The phrase "affirm states" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to confirm or assert the validity of certain conditions or situations.
Example: "The report aims to affirm states of emergency in the affected regions."
Alternatives: "confirm conditions" or "assert situations".
"It's unconstitutional for the federal government to pass laws superseding state authority — and the judge did affirm states' rights in this area," he said.
"It appears now, with the 6th Circuit, the Supreme Court will take up one of these cases and decide whether to affirm states' rights to define marriage between a man and a woman," said Jim Campbell, a senior attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom, which opposes same-sex marriage.
A more modest ruling affirming states' rights would allow the political process more time to work.
In its McDonnell v. United States decision, a unanimous Supreme Court affirmed states' right to regulate "the permissible scope of interactions between state officials and their constituents".
The passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and a Supreme Court decision two years later affirming states' rights to refuse to participate in the law's Medicaid expansion triggered this fight.
If you're depressed about the daily efforts in the United States to restrict abortion rights -- not to mention the recent court rulings affirming states' rights to lie to women seeking abortions -- maybe you should pick up the new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on abortion policy and standards of care.
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62, 47 L.Ed. 167, affirming State of Maryland v. Northern Central Ry.
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Passed by the Virginia legislature on December 24 , 1798 they affirmed state authority to determine the validity of federal legislation and declared the acts unconstitutional.
The composition in this connection is identified with the affirmed state of affairs (res affirmata).
