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Recent data on household spending and credit growth indicate that we will likely see a K-shaped consumer spending pattern in 2023, with low- and median-income families exercising more spending restraint, and families at the higher of the income spectrum still spending, albeit with more discretion. – Gregory Daco	Found on CNN 1 year ago
With labor market conditions poised to cool further amid tighter financial conditions and growing financial market uncertainty likely to dampen households’ willingness to spend, we foresee soft consumer spending growth in coming quarters, recent data on household spending and credit growth indicate that we will likely see a K-shaped consumer spending pattern in 2023, with low- and median-income families exercising more spending restraint, and families at the higher of the income spectrum still spending, albeit with more discretion. – Gregory Daco	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The government had a duty to disclose all evidence, especially exculpatory evidence, the government’s duty in this regard is not subject to discretion. It is an absolute duty. – Albert Watkins	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There's definitely a causal relationship to this and the stats do not lie, emerging in New York, particularly over the last year, there is a revolving door, a culture of criminality without consequence, some of which I think is undeniably tied to this bail law. And what's shocking about this is that this solution is so obvious. We need to give judges discretion to actually make decisions pending to the individual case, particularly as it pertains to these individuals who keep on committing crimes. It's my belief that we should be listening to law enforcement officials on the ground. – Max Rose	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Those are really, I think, egregious and again, it's beyond just exercising discretion. – Ron DeSantis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If your job is in an industry or occupation where the revenue depends on buyers with the discretion to postpone their purchases, start job hunting immediately for positions where that's not the case. – Lakshman Achuthan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The judges should have discretion to weigh dangerousness. It's about the victim, but even if you were having a conversation with the strongest advocate of cashless bail, I would challenge them on this point : I would argue that they're doing a disservice to the person who attacked us on stage last night because they rush -- they have to, by law -- they have to rush to get him released. – Lee Zeldin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My first and foremost concern about cashless bail and the need to overhaul it is dangerousness, the judges should have discretion to weigh dangerousness. It's about the victim. – Congressman Zeldin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A prosecutor really does have a lot of discretion to decide their priorities and cases, but they could get voted out of office, or states could give the authority to prosecute to someone else. – Rachel Barkow	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The decision comes at an important time – as the Senate considers legislation that undermines the Second Amendment freedom. This decision unequivocally validates the position of the NRA and should put lawmakers on notice: no law should be passed that impinges this individual freedom, it also confronts a troubling problem with the Senate legislation – underscoring that these freedoms should not be left to ‘unguided’ discretion of state officials. Second Amendment freedoms belong to the people. – Wayne LaPierre	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Executive has long exercised discretion to choose how best to allocate limited resources by prioritizing which noncitizens to take into custody and remove, what procedures to use to pursue removal, and whom to detain during the removal process. – Elizabeth Prelogar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Our communities must be protected from sick individuals who exploit and victimize children, and also from liberal activist judges who abuse their sentencing discretion to let offenders off the hook. Federal sentencing guidelines for these heinous crimes are critical, and I am proud to support this good bill to ensure guidelines are strictly enforced. – Rick Scott	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When the Department of Justice just swings wildly from administration to administration -- Justice Department doesn't have any consistency and coherency in the way that Justice Department approaches cases, criminal and civil -- I think that just destroys any confidence that Justice Department is actually exercising good judgment and discretion within the rule of law. – Mary McCord	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In the old days, this was called discretion, i'm not gon na tell everybody who I'm f --- ing.' Now, I didn't tell everybody who I've been f --- ing and I'm the bad guy ?!? – Bill Maher	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The true essence of Web Accessibility lies in addressing such concerns and ensuring that the Web is accessible by all, without any discretion. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 2 years ago
At a minimum, you're going to see a discretion or delegation of authority to the states to determine abortion restrictions, and I think Mississippi is going to be upheld. – Jodey Arrington	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Certain districts are just much less sympathetic to criminal defendants than others, sentencing judges have always had a tremendous amount of discretion, and that cuts both ways for defendants. – Beth Blackwood	Found on CNN 2 years ago
For me, I would get the deterrent factor if someone’s thefts were getting worse or higher in value, but the lack of discretion is what bothers me. It’s problematic because it doesn’t factor in the amount. – Brandon Flood	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Under certain circumstances, where you have a high level of dynamics of infection -- be that in Los Angeles County or wherever -- the local authorities do have the discretion of going that extra mile or going the extra step Los Angeles County takes to make sure that the spread of this virus is really contained, and they do that by saying that everyone should wear a mask. – Anthony Fauci	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The problem is, people do not think beyond the immediate future. And they certainly do not think beyond their life expectancy, you're never going to get unit owners to vote to pay more money. So you have to have less discretion on the board level of a volunteer board. It has to be,' Well we don't have a choice.'. – Norma Jean Mattei	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Court's failure to do so was a prejudicial abuse of discretion that violated Mr. Chauvin's constitutional due rights, and a new trial must be granted. – Eric Nelson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When it comes to your store or restaurant you can say masks are required or not. You have a lot of discretion there. – Ned Lamont	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Commanders will analyze the risk of a free hanging ponytail or braid and use commander’s discretion to determine if long hair will be secured or tucked inside the uniform top. – Brian Sanders	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
[T]his initiative will eliminate ALL math acceleration prior to 11th grade, that is not an exaggeration, nor does there appear to be any discretion in how local districts implement this. All 6th graders will take Foundational Concepts 6. All 7th graders will take Foundational Concepts 7. All 10th graders will take Essential Concepts 10. Only in 11th and 12th grade is there any opportunity for choice in higher math courses. – Ian Serotkin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

Recent data on household spending and credit growth indicate that we will likely see a K-shaped consumer spending pattern in 2023, with low- and median-income families exercising more spending restraint, and families at the higher of the income spectrum still spending, albeit with more discretion.

– Gregory Daco

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With labor market conditions poised to cool further amid tighter financial conditions and growing financial market uncertainty likely to dampen households’ willingness to spend, we foresee soft consumer spending growth in coming quarters, recent data on household spending and credit growth indicate that we will likely see a K-shaped consumer spending pattern in 2023, with low- and median-income families exercising more spending restraint, and families at the higher of the income spectrum still spending, albeit with more discretion.

– Gregory Daco

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The government had a duty to disclose all evidence, especially exculpatory evidence, the government’s duty in this regard is not subject to discretion. It is an absolute duty.

– Albert Watkins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's definitely a causal relationship to this and the stats do not lie, emerging in New York, particularly over the last year, there is a revolving door, a culture of criminality without consequence, some of which I think is undeniably tied to this bail law. And what's shocking about this is that this solution is so obvious. We need to give judges discretion to actually make decisions pending to the individual case, particularly as it pertains to these individuals who keep on committing crimes. It's my belief that we should be listening to law enforcement officials on the ground.

– Max Rose

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Those are really, I think, egregious and again, it's beyond just exercising discretion.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If your job is in an industry or occupation where the revenue depends on buyers with the discretion to postpone their purchases, start job hunting immediately for positions where that's not the case.

– Lakshman Achuthan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The judges should have discretion to weigh dangerousness. It's about the victim, but even if you were having a conversation with the strongest advocate of cashless bail, I would challenge them on this point : I would argue that they're doing a disservice to the person who attacked us on stage last night because they rush -- they have to, by law -- they have to rush to get him released.

– Lee Zeldin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My first and foremost concern about cashless bail and the need to overhaul it is dangerousness, the judges should have discretion to weigh dangerousness. It's about the victim.

– Congressman Zeldin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A prosecutor really does have a lot of discretion to decide their priorities and cases, but they could get voted out of office, or states could give the authority to prosecute to someone else.

– Rachel Barkow

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The decision comes at an important time – as the Senate considers legislation that undermines the Second Amendment freedom. This decision unequivocally validates the position of the NRA and should put lawmakers on notice: no law should be passed that impinges this individual freedom, it also confronts a troubling problem with the Senate legislation – underscoring that these freedoms should not be left to ‘unguided’ discretion of state officials. Second Amendment freedoms belong to the people.

– Wayne LaPierre

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Executive has long exercised discretion to choose how best to allocate limited resources by prioritizing which noncitizens to take into custody and remove, what procedures to use to pursue removal, and whom to detain during the removal process.

– Elizabeth Prelogar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our communities must be protected from sick individuals who exploit and victimize children, and also from liberal activist judges who abuse their sentencing discretion to let offenders off the hook. Federal sentencing guidelines for these heinous crimes are critical, and I am proud to support this good bill to ensure guidelines are strictly enforced.

– Rick Scott

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When the Department of Justice just swings wildly from administration to administration -- Justice Department doesn't have any consistency and coherency in the way that Justice Department approaches cases, criminal and civil -- I think that just destroys any confidence that Justice Department is actually exercising good judgment and discretion within the rule of law.

– Mary McCord

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In the old days, this was called discretion, i'm not gon na tell everybody who I'm f --- ing.' Now, I didn't tell everybody who I've been f --- ing and I'm the bad guy ?!?

– Bill Maher

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The true essence of Web Accessibility lies in addressing such concerns and ensuring that the Web is accessible by all, without any discretion.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
2 years ago

At a minimum, you're going to see a discretion or delegation of authority to the states to determine abortion restrictions, and I think Mississippi is going to be upheld.

– Jodey Arrington

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Certain districts are just much less sympathetic to criminal defendants than others, sentencing judges have always had a tremendous amount of discretion, and that cuts both ways for defendants.

– Beth Blackwood

Found on CNN
2 years ago

For me, I would get the deterrent factor if someone’s thefts were getting worse or higher in value, but the lack of discretion is what bothers me. It’s problematic because it doesn’t factor in the amount.

– Brandon Flood

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Under certain circumstances, where you have a high level of dynamics of infection -- be that in Los Angeles County or wherever -- the local authorities do have the discretion of going that extra mile or going the extra step Los Angeles County takes to make sure that the spread of this virus is really contained, and they do that by saying that everyone should wear a mask.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The problem is, people do not think beyond the immediate future. And they certainly do not think beyond their life expectancy, you're never going to get unit owners to vote to pay more money. So you have to have less discretion on the board level of a volunteer board. It has to be,' Well we don't have a choice.'.

– Norma Jean Mattei

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Court's failure to do so was a prejudicial abuse of discretion that violated Mr. Chauvin's constitutional due rights, and a new trial must be granted.

– Eric Nelson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When it comes to your store or restaurant you can say masks are required or not. You have a lot of discretion there.

– Ned Lamont

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Commanders will analyze the risk of a free hanging ponytail or braid and use commander’s discretion to determine if long hair will be secured or tucked inside the uniform top.

– Brian Sanders

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

[T]his initiative will eliminate ALL math acceleration prior to 11th grade, that is not an exaggeration, nor does there appear to be any discretion in how local districts implement this. All 6th graders will take Foundational Concepts 6. All 7th graders will take Foundational Concepts 7. All 10th graders will take Essential Concepts 10. Only in 11th and 12th grade is there any opportunity for choice in higher math courses.

– Ian Serotkin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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