Sentence examples for rationale to defend from inspiring English sources

Since the beginning of our campaign, claimant lawyers have raised the scenario of a senior figure smeared as a paedophile as rationale to defend the status quo.

He spoke about how he would treat someone nicely if that person had treated him nicely – even using that rationale to defend Russian President Vladimir Putin from charges of murdering his political opponents.

Emergency-medicine residents memorize guidelines that help them determine when imaging studies are needed after certain kinds of injuries, and professors routinely ask trainees to defend their rationale for ordering certain tests.

I have been beyond baffled at the bizarre rationale (or lack thereof) used to defend this movement to save Roman Polanski -- including on this very site.

The Massachusetts court considered and rejected the various rationales the state put forward to defend opposition to same-sex marriage.

Bob's the one least disturbed, floating various rationales for his stand and fighting to defend it.

Emily Farnworth of the non-profit Climate Group is quick to defend both the business and environmental rationale behind long-term purchase agreements.

He does admit to a few errors, though, including the failure to defend Bush more aggressively over the rationale for the Iraq war when no weapons of mass destruction were found.

"Yet, I also understand and support the Attorney General's rationale for allowing the DC Circuit appeal to be resolved before we move forward to defend our net neutrality law in court.

Pai and his colleagues will have to defend their decision before judges likely to be skeptical of the FCC's rationale for destroying open-internet protections and putting nothing else in their place.

Their rationale is that the bad guys will have more powerful weapons and so must I in order to defend myself.