Sentence examples for constituting an obstruction from inspiring English sources

"Effectively, the state wishes to compel Porter, through the farce of a grant of immunity, to lay a foundation for evidence that the state has deemed as constituting an obstruction of justice and perjury," they wrote.

It also links hemicellulose [ 1, 3] depositing on the cellulose surface, thus constituting an obstruction for effective hydrolysis.

Such a command constitutes "an obstruction of justice," Toobin says.

In short order, questions are raised about whether this constitutes an obstruction of justice: Firing the man investigating you seems, in the abstract, to fit the bill.

It rested rather on the grounds that the 'filing of said scurrilous affidavit and exhibits * * * constitutes an obstruction of justice and an abuse of the (court's) processes, and tended to lessen (its) dignity and authority * * *.' Obviously the mere filing of documents not scurrilous could have given no ground for entering or sustaining such an order.

The court held that the order required only that petitioner produce the documents, not that he file them in court so as to make them public records; and that the filing of the documents containing statements deemed to be scurrilous constituted an obstruction of justice and an abuse of the processes of the court, tending to lessen the court's dignity and authority.

The library constituted an "obstruction," said the investigator (who did not return my call).

During his testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Comey said it was not his place to say whether Trump's request that Comey stop investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn's contacts with Russia constituted an obstruction of justice.

Without appropriate safeguards, undue controls could constitute an obstruction of effective care.

Without appropriate safeguards, these controls could constitute an obstruction of effective care.

Barr and Rosenstein, though, determined that there was insufficient evidence to constitute an obstruction-of-justice crime.