Sentence examples for courts over states from inspiring English sources
It is arguably premature to take this case because there is no split among the federal appellate courts over states' powers to enact such laws.
There was a lengthy argument in the courts over state versus federal jurisdiction and compensation to Platoro.
And the two sides have argued in court over states' jurisdiction over banks and their subsidiaries; federal officials have prevailed on many of these disagreements.
The Ohio Supreme Court ended a decade-long court fight over state financing of education today by ruling that the system was constitutional but that the state must spend more to end disparities between rich and poor districts.
To execute Lockett, conservative state officials, led by governor Mary Fallin, ultimately forced (and won) a constitutional showdown with one of the state's highest courts over whether the state could be trusted to carry out the execution without complying with the defense's demands for details on where they obtained the drugs to be used.
That's what two young men and their attorneys found when they took Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) to court over a state law that requires residents to present proof of citizenship documents in order to vote in state and federal elections.
Prior Custody The court agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute in the lower courts over whether a state prison inmate whose sentence has been increased due to a prior conviction can use a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the validity of the earlier conviction.
One of the great advantages of the federal court over most state court systems is the ease with which the important issues can be quickly and inexpensively presented to a judge or jury.
The move comes as the Obama administration and North Carolina battle in federal court over a state law passed in March that limits public bathroom access for transgender people.
But today, each issue resonates with a different aspect of the court's renewed debate over states' rights and Congressional authority, and the outcome is far from certain.
[Excerpts, Page A22.] Rather, it will move that debate to state courts, in battles over state constitutional objections to voucher programs, and to state legislatures and the ballot box.
