Sentence examples for act to overturn from inspiring English sources

If they win, the military and the establishment could act to overturn the result with a coup or an intervention by the courts, experts say.

Republicans also hope to send a warning shot next week with their use of the Congressional Review Act to overturn the rules.

Barack Obama signed into law the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act to overturn a long-standing ban that prevented gays and lesbians from openly serving in the U.S. armed forces.

Representative Nick Rahall, a Democrat from West Virginia, plans to invoke the Congressional Review Act to overturn an Interior Department ruling that carved out significant exceptions to required scientific reviews of federal projects that could harm threatened or endangered species.

A more provocative measure comes from Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, who is trying to invoke the seldom-used Congressional Review Act to overturn the entirety of the F.C.C.'s regulatory order.

He also called upon Congress to act to overturn the ban.

Since Mr Yanukovych narrowly defeated Ms Tymoshenko for the presidency in February 2010, he has repeatedly acted to overturn all obstacles to his authoritarian rule, including through politically driven prosecutions.

John Kerry announced he would be doing so over a month and a half ago, and then there was a mandated 45-day period, where Congress could have acted to overturn Kerry's decision.

The E.P.A. has never used its Clean Water Act authority to overturn a previously approved permit.

A BILL circulating in the House of Representatives, the charmingly named Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, aims to overturn a 70-year prohibition on cameras in federal courtrooms.

To end the deadlock, McConnell proposed that the Senate vote to provide money for the department and act separately to overturn Obama's policy.