colorable
Example Sentences
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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
"And then the only question is: Is it colorable?"
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2023
Experts agree that there are colorable grounds under which some claims of either executive privilege or 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination might apply.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2021
Among the many curious objections which have appeared against the proposed Constitution, the most extraordinary and the least colorable is derived from the want of some provision respecting the debts due TO the United States.
From The Federalist Papers by James Madison
