Sentence examples for abrogate the from inspiring English sources

He has the power to abrogate the existing contracts for the building's management.

The Treasury Department has said it does not have the power to abrogate the deal.

If you pressure an official to abrogate the rights of someone, that is unquestionably corrupt.

Congress may not abrogate the states' sovereign immunity pursuant to its Article I power over commerce.

Then they can abrogate the treaty and proceed to build a nuclear arsenal.

For that reason, arms control advocates have called the Alaska test site a ploy to abrogate the treaty.

But there are many of us who support a limited national missile defense that doesn't abrogate the ABM treaty".

Justice George wrote that Proposition 8 did not "entirely repeal or abrogate" the right to such a protected relationship.

For instance, they could pass laws that abrogate the fourth amendment for brown people.

Under the court's recent precedents, Congress lacks the ability to abrogate the states' constitutional immunity from lawsuits under the general authority to regulate interstate commerce.

The lawyers' findings could allow work on a defense system to begin while giving Mr. Clinton and his successor another year to decide whether to abrogate the treaty.