Sentence examples for existing statutes from inspiring English sources

Here, in contrast, President Obama has taken steps to enforce existing statutes, not ignore them.

British defence officials last night said inhuman treatment would have been unlawful under existing statutes already enshrined in British law.

She recommends criminalizing revenge porn, including online threats, in existing statutes against stalking and harassment, and making it easier for victims to sue under pseudonyms.

In the 1990s, the F.D.A. tried to regulate tobacco products under existing statutes, but the Supreme Court ruled that the agency had exceeded the authority granted by Congress.

The court set a deadline for the completion of vote counts that is significantly later than the deadline in existing statutes.

Several lawyers said they have had to turn down otherwise compelling cases because existing statutes can sharply limit recovery — often in random and scattershot ways.

The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the then existing statute of limitations actually meant what it said.

Property owners forced by existing statute to accept drilling under their property are also not adequately protected.

Gov. Christie first issued an executive order barring political donations by public employee unions to state and local candidates when he took office in 2010, only to have the order struck down by a state court on the ground that the governor could not add to the already existing statute.

"There's the potential for significant evasion of the existing statute," said Scott E. Thomas, a Democratic commissioner.

The proposal was an extension of an existing statute, the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, and expanding accessibility is, usually, a bipartisan issue.