Sentence examples for district law from inspiring English sources

In District of Columbia vs. Heller, the court reviewed a district law barring the possession of handguns, even in one's home, and directing that rifles be dismantled or sport trigger locks.

The measure would repeal the District of Columbia's semiautomatic handgun ban and overturn a district law requiring that firearms kept in the home be locked up and inoperable.

Nonetheless, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals rejected the reinstatement request last year, ruling that although under district law disbarment was mandatory after conviction for an offense involving "moral turpitude," reinstatement was up to the court's discretion.

The move by Kuwait's leader, Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, announced on state-run media, followed a failed attempt last month by the government to overturn a voting district law that appeared to favor the opposition.

At the meeting Wednesday afternoon, Ms. Craven said the decision not to merge was made after the district law office reviewed the contract with American Quality Schools and determined that the district could run the school on its own.

We are enveloped by unanswered questions because District law, like that in many states, makes child welfare hearings confidential.

The overlay district laws govern only new development, not whether a building can be razed, he said.

The NRA's new list of recommendations include changing local state and district laws to allow school personnel to carry guns – the report even has appended a model state law that would do so.

Also, I signed an executive order mandating that District law-enforcement officials not serve as agents for federal immigration law enforcement, thereby helping to build trust with our immigrant community and facilitating cooperation with the police.

His father, David King, was the lawyer who represented the Florida League of Women Voters in 2015 after the group claimed lawmakers violated the Fair Districts law, a state constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2010 that banned gerrymandered congressional districts. .

The California measure allows voters to decide if the current districting laws are appropriate; Mr. Bloomberg's measure leaves the term-limits decision up to the 51 members of the City Council.