At least Joe Lieberman stood on a principle (his belief in the justification for the war in Iraq) and others who've switched parties in the past (like Jim Jeffords) have cited a .
There is no justification for that.
Their topic was Martin Luther's ideas about justification by faith, rancor over which was fast splitting Western Christianity in two.
Judge bans Fort Hood suspect's defense strategy FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A uniformed Army psychiatrist had no justification for gunning down U.S. troops and won't be allowed to tell jurors that he was protecting Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, a military judge ruled Friday, appearing to clear the way for the Fort Hood murder trial to begin.
June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Nancy Pelosi in USA Today The burden is on the president to justify any additional resources for a mission,said Pelosi, D-Calif. "Congress is ready to use its constitutional authority of oversight to question what is the justification for this spending, what are...
David Miliband in Times Online This latest bombing attack in Islamabad is yet another shocking and disgraceful attack without justification,Miliband said. "Such an indiscriminate and brutal act of terror deserves the condemnation of the entire international community....
Tony Blair in Forbes There was no justification whatever ...... for their detention, it was completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal,Blair told the House of Commons, shortly after the Ministry of Defense released satellite data that it said proved the crew was...