Sentence examples for action precedent from inspiring English sources

The women argue that if the High Court overturns the ruling of the lower courts -- which have supported class status for these plaintiffs -- that "45 years of civil rights and class action precedent" will be deconstructed.

Although the chief justice's Parents Involved opinion didn't take direct aim at the court's affirmative action precedents, it was unmistakably incompatible with the 2003 precedent that upheld affirmative action in admission to the University of Michigan's law school.

I write to question the Department's constitutional authority on overriding federal law and seek answers as to whether this action sets precedent to allow states to opt out of other federal laws.

There is no evidence that Susan Rice's actions violated precedent or the law.

"Such actions have precedent," Greenspan told a New York audience in December, referring to the 2.5% cap imposed by the Fed on long-dated Treasurys between 1942 and 1951.

Declaring Obama's actions "without precedent in presidential history," the New York Times describes a process whereby every few weeks, Obama and approximately a hundred members of his national security team gather for their "Terror Tuesday" meetings in which they hand pick the next so-called national security "threat" to die by way of the American military/CIA drone program.

Although novel introductions should always be approached with caution, such actions have precedent (Seddon et al. 2014) and could offer an exciting opportunity to experimentally evaluate the ecological role of native frugivores.

The action was without precedent: never had the Security Council sanctioned military force without linking it to a UN command.

Mr. Emanuel referred on Twitter to a report by ThinkProgress that highlighted his hopes to have the action become a precedent for other cities.

But the day after the term ended, they reversed course and agreed to hear the cases, an action without modern precedent.

Congressional action and Supreme Court precedents have combined to set a high bar to state inmates seeking federal review through such petitions.