Sentence examples for contrary to the text from inspiring English sources
By a vote of two to one, the court held, in Halbig v. Burwell, that the insurance subsidies that allow millions of Americans to buy health insurance were contrary to the text of the law and thus were illegal.
Syria's foreign minister, Walid Muallem, had prefaced the Geneva meetings by threatening the opposition and the United Nations envoy to Syria; contrary to the text of a U.N. Security Council resolution, which Russia had agreed to, Muallem warned that any mention of Assad's eventual replacement would cross "a red line" for negotiations.
Thomas argued that the Court's conclusion that Article 36 of the UCMJ amounts to an attempt by Congress to curb the Executive's power is "contrary to the text and structure of the UCMJ" and also inconsistent with prior decisions of the Court.
On its face, the program seems contrary to the plain text of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which regulates domestic national security wiretapping.
Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, III A, III B 1, and IV, concluding that the Ninth Circuit's interpretation of §1226(c) is contrary to the plain text and structure of the statute.
"The assertion that Congress has no role to play with respect to the detention of prisoners was contrary to the Constitution's text, to judicial precedent and to historical practice.
And contrary to the pluralitys interpretation, the text of §2a c) makes clear that this manner refers exclusively to state law.
Even more significantly, these molecular studies of hagfish embryos have demonstrated that, contrary to the suggestions of traditional text-books, the hagfish has de-epithelialized and migrating neural crest cells and vertebral elements [ 19, 30- 33].
A No 10 spokesman said it was contrary to the Cabinet Office manual to release the text of any legal advice.
TFN has similarly shown that contrary to the claims in the resolution, the texts discuss atrocities performed in the name of various religions, including both Christianity and Islam.
Moreover the text is not, contrary to the claims of many French antis, "ultra-liberal".
