Sentence examples for law constitutes from inspiring English sources

This law constitutes a massive alteration of the constitutional balance of power between the federal government and the states, and strikes at the heart of American federalism.

PM No. EU-related law constitutes more than one-sixth of our statutes.

Florida's law constitutes several huge steps backward in the fight for equality, and not just for the United States.

The law constitutes "classic prior restraint on speech," said Ann Beeson, staff lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.

Keeping these men confined, in direct contravention of domestic and international law, constitutes psychological torture, regardless of where they may be held.

This, however, does not mean that the violation of any principle of international law constitutes a violation of this particular treaty.

The United States Supreme Court ruled that Georgia's death penalty law constituted "cruel and unusual punishment," which violated the Constitution because of the arbitrary manner in which it was imposed.

Mr. Oliver's lawyer said the law constituted cruel and unusual punishment and amounted to double jeopardy.

The model developed here disputes the claim that labor and employment law constitute distinct - and inimical - regulatory regimes.

The complaint alleged an actual occurrence which under the law constituted a prima facie offense—possession of narcotics.

Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst's mantra more than a century ago recognised that the law constituted one of the greatest obstacles to women's rights.