Sentence examples for contrary to statute from inspiring English sources
Only one president, Andrew Johnson in 1868, has been through the whole process: technically, for removing a cabinet officer contrary to statute, but actually for enacting "soft" policies towards the South after the civil war.
A wealthy, but very old man, wanted by the state as a "fugitive over the sea, contrary to statute", Bourchier lived quietly abroad for his remaining years.
This meant that the new alloy was contrary to statute and that all depositors would be overcharged for their silver bullion deposits, as there was a higher silver content in the coins than was allowed by the Coinage Act of 1792.
Since the IRS interpretation both furthers essential goals of the ACA and prevents the very crumbling of the act itself, it's hard to see how the interpretation could be arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to statute under any standard of review, especially a highly-deferential one.
"The regulations are wrong on so many levels, because they are contrary to the statute," said Mr. Merkel, who is also Cantor's executive managing director.
Still, she allowed that cases in which a president has the authority to act contrary to a statute would be "few and far between," and restated her belief, expressed in a 2007 speech, that former Attorney General John Ashcroft took a "principled stand" on behalf of the rule of law in 2004 by declining to reauthorize a Bush administration program of surveillance without warrants.
Contrary to the statute's original purpose, many workers put in the "salaried" category do little if any supervisory work.
Under the Chevron doctrine, where statutory language is reasonably subject to different interpretations courts have long deferred to agency interpretations that are not "arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statute".
"The executive should be very wary of ever acting contrary to a federal statute, but on rare occasions it is necessary and appropriate," she said.
