Sentence examples for attack on states from inspiring English sources

"It's an attack on states' rights.

But it's clear from his attack on states' rights that is not the case.

"From our perspective, not only is it an attack on states' rights, but it goes in direct violation to the DC Human Rights Act," he added.

Murkowski called it "bad for Alaska, bad for hunters, bad for our native peoples, bad for America," as well as a "direct attack on states' rights".

Democratic members of New York's congressional delegation said Tuesday that the decision to add a citizenship question was an attack on states, like New York, with high immigrant populations in an attempt to cut their congressional representation and share of federal funding.

As part of the original North Atlantic Treaty, NATO's critical Article 5 binds together the security of 29 member states; an attack on one state is considered an attack on all of them.

Normally one would not expect the Bush attack on state authority to be taken seriously by a Supreme Court that has shown deference to state legislative and judicial determinations.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, says: "This is a major political attack on state education.

The EU's attack on state subsidies to industry also rattles defenders of Germany's model of "Rhineland capitalism".

"This is a fundamental attack on state education and we have to ask everybody to join in".

When Mr. Glazyev declared his candidacy, he came under fierce attack on state television and within his own party.