Sentence examples for discrete statutes from inspiring English sources

Although acknowledging that "Congress, in enacting discrete statutes, can make determinations that bear on marital rights and privileges," Kennedy characterized DOMA as unprecedented because it applied "to over 1,000 federal statutes and the whole realm of federal regulations".

But I also hope that we can act promptly to make some discrete changes in the statute so that no one else would face what Aaron faced".

The court ruled that this violated the Constitution's equal protection clause, saying that the statute "imposes a lifetime hardship on a discrete class of children not accountable" for their immigration status.

The second consideration that we found important in analyzing Section 922 q) was that the statute contained "no express jurisdictional element which might limit its reach to a discrete set of firearm possessions that additionally have an explicit connection with or effect on interstate commerce".

In the 1982 decision of Plyler v Doe, the justices struck down a Texas statute that excluded undocumented immigrant children from public education, and said a state may not "deny a discrete group of innocent children the free public education that it offers to other children residing within its borders".

Statutes increased in number.

It's discrete.

We imagined discrete entities.

Every note is discrete.

Is nature discrete or continuous?

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