justifications

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Even so, Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute said that the executive branch has vast discretion in immigration law, particularly when invoking national security justifications, and defense attorneys may face an uphill battle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

One of the problems of putting these out now is that it makes it feel like tariffs seeking justifications, not justifications employing tariffs.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

An agency’s justifications for its actions can’t be post hoc or pretextual.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

"Transparency on VAR, audio justifications without logic or sense," a banner read.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Oft do we act, and then inform the governing principles within us of our past action, and leave for them to write their reports and justifications as they will.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson