Sentence examples for invalidate the law from inspiring English sources

The high court should invalidate the law.

Clarence Thomas is a sure vote to invalidate the law.

In the 2009 case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, the Court had a chance to invalidate the law — and ducked.

Thanks to you, should a 5-to-4 decision by the Roberts Court invalidate the law, your statement will ratify the decision as a political one.

The State Supreme Court was asked to decide whether wagering among 14 lawmakers about the outcome of last year's debate over civil unions should invalidate the law.

In its decision, the court said that it was not applying the new heightened constitutional standard requested — and that it didn't need to in order to invalidate the law.

After the Supreme Court invalidated the law, the change for many couples promises to be significant and swift.

Historically, Congress has deferred to state definitions of marriage, and several federal courts have invalidated the law on these grounds of federalism.

But Chief Judge Walter Herbert Rice of the federal district court in Dayton found the exception constitutionally inadequate and invalidated the law in September.

That court, in San Francisco, invalidated the law in a civil suit brought by the coalition of plaintiffs, none of whom was actually being prosecuted.

The decision invalidated the law's civil damages provision, which permitted suits in federal court by victims of crimes "motivated by gender".