Sentence examples for amount to overturning from inspiring English sources

The state, which is being represented in the case by the attorney general's office, argued during a brief court appearance that granting Mr. Monserrate a temporary restraining would amount to overturning the actions of two branches of government: the Senate, which expelled him, and the governor, who called the special election.

They will be committed to overturning 'Citizens United' ridding us of the outrageous amounts of money now polluting our politics.

Colonies are vulnerable to overturning.

What the referendum amounts to, essentially, is an attempt to overturn Turkish democracy, and to rubber-stamp the authoritarian powers that Erdoğan has been pursuing for the past decade.

Unions and business groups have poured a huge amount of time and money into a referendum on whether to overturn Senate Bill 5, signed into law in March by Gov. John Kasich.

On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton has vowed to overturn the decision and push for limits on the amount of money corporations and unions can spend on campaigns.

The Bush campaign is counting on the traditional reluctance to overturn the decision of an elected official, which would amount in this case to ruling that Ms. Harris exercised her discretion arbitrarily.

Last April, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his conviction and refused to overturn it after he was caught with a small amount of drugs for personal use while in prison.

So far, 20 resolutions calling to overturn Citizens United, which freed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money in elections, have been introduced in state legislatures, with measures passing in New Mexico and Hawaii.

At worst, a Hillary Clinton presidency would have meant a new Supreme Court justice who would vote to overturn Citizens United the decision that allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.

But Hochtief is asking the Australian Takeovers Panel to overturn ASIC's decision and order a cash bid for Leighton, which would amount to a poison pill.