Sentence examples for decision struck down from inspiring English sources

He survived a election, although a recent court decision struck down most of the law.

The June 26 decision struck down parts of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

The decision struck down parts of the Clinton-era federal Defense of Marriage Act.

The Lawrence decision struck down a Texas law that made gay sex a crime and swept away sodomy laws in a dozen other states.

That decision struck down laws banning interracial marriage in sixteen states — many of them the states that currently ban gay marriage.

(The law was rendered moot in July after a Supreme Court decision struck down a similar law in Massachusetts aimed at Myanmar and human rights abuses there).

In practice, a decision striking down the coverage formula would probably amount to the end of the preclearance requirement.

A decision striking down President Obama's signature legislative achievement only months before the election would doubtless be a blow.

I think this plainly true of a Supreme Court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety.

The same court had earlier overturned a lower court decision striking down the test-score component as discriminatory.

That could happen quickly if, as expected, the Obama Administration moved to implement a decision striking down DOMA expeditiously.