Sentence examples for justices held from inspiring English sources

The justices held that only synthetic DNA can be patented.

The justices held that human DNA isolated from a chromosome cannot be patented because it is a product of nature.

A plurality of justices held that the motivation for a book's removal must be the central factor in determining constitutionality.

Stopping blacks and whites from marrying is an affront, the justices held, to "one of the personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men".

In a 6-3 ruling, the justices held that recognising foreign governments is the prerogative of the president and the state department, not Congress.

In Jones, the government had attached a GPS tracker to a suspect's car for a month, and all nine justices held that such tracking went too far.

This information-gathering can take place after oral argument in a case, when the Justices hold their conference.

Surely there is nothing new or unnatural about justices holding political views and seeking the company of others who share them.

If the rest of the justices hold that the equal access provision cannot be privately enforced, that will open the door for other states with budget shortfalls to enact similar across-the-board cuts in Medicaid reimbursement rates.

One reason sometimes given is that Congress could not enact strict limits without amending Article III of the Constitution, which provides that justices hold office for the period of their "good behavior".

Replacing Justice Souter with a liberal would not change the basic makeup of the court, where he and three other justices hold down the left wing against a conservative caucus of four justices.