Sentence examples for effectively striking from inspiring English sources

Ms. O'Hair is best known for making the legal challenge that led to a Supreme Court decision in 1963 effectively striking down organized prayer in public schools.

During Sugar Ray's brief set, the singer Mark McGrath mugged shamelessly and effectively, striking absurd poses and, at one point, jogging around the perimeter of the arena floor.

The majority ruled that Mr. Johnson's act was symbolic speech protected by the Constitution, effectively striking down state laws against flag desecration across the country.

It is disappointing, to say the least, that the Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the Texas antisodomy law, effectively striking down similar measures in other states (front page, June 27).

In wide-ranging remarks in her chambers on Friday that touched on affirmative action, abortion and same-sex marriage, Justice Ginsburg said she had made a mistake in joining a 2009 opinion that laid the groundwork for the court's decision in June effectively striking down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Marquez fanned the next two batters he faced — effectively striking out the side — but still had to face Bellinger.

Senate amendment to the bill effectively struck out subsec.

(The death penalty was reinstated in 1995, but the state Court of Appeals last year effectively struck down the statute).

In July, months after the Sundance premiere of Trapped, the supreme court effectively struck down the laws.

In 2013, in Shelby County v. Holder, a closely divided court effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act.

There was a backlash; some LASTMA officials decided to effectively strike while at their posts, leaving the traffic to its own devices.