Sentence examples for is a direct challenge to from inspiring English sources

The suit is a direct challenge to California's longstanding authority to set emission standards tougher than the federal government's.

The Court just agreed to hear Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, which is a direct challenge to Grutter.

Giulio Regeni's murder is a direct challenge to the academic freedom that is a pillar of our higher education system.

Oozing crema, tomatillo sauce and cheese, it is a direct challenge to the hegemony of the burger.

"It is a direct challenge to Facebook, in particular," said Jeremiah Owyang, a social media analyst with the Altimeter Group.

It is a direct challenge to the existence of the party that has governed this country for most of the postwar years.

Mr. Kostunica's attack is a direct challenge to Mr. Tadic, who was re-elected Sunday after pledging to strengthen ties with the European Union regardless of Kosovo's future.

The decision to hold an inquiry into the policy is a direct challenge to what David Cameron has characterised as an "act of self-defence" against Islamic State.

The interesting and exciting thing about it … is it is a direct challenge to big corporate interests who are... creating problems for us".

So today's devastating report from the United Nations, describing austerity policies as amounting to "violations of disabled people's rights", is a direct challenge to May.

Localism is a direct challenge to the centralism of the SNP who want to control or co-opt every part of Scottish life.