Sentence examples for federal language from inspiring English sources

Colorado's state constitution includes a ban on slavery that mirrors the federal language: "There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted".

— A measure to remove the word "orientals" and replace it with "Asian Americans" in federal language is headed to the president's desk.

In their court filings, retirees in Colorado and Minnesota had argued that their benefits were contractual in nature, and therefore protected by state and federal constitutional language barring the impairment of contracts.

If those words were proposed merely as federal legislation, the language would be considered so vague as to be unenforceable.

Governments that fall under the federal rules for language assistance reported spending only a fraction of their total election budget on language services, according to the 2007 survey.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield plan for federal employees added language to policies at the beginning of this year specifying that residential treatment for any condition would not be covered.

If not, why not? –Do you think that it is fair to try Puerto Ricans using the current federal criteria regarding language and capital punishment?

He contrasted the US dollar area, with its federal government, common language and political culture, with the eurozone, which has none of these things.

No wonder, whatever the efforts of the 130-odd teaching staff, that only 29% of the students last year met the federal criterion for language and arts proficiency, and that in maths the proportion was just under 20%.

For example, according to the idea of the federal programme, the language expert should have the effect of a multiplier for the team, in sharing new knowledge, developing a concept of early language education for the centres with the other team members, coaching others and being a role model of good practice.

So, even though she had lived in the U.S. nearly all her life, had given birth to three children on our nation's soil, had never as much as visited Korea and didn't speak the language, federal authorities wanted to send her "back".