pass judgment

She concluded her video encouraging followers and critics to think twice before passing judgment, and to try out kindness before saying “something horrible.”

The hallmark of that fictitious romp was the authoritative boss, Mr. Trump, playing himself, passing judgment on supplicants begging for approval: You’re Fired!

State Department spokesperson Matt Miller told NBC News that the U.S. would continue to monitor proceedings as the men appealed, noting that the U.S. wouldn’t pass judgment on the three’s guilt.

There were people saying, "He deserves to be in jail," there were people saying all sorts of things, passing judgment on what I knew at that point was not the real story.

In fairness, the Neelemans do not pass judgment on others’ life choices in the Times’ article, save for sharing their unsurprising anti-abortion views.