Sentence examples for bring contempt from inspiring English sources

Currently, the S.E.C. can try to bring contempt charges only if a company has broken previous vows not to violate the law.

The Justice Department would have had to bring contempt proceedings -- and I do not think it could have acted while those proceedings were pending.

Citigroup and other repeat offenders can agree to those terms, the judge said, because they know that the commission has not monitored compliance, failing to bring contempt charges for repeat violations in at least 10 years.

Mr. Leahy said that when the Senate returns to session next month, he would bring up what he called the White House's "dilatory unresponsiveness" with the Judiciary Committee in order to decide whether to bring contempt charges against the administration.

Whether because successive attorney generals have believed the law is against them or because they think that coverage had been distastefulbut not overstepped the line, there has been an apparent reluctance to bring contempt proceeding against the media in recent years over their post-arrest/pre-trial reporting.

The GOP-controlled House Oversighthreatitoee's threat to bring contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder are merely the tail end of the GOP's endless ploy to harass, embarrass, and ultimately weaken President Obama.

The Attorney General brought contempt of court proceedings in relation to three articles.

The judges brought contempt proceedings against him, but he was ultimately acquitted.

"When there's a lack of money, it brings contempt into the family," he says.

It is the first time the attorney general has brought contempt proceedings involving the use of social media.

Judge Rakoff has asked the agency what it does to ensure companies do not repeat the same offense, and whether it has ever brought contempt charges for chronic violators.