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He thought it important that all government acts and decisions should be subject to the inspection of public opinion, because "to the pernicious exercise of the power of government it is the only check". [10] He opined that public opinion had the power to ensure that rulers would rule for the greatest happiness of the greater number.
A legal opinion is not a guarantee that a court will reach any particular result. [5] However, a mistaken or incomplete legal opinion may be grounds for a professional malpractice claim against the attorney, pursuant to which the attorney may be required to pay the claimant damages incurred as a result of relying on the faulty opinion.
This concept that the public sphere acts as a medium in which public opinion is formed as analogous to a lava lamp. Just as the lamp's structure changes, with its lava separating and forming new shapes, so does the public sphere's creation of opportunities for discourse to address public opinion, thereby forming new discussions of rhetoric.
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Hyphenated adjectives, “word salad” and “policy” have become terms of division and dissension and not unity.
“If your year so far has been defined by confusion and ambiguity, prepare to feel seen,” writes cultural critic Holly Thomas of Merriam-Webster’s choice of “authentic” as word of the year.
An opinion poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular group of people or sample. For determining the political climate, this usually would be a cross-section of the population in question. Opinion polls conduct series of questions and then extrapolate the average opinion of the sample according to their answers.
A second opinion can be a visit to a physician other than the one a patient has previously been seeing in order to get more information or to hear a differing point of view. [4] [5] Some reasons for which a patient may seek out a second opinion include: Physician recommends surgery. Physician diagnoses patient with serious illness (such as ...