justification

A better solution would have been to include the copious justifications that John Lennon and Yoko Ono offered at the time, noting as well that their radical friends understood their intentions.

Speaking at the U.N., da Silva said, “there is no justification for unilateral and arbitrary measures against our institutions and our economy.”

Johnson has delayed swearing her in, most recently citing his colleagues’ absence amid the government shutdown as a justification.

Local leaders, including those in Portland, have said the actions are unnecessary and without legal justification.

As for legal justification, the president’s lawyers pointed to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977.