Sentence examples for away with the principle from inspiring English sources

The International Criminal Court should be mentioned here as an innovative form of cosmopolitanism, going much beyond Kant's conception of 'cosmopolitan law.' The ICC itself represents an extension of the long trend, in international law, to do away with the principle of the absolute subjection of individuals to the state and strengthen the status of individuals.

So here's a recap: For the 2010 list released in 2011, Reporters Without Borders placed the U.S. at 20, and Hungary at 23. Then a bunch of American cops harassed journalists at Occupy protests, and the Hungarian government tried to do away with the very principle of an independent press.

Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction was reinstated Wednesday in a sweeping ruling from Massachusetts' highest court that does away with the legal principle that made the former NFL star innocent in the eyes of the law after he killed himself in prison.

The Trayvon Martin killing has brought some much-needed attention to Florida's Stand Your Ground law, which did away with the longstanding legal principle that there is a "duty to retreat" from dangerous situations, and lowered the standard for using lethal force in response to a perceived threat.

Expect wheelchairs in Downing Street as the coalition does away with the long-established principle that people who have contributed their own national insurance in the past, and then become sick and disabled, should expect a modest stipend from the state in recognition of this.

Why hasn't he persuaded the President to do away with the debilitating accounting principle of mark-to-market?

A. That doesn't take away from the principle that the state ought to help you.

But immigration advocates argue that scrapping the concept of birthright citizenship would do away with a vital principle, and would be counterproductive to the stated goals of those who, like Mr. Trump, rail routinely against illegal immigration.

We must first shed sunlight on the insidious efforts to do away with this bedrock principle.

While many of her journalistic peers got carried away in the 60s, Didion wrote with a cool head in accordance with the principle that the lower the temperature of her prose, the higher the emotional voltage it could carry.

"Today, here and now, it does not appear useful to completely do away with, or ban, mobile phones for children … but in keeping with the principle of caution, I want to inform parents completely," she said.