Sentence examples for against the statute from inspiring English sources

But the government was running up against the statute of limitations.

Protest letters against the statute have also been sent to the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, by the World Jewish Congress and a US Congress taskforce on antisemitism.

The head of the army spoke out against the statute and was fired, in the first instance of military dissent for a quarter of a century.Maria Dolores de Cospedal, the PP's general secretary, argues that some points in the new statute violate the constitution.

The agreement, which was announced Tuesday and awaits a federal judge's approval, resolves lawsuits brought by civil-rights groups, churches and the Justice Department against the statute, H.B. 56, the most extreme attempt by any state to harass and expel immigrants.

Cappelli says the legislation makes for "odd political bedfellows," pairing business owners and low-income Hispanic workers against the statute.

As a formal matter, the Court in Edwards decided against the statute for the same reason it invalidated the statute at issue in Epperson: It found that the statute lacked any secular purpose.

Victims' organizations will try to get the bishops to agree to lobby against the statutes of limitations that in many states make it difficult to file lawsuits and to bring abusers to justice.

Jeffrey R. Anderson, a lawyer in St . Paul who has represented many victims of clergy members, said he had successfully argued against the statutes of limitations in three cases, one in Los Angeles and two in Minnesota, that resulted in jury verdicts for the victims of up to $30 million, but he had been blocked in New York.

Judge Forrest had previously issued a preliminary injunction against enforcing the statute.

"In Rhode Island, the church lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for these cases.

For many of the other women who have made similar claims against Cosby, the statute of limitations had already expired.