vital principle

To give an inch more would be a betrayal of the vital principle that fascist kleptocrats are not allowed to steal land with tanks and blockade food shipments with warships in the 21st century.

I know that you will feel angry and let down by the lack of consultation and by the way the proposal failed to recognise the vital principle of open competition.

Garland now has a chance to uphold that vital principle to not only restore department morale, but the confidence of the American people in the integrity of the system.

The proceeding, she said, had “trampled under foot every vital principle of our government.”

All Americans, and certainly all nine justices, should favor a ruling consistent with precedent — and the vital principle that constitutional rights do not vary according to which party gets to nominate members of the court.