on the grounds that

idiom

: for the reason that : because

Many critics have objected to the proposal on the grounds that it would be too costly.

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Before the trial, the defense had called for dismissal on the grounds that the SEC had misclassified UST, LUNA, and other Terraform tokens as securities—a specific class of financial instrument from which investors expect to profit—and, therefore, lacked jurisdiction. —Joel Khalili, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024

After Astudillo Aguirre’s attorney filed a 10-page motion to suppress the evidence on the grounds that police lacked probable cause to search her in the first place, prosecutors dropped their case in October 2022. —Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024

In that case, the court overturned a guilty verdict on the grounds that the jury instructions were confusing. —Variety, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024

Nagra has since filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court seeking a reversal of that decision on the grounds that the city didn't properly notice him for the hearing that began the revocation process. —Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024

Conde, someone who ostensibly supports American democracy, should have rejected McDaniel’s hiring on the grounds that NBCU News Group could not put someone on its payroll who tried to subvert the 2020 vote. —Oliver Darcy, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024

The Santa Clara County Superior Court denied the recall on the grounds that the new law did not apply retroactively to Martin. —Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024

This value was chosen on the grounds that no amount of lead in drinking water at all is considered safe, and because 1 ppb is the limit for detection in lead water tests. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024

Gay groups were banned from the parade the next year on the grounds that their presence was inappropriate for a celebration of a Catholic saint. —Liam Stack, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024