rumours, gossip and inaccuracies, which makes credibility all the more important to our readers.
"By its very nature, polygraph evidence may diminish the jury's role in making credibility determinations," Thomas said, joined by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and David H. Souter.
This makes credibility a valuable commodity and explains why international observers take pains to present themselves as objective and impartial actors.
We also held that the Board may not decide that a suit is baseless by making credibility determinations, as the ALJ had done, when genuine issues of material fact or state law exist.
Respondents argued that SEC ALJs exercise considerable power and discretion in shaping the administrative record by ruling on motions, making credibility findings, and issuing initial decisions that declare respondents liable and impose sanctions for securities law violations.
This is Tory turf, whether Labour likes it or not – which is precisely why his brother, David, would have made credibility on the deficit his first objective rather than his last (see the speech he would have given had he been elected leader in 2010).
The Supreme Court in 1998 held, 8 to 1, that only a jury can be the lie detector: "By its very nature, polygraph evidence may diminish the jury's role in making credibility determinations.... the aura of infallibility attending polygraph evidence can lead jurors to abandon their duty to assess credibility and guilt".
Surveys have also shown that the users are poor judge of truthfulness based on contents alone and are influenced by the user name, user image and message topic when making credibility assessments [23].
Justice Thomas went further to say that by its very nature, polygraph evidence may diminish the jury's role in making credibility judgments.
