Critics of SDP decisions typically assert that those liberties ought to be left to the more politically accountable branches of government.

Critics, such as psychiatrist Niall McLaren, argue that the DSM lacks validity because it has no relation to an agreed scientific model of mental disorder and therefore the decisions taken about its categories ( or even the question of categories versus dimensions ) were not scientific ones ; and that it lacks reliability partly because different diagnoses share many criteria, and what appear to be different criteria are often just rewordings of the same idea, meaning that the decision to allocate one diagnosis or another to a patient is to some extent a matter of personal prejudice.

Critics argue this in turn undermines the freedom and importance of Members of Parliament ( MPs ) in day-to-day legislating, making the cabinet the only organ of government where individual legislators can aspire to influence the decisions of the government.

Critics of these views argue that withholding taxes in domestic trade or defying powerful nations regarding trade in narcotics or arms will very rapidly prove dangerous or fatal to some of the participants-and, furthermore, that at least some of these decisions are unpopular and are not reflective of the public will.

Critics argued that Muslim minorities can exert pressure on government and judicial decisions.

Critics of the Court charged that the judiciary had usurped legislative authority and had embodied a particular economic theory, laissez faire, into its decisions.

Critics of the system say that tribunals: are relatively toothless ; may give witnesses immunity that they would not obtain from a court ; allow legal representation to all parties, resulting in a higher final cost to the State than the cost of the original malfeasance ; and that they can delay difficult political decisions.

Critics pointed to his decisions to sign off on an ambitious brain science program without consulting the faculty, to sell $ 80 million in bonds for the construction of a biomedical sciences building, and to cut the university's extremely popular Charleston String Quartet, which many saw as part of Gee's effort to lead the school away from its close but unprofitable relationship with the arts.

Critics of the design – build approach claim that design – build limits the clients ’ involvements in the design and allege that contractors often make design decisions outside their area of expertise.

Critics of this approach argue that citing foreign decisions as legal precedents threatens American sovereignty and " lends itself to manipulation.

Critics maintain that Rosenberg's argument ignores the implications of court decisions on future actions that created more direct change.

Critics note that Bush did give his support to medical professionals making end-of-life decisions for patients unable to express their wishes, such as Sun Hudson, a six-month-old boy born with thanatophoric dysplasia.

Critics have accused the vaccine industry of misrepresenting the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, covering up and suppressing information, and influencing health policy decisions for financial gain.

Critics question this research and say further studies are needed to determine how doctors and patients make their treatment decisions.

Critics have commented that the reason for Thatcher entrusting him was because both of them regarded the Soviet Union as Britain's biggest adversary, while the United States was the most important ally, and therefore they could always head to the same direction when making diplomatic decisions.

Critics claim that Sprint Cup drivers racing in the Nationwide Series takes away opportunities from the Nationwide Series regulars, usually younger and less experienced drivers.

Critics during Sage ’ s lifetime frequently compared her work to that of Tanguy, who was better known, and usually assumed that, when their work had features in common, those features must have originated with him.

Critics usually didn't like a song like this coming out of me because it didn't seem to be autobiographical.

Critics of this theory pointed out that there was no evidence of fire on the bedrock as is usually found in the remains of this type of buildings.

Critics regarded these words as useless, usually requiring knowledge of Latin or Greek to be understood.

Critics assert that the empirical evidence does not support the views of the anti-globalization movement.

Critics of capitalism including socialists and other anti-capitalists often assert that crony capitalism is the inevitable result of any capitalist system.

Critics of the Situationists frequently assert that their ideas are not in fact complex and difficult to understand, but are at best simple ideas expressed in deliberately difficult language, and at worst actually nonsensical.

Critics also noted the similarity to Unisys ' attempts to assert rights over the GIF image compression standard via LZW patent enforcement.

" Critics have accused it of being an antisemitic " pseudo-scholarly body " with links to neo-Nazi organizations, and assert that its primary purpose is to disseminate views denying key facts of Nazism and the genocide of Jews and others.

Critics have accused the Institute of antisemitism and having links to neo-Nazi organizations, and assert that its primary focus is denying key facts of Nazism and the genocide of Jews and others.

Critics also assert that Joseph Smith instituted polygamy in order to cover-up an 1835 adulterous affair with a neighbor's daughter, Fanny Alger, by taking Alger as his second wife.

Critics assert that Terrace used his analysis to destroy the movement of ape-language research.

Critics assert that these excluded products are precisely the kinds of manufactures that most developing countries are able to export, the argument being that developing countries may not be able to efficiently produce things like locomotives or telecommunications satellites, but they can make shirts.

Critics assert that naked CDSs should be banned, comparing them to buying fire insurance on your neighbor ’ s house, which creates a huge incentive for arson.

Critics of Yanagita's work assert that his conception of " the common people " is overly homogenous, eliding most local difference and conflict in favor of an organic conception of the Japanese nation-state.

Critics assert that Maggie's need for love and acceptance is her underlying motivation throughout The Mill on the Floss, and the conflicts that arise in the novel often stem from her frustrated attempts at gaining this acceptance.

Critics of the ICRC assert discrimination since Turkey and Egypt were granted membership in 1929 while using the Islamic Red Crescent as their emblem, citing the same concerns about the cross.

Critics from defenders of proprietorship sometimes assert that the All People's Right threatens the essence of ownership and the " management practices " of property owners, who may or may not have created and preserved environmentally important qualities Private owners and their representatives have also argued that newly created access rights ought to lead to financial compensation for private landowners, though they tend to also argue that there should be no corresponding compensation for people who historically tended now-expropriated land in common, with proven ecological records — for example, aboriginals.

Critics assert that Conyers has been influenced by publishing houses who have contributed significant money to Conyers.

Critics assert that the very fact that religion was the primary selector for research subjects may have introduced a bias, and that the fact that all subjects were holocaust survivors may also have had an effect.

Critics of Lamsa assert that he, like many native speakers Aramaic, extend the semantic areas of words beyond the evidence of existent texts.

Critics assert that much original work by Michelangelo – in particular pentimenti, highlights and shadows, and other detailing painted a secco – was lost in the removal of various accretions.

Critics assert that it is unvalidated and lacks specificity.

Critics of the OFBCI, including Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liberties Union, assert that it violated the Establishment Clause by using tax money to fund religion.

Critics of the group, such as the similarly named Americans for Medical Progress, dismiss it as a shell organization that " exists primarily as a website to publicize the views and promote the book " of founders Ray and Jean Greek, and assert that it ignores the significant medical advances made through animal-based research.

Critics of sovereign citizen theory assert that sovereign citizens fail to sufficiently examine the context of the case laws from which they cite, and ignore adverse evidence, such as Federalist No. 15, where Alexander Hamilton expressed the view that the Constitution placed everyone personally under federal authority.

Critics assert that the newer requirements will eventually lead to a shortage of qualified mariners, especially in places like the United States.