Sentence examples for erect hurdles from inspiring English sources

But critics say that would erect hurdles for a Republican president who disagreed with the regulations and wanted to rescind them.

As I write this, the states of Arizona and Kansas are suing the federal government to erect hurdles to voter registration by requiring proof of citizenship.

Lawmakers also erected hurdles for plaintiffs who tried to collect from multiple defendants.

Such egregious barriers are in the past, but the rash of new laws erecting hurdles in the 2012 election cycle has chilling echoes.

And America's visa programme is likely to erect new hurdles as the Pentagon closes its last few military bases in Iraq.

Some observers wonder if Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, is so disgusted by the efforts of such EU countries as France and Austria to erect new hurdles to Turkey's membership that he is giving up on Europe.

There are several more potential filibusters to break, and the most extreme anti-gun-control senators — like Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah — are likely to erect procedural hurdles wherever they can.

The Supreme Court's 2013 ruling eroded much of what was at the core of the Voting Rights Act, leaving states with histories of voter discrimination free to erect new hurdles to the ballot box.

The system also erected high hurdles for political parties because of obstacles to licensing and limited access to seats.

The decision by the National Park Service did not kill the Cape Wind plan, but it erected new hurdles by requiring more negotiations and, possibly, changes to the project, like moving it.

Why should all students be assessed the same way?" But Abigail Thernstrom, a member of the state board of education, said it was entirely appropriate for the state to erect one hurdle over which all students must jump.