Leon noted that the government did not cite any instances in which the data collection proved necessary in preventing an imminent attack, and concluded that, when weighed against the "almost-Orwellian technology that enables the Government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States," the N.S.A.'s rationale was simply too weak.
"I do not find the arguments against allowing the sale of organs compelling," he writes, "especially when weighed against the number of lives that would be saved by the increased supply stimulated by financial incentives".
At the same time, the Germans, who had 111 U-boats operational when the unrestricted campaign began, had embarked on an extensive building program that, when weighed against their current losses of one or two U-boats per month, promised a substantial net increase in the U-boats' numbers.
The conflict that could conceivably ensnare Mr. McCain goes more to the interpretation of "natural born" when weighed against intent and decades of immigration law.
When weighed against the First Amendment rights asserted, these institutional reasons are sufficiently weighty to prevail.
The broader record, especially when weighed against the alternative, is virtually ignored.
But the added costs are a blip when weighed against higher ticket sales.
When weighed against total market value, insider block sales now account for a full 1percentt.
But these are quibbles when weighed against the quality of Morse's reporting.
He added that while the measures were important, it was a "balancing act" when weighed against the financial implications.
When weighed against speed and getting the photo, everything else loses.
