Sentence examples for declined to assert from inspiring English sources

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).

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.

"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.

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.

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.

The group grew so quickly that by June 19 they were hosting a presidential debate with several of the main presidential candidates -- although Peña Nieto declined to attend, asserting it would be biased against him.

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

Apple declined to comment, beyond asserting that no owner was victimized by the vulnerability.