presumptively
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“Workplace requirements and selection procedures—such as background checks, aptitude tests, knowledge-based tests, SAT scores, high-school graduation requirements, or blind auditions—are presumptively job-related.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Philadelphia National Bank External link, which said that mergers between rivals that create a firm with more than a 30% market share are presumptively illegal under the Clayton Act, Section 7 External link.
From Barron's ● Dec. 8, 2025
For presumptively immune official acts, the government may rebut the presumption by showing that prosecution would pose “no ‘dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the Executive Branch.’
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2024
"Modern doctrine," he said, "treats sex discrimination as presumptively unconstitutional."
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
To-day, the human mind apparently regards the lessons of the past as presumptively false—and the burden is upon him who seeks to invoke them.
From The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution by James M. (James Montgomery) Beck
