Sentence examples for asserted the state from inspiring English sources

It was dismissed last February after the Bush administration asserted the "state secrets privilege," claiming that the disclosure of information in the case could damage national security.

By shifting the primary to February, Mr. Codey asserted, the state could no longer be ignored by the candidates and the small army of national reporters who trail them, ending its relegation to "the sidelines of presidential primary elections".

The suit said that Detroit, which in April agreed to a deal with the state to steady its finances, could not enter into the contract because, the suit asserted, the state owes Detroit hundreds of millions of dollars from past debts.

Mr. Glynn said lenders were currently wary of lending to PG&E because, he asserted, the state regulators are perceived as capricious, and could force PG&E to cut its rates, or the amount of its costs it passes through to customers.

The budget the Democratic-controlled Legislature enacted and Mr. Paterson signed was widely criticized by Republicans and independent budget analysts as bloated and heavily reliant on temporary sources of revenue at a time when, they asserted, the state should be exercising fiscal discipline.

Like its predecessor, the Obama Administration has repeatedly asserted the state secrets privilege to impede judicial review, or accountability in the court of public opinion.

Binyam Mohamed is also a plaintiff here, in the Jeppesen case; that one, brought by the A.C.L.U., was thrown out when our government asserted the state-secrets privilege.

Yet Mr. Abbas asserts, "The State of Palestine intends to be a peace-loving nation, committed to human rights, democracy, the rule of law".

Government officials loudly promised to assert the state's control, while privately conceding that they were outgunned and incapable of fulfilling such a pledge.

But a federal judge in California has already rejected attempts by the Justice Department to intervene in the suits by asserting the "state secrets" privilege, and lawyers suing the phone companies say they believe some proceedings could be heard behind closed doors to protect secret information.

"Whatever power the executive may otherwise have had in this regard, FISA limits the power of the executive branch to conduct such activities and it limits the executive branch's authority to assert the state secrets privilege in response to challenges to the legality of its foreign intelligence surveillance activities".