Sentence examples for invoke the doctrine from inspiring English sources

In another era, conservatives liked to invoke the doctrine of "states rights" in their battle against civil rights laws.

To invoke the doctrine, it was not necessary to prove that the defendant's motive was to make the witness unavailable, the state court said.

Once Congress weighs in on the quality of intelligence and the use made of it, it needs to ask: what are the circumstances in which America should invoke the doctrine of pre-emption?

A federal trial judge in San Francisco ruled that the government could not invoke the doctrine to block a lawsuit by al-Haramain, which has asserted that the government illegally listened in on its conversations.

In a potentially significant part of the decision, Pegram v. Herdrich, No. 98-1949, the court suggested without saying so explicitly that because treatment decisions are not covered by Erisa, defendants can no longer invoke the doctrine of Erisa pre-emption to take such cases out of state court.

In the Brown killing the officer would likely invoke the doctrine of self-defense to prevent the establishment of probable cause necessary for charges, or at trial to prevent conviction.

And prayers that invoke the doctrines of only one faith are especially offensive.

Her supporters invoked the doctrine that a new parliament should not seek to steer an outgoing cabinet.

The report also said that interrogators could justify breaching laws or treaties by invoking the doctrine of necessity.

Henry astonished the audience in the courtroom with his eloquence in invoking the doctrine of natural rights, the political theory that man is born with certain inalienable rights.

In his 1965 sermon "Ministers and Marchers," he invoked the doctrine of separation in order to make a frontal attack on the civil-rights movement.