Sentence examples for a prolonged vacancy from inspiring English sources

To keep the number of justices constant at nine, I extended the term of the most recently retired or deceased justice in the case of a prolonged vacancy.

VACANCY OR DISASTER PLANS There are the traditional risks that come with being a landlord, like a prolonged vacancy, the possibility that the water heater will die right after you've installed a new roof, or that the tenants will lose their jobs or fail to pay for some other reason, which could lead to eviction.

In a joint letter, the lawyers argued Garland was "exceptionally well-qualified," and argued a prolonged vacancy could leave many important legal issues unresolved.

Addressing the flip, Rubio argued that NASA couldn't afford a prolonged vacancy if the Senate was unable to act this week ― a fair enough concern.

Addressing the flip, Rubio argued that NASA couldn't afford a prolonged vacancy if the Senate was unable to act this week ― a fair enough concern.

Minas Tirith is a kingly city, yet functions more as an inhabited gravesite to the great kings of Gondor's past due to its throne's prolonged vacancy.

If the court isn't suffering internally from the prolonged vacancy, it is surely suffering in the eyes of the public.

A 2011 VA Office of Inspector General report found that the worst offices were the ones with prolonged vacancies.

Although the early diocese suffered from prolonged vacancies, as only two bishops are recorded to have occupied the see before the turn of the mid thirteenth century, over time it became firmly established in the region, allowing the meic Somairle to retain local control of ecclesiastical power and prestige.

Northern Ireland entered a prolonged political vacuum.

Florida is suffering from a prolonged drought.