colorable

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“We are very happy that the court has acknowledged that the plaintiffs have brought colorable constitutional claims forward,” said Mike Laux, an attorney for the teachers and students who filed suit.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

“And I think Florida State knows that as well. I think they threw in anything they could potentially think of as a colorable argument to get them out of the grant-of-rights agreement.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023

"This may not be criminal, but it is a colorable law school exam question for obstruction of justice, worth the analysis," White wrote.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2021

The hounding editor keeps deleting and deleting … taken individually, there is at least a colorable argument for each move.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2021

The time at which the proclamation issued, and the incorporation in it of the "Chesapeake" incident, made this view at least colorable.

From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)