Sentence examples for merits of issues from inspiring English sources

While plainly intelligent, he seemed little concerned with the merits of issues.

But Republicans in Washington say attacks like Mr. Lautenberg's chicken hawk speech show that Democrats have no interest in debating the merits of issues like national defense.

The Republicans, on the other hand, noted that the suit argued merits of issues that were not addressed in the justices' one-paragraph order today: that manual recounts are unreliable, made all the more so by human handling of punch-card ballots and their vulnerable chads.

"He is one of the easiest people in Congress to work with, because he bases his positions on the merits of issues," says Barney Frank, who has worked with Paul on efforts to ease the regulation of gambling and medical marijuana.

Deploying unfounded scare tactics: I fully expected the "No" side to use distracting arguments to scare voters while ignoring the merits of issue.

Late Friday, the court issued an order asking Mr. Lockyer to submit a brief by March 5 addressing the merits of the issues raised in his petition.

Our obsession with the Constitution has saddled us with a dysfunctional political system, kept us from debating the merits of divisive issues and inflamed our public discourse.

Rather, that information is generally only used by agenda-driven individuals and groups as an attempt to shift the focus away from where it should be — on the merits of the issues.

I have no clue about the merits of the issues provoking "dark nights of the soul" for you.

Searchlight's decision has captured the attention of Hollywood insiders, who have debated whether — the merits of the issues aside — its strategy is shrewd or foolhardy.

In reality, our opponents are on the other side of a broader ideological battle over American and Israeli policy, looking for any excuse to avoid debating the merits of the issues.