Sentence examples for decline to assert from inspiring English sources

"The fact that a previous or subsequent president might refuse to comply with laws that are valid is not a reason for this president to decline to assert his authority with regard to laws that are invalid," Mr. Dellinger said.

As those hoping to change the stringent sentencing laws have gained political will from the decline in violent crime, the other side, too, has used the decline to assert its case.

He also questioned whether the administration had been playing "a duplicitous game": publicly encouraging Mr. Aristide but declining to assert itself in his behalf with the insurgents.

Which is why, for example, climatologists, who have actually studied the data and know how to interpret it, tend to carefully hedge their claims, declining to assert any direct causality or make predictions, whereas professional obfuscators will confidently assure you that global warming is a lot of alarmist hooey.

also declined to assert a congressional role at this stage.

Last week, the NLRB declined to assert jurisdiction over the Chickasaw Nation's WinStar World Casino in Oklahoma.

One of the main reasons the board declined to assert jurisdiction is the makeup of NCAA football.

(The full NLRB, it should be noted, did not rule on the question of whether athletes are employees; instead, it declined to assert jurisdiction in the case).

The full NLRB, however, invalidated that ruling when it declined last year to assert its jurisdiction in the case.

For all the talk of American decline, Obama is actually well-positioned to assert global leadership.

But the plan has faded from the public debate as violence has declined and the Maliki government has begun to assert its sovereignty.