Sentence examples for governed against from inspiring English sources

The prime minister could explain how the convention enshrines British values and shields the governed against abuses of power by their governors.

Lincoln fought and governed against racism, and Trump is selling it.

"This government is governing against its own citizens.

No one, it seems, can govern against the unions.

Habeas corpus, which governs against unlawful detention, has before now been applied only to humans.

The king appointed the ministers, but it was difficult for them to govern against the express wish of the chambers.

Now Obama is governing against Bush, and he's still got a good excuse: there's no other choice.

"Cowardly, ossified officials began again to govern against the population," he wrote in the prologue to Turandot.

"Romania's indignado movement is a civic response to the political question: Can one govern against the will of the people?" says political scientist Cristian Pirvulescu.

But one thing he is certain about is that leaders don't cheat in elections, and don't govern against the popular will," he told the Guardian, adding that the "political dynamics" were with the opposition.

Such spying violates US laws on free speech and those that govern against unreasonable search and seizure, it said.