Sentence examples for argument uphold from inspiring English sources

Can this ethical argument uphold the notion that Adam's and David's requests are simply a matter of allowing patients to die rather than a case of physician-assisted suicide or physician-assisted death?

In February 2001, however, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the "non-delegation" argument, upholding a half-century of jurisprudence and custom that has allowed Congress to concern itself with broad policy and assign detailed rule-making to federal agencies.

In Bowers v. Hardwick, the United States Supreme Court rejected this argument, upholding the criminalization of homosexual sodomy.

Rejecting each argument, we uphold the District Court's finding of monopoly power in its entirety.

But – judging by the transcripts – that's a hard argument to uphold.

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., representing the FEC, based his argument to uphold the limits on the possibility that a candidate could solicit a check up to $3.5 million for a joint fundraising committee.

Roberts had struck down the argument and upheld the law.

That sort of heightened scrutiny would challenge the administration's weak argument for upholding the act.

The federal courts accepted the Democrats' argument and upheld the map.

The Vermont Supreme Court rejected that argument and upheld the jury's verdict in 2006.

In May 1895 Justice David J. Brewer delivered the unanimous (9 0) opinion of the court, which rejected Darrow's argument and upheld the government's use of the injunction against the strike (see In re Debs).