Sentence examples for argued state from inspiring English sources

Without such power, Mr. Bailey argued, state prosecutors had to rely on federal prosecutors to conduct more serious and complex investigations.

Since this depended upon public funds, as did many of the firm's civilian products, workers argued state support be better put to developing more socially useful products.

Instead, Universal argued, state common law applies.

Still, Herbert argued state legislators in Albany need to supplement this initiative with "real legislation that has teeth".

The committee testimony also gave a glimpse into the opposition to come: Lobbyists representing industry groups and major wireless companies — including AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint — argued state net neutrality rules would create an uneven patchwork of laws nationwide.

Over the course of North Carolina's voting rights trial last month, more than 40 witnesses took the stand on behalf of the plaintiffs, who argued state Republican lawmakers intentionally discriminated against minority, poor, disabled, rural, and young voters when they passed HB 589.

But Maier's book reveals an equally dramatic and essential though almost forgotten series of debates that played out during the year that followed, as citizens, journalists and politicians argued, state-by-state, over whether to ratify the nation's founding document.

The act, she rightly argued, states plainly that waterways cannot be used for waste disposal.

The US and other nuclear powers have argued states should strengthen and improve the 47-year-old nuclear non-proliferation treaty instead of adopting a total ban.

Writing in the Financial Times, Evans argues: "State sovereignty is not a license to kill.

Because the suit argues state constitutional issues rather than federal ones, she said, it will not go to the United States Supreme Court.