Sentence examples for public presumption from inspiring English sources

The shift from a public presumption of the left's moral superiority has already occurred in education, health and social security.

The public presumption during the Apollo years that manned exploration of our solar system was inevitable has given way to the perception that human spaceflight is too hard, dangerous, and expensive.

Gugliotta added that, contrary to the public's presumption, the players have accepted that the highest-paid players will not make as much money as they used to, and that the union is fighting in negotiations for the so-called middle class of players.

They raise the prospect of suspects being tried, convicted, and even executed with no appearance before an independent judicial tribunal, no right to appeal, no right to a public trial, no presumption of innocence, no right to confront evidence or testimony against them, and no requirement that proof be established beyond a reasonable doubt.

When you think about it, business leaders have more leverage than government executives because there is a presumption that public officials should be just that, public.

The Reporters Committee urges the court to adopt a rule about the presumption of public access like that of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Part of the problem is the lingering presumption that public schooling is largely "a local matter" -- even when states contravene the national interest by doing a horrendous job.

It has rejected the presumption of public access to court opinions that applies in every other federal court in the nation.

Indeed, our rules provide that all existing administrative records be available to the public under the "same presumption of disclosure which governs access to executive agency records".

Mexico is adopting a United States-style legal system that will include public trials and a presumption of innocence for criminal defendants.

Mr. Bush's decree essentially repealed the presumption of public access at the heart of a proud post-Watergate reform -- the Presidential Records Act of 1978.