He fought fiercely with civil authorities when he thought they were impinging on the right of the church to govern its own affairs, but, a law-and-order man to his toes, he would almost certainly have rejected the justifications of later Calvinists for violent resistance and rebellion against oppressive rulers.
As Kagan put it at one point, "when Congress targets a group that is not everybody's favorite group in the world," the Court is supposed to examine any resulting laws with heightened scrutiny, to make sure they have a basis other than mere prejudice (or for that matter, moral disapproval or the upholding of tradition, both of which the Court has rejected as justifications for discrimination).
The court rejected this justification in Olmstead for mental health institutionalization and it should be rejected for justice-involved young people who are incarcerated, too.
The judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, disallowed the charges at a hearing after rejecting lawyers' justifications for the expenses, which involved interest paid on loans that helped finance about $30 million in litigation costs.
She then rejected the proffered justifications, insisting that she would certify the vote as it stands.
The fact that the OIC has gone to lengths to "condemn terrorism in in all its forms, and rejects any justification or rationalization for it" appears to cuts no ice with Mr. Wilders.
But the deposition of Octavius alienated many of Tiberius' supporters, who saw that it undermined the authority of the tribunate itself; they rejected the unfamiliar justification, devised by Tiberius, that tribunes who resisted the will of the people ceased to be tribunes.
Another recommendation the government has rejected is the justification of "economic well-being", linked to national security, as a purpose for which some of the powers set out in the bill can be used.
Yet in Meese v. Keene (1987), the Supreme Court rejected a similar justification in the line of "we're not banning speech, just encouraging people to report protected speech".
When the claim exceeds the threshold, they are reviewed by the Bureau and are likely to be rejected without proper justification.
