Sentence examples for compelled justice from inspiring English sources

"Has that person been compelled?" Justice Scalia asked.

PAGE A12 THE TIMING -- A number of factors compelled Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to decide on retirement now, including the medical condition of her husband.

This is not a creation in which there are no real risks; our faith has always held that the inexhaustible love of God cannot compel justice or virtue; we are capable of doing immeasurable damage to ourselves as individuals, and it seems clear that we have the same terrible freedom as a human race.

As a theologian, Amos believed that God's absolute sovereignty over man compelled social justice for all men, rich and poor alike.

What follows, then, is a brief history of similar high profile cases where public outrage compelled the justice system to confront acts of racially motivated police violence -- with, to say the least, less than satisfactory results.

Specifically, Kavanaugh said that the Tax Anti-Injunction Act (a deeply obscure law) compelled the Justices to put off a decision on the law until it takes full effect, in 2014.

The Connecticut Supreme Court deserves praise for acknowledging, as other states that allow same-sex marriage have not, the constitutional principles that compelled the justices to guarantee all consenting adult Americans the right to enjoy the freedoms and bear the responsibilities of citizenship, including marriage.

Like Sarah Lund, Hinterland's hero DCI Mathias is described as an intuitive and passionate detective, compelled to find justice.

In your fiction, do you feel yourself compelled to do justice to this lesser-known L.A.? Have any other writers influenced you in this regard?

The ends of justice compelled us to make our conclusions known to Governor Kaine, which we did by letter in July 2008.

I just happened to hear that he was mentioning it frequently and gave him a call, during which he said that any commitment to social justice compelled advocacy of gay rights.