Sentence examples for assert the rule from inspiring English sources

Over the last 800 years, judges have continued to assert the rule of law against the executive.

He promised, in his inaugural speech, to wage an unceasing fight against the corruption that bedevils his country, and to assert the rule of law.

If Religionists ever produced a high fluttering ethical rule, Humanists may assert the rule as their own because, for Humanists, no God ever gave humanity a moral decree.

Well then, in the absence of a well developed legal system that enjoys legitimacy and authority, we will simply be left with an increasingly anarchical system, in which we in the West will belatedly seek to assert the rule of law and vainly seek refuge in norms that we have ourselves helped to eviscerate.

Moreover, the opponents assert, the rules clearly conflict with Mr. Bush's position, as articulated in a questionnaire sent to the candidates last year by the United States Catholic Conference, that "taxpayer funds should not underwrite research that involves the destruction of live human embryos".

Even if the full story was not as heroic as it first seemed (Mr. Comey and Robert Mueller III, the current F.B.I. director, eventually backed down when President Bush "modified" the program), it has served a more symbolic purpose: In the face of what many saw as a lawless administration, Mr. Comey's stand asserted the rule of law.

But in a last-ditch attempt to block it, the United States Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative asserting: The Volcker Rule is discriminatory, as foreign sovereign debt is subject to the regulation, while Unted States Treasury debt instruments are exempt.

The advocates assert that the rule will allow the department to sharply limit approvals.

The timber industry and its allies assert that the rule needs more balance, but this rule is already balanced.

If other nations assert the same right then the rule of law will quickly be replaced by the reign of fear..

Hien Vuong launched campaigns in 1655 61 designed to defeat the Trinh rulers in northern Vietnam and to assert the legitimacy of his own rule in the south.