Sentence examples for law infringing from inspiring English sources

The First Amendment says the government shall "make no law" infringing speech — and under the chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr., and the current Supreme Court lineup, "no" seems to really mean "no".

Taylor meant by this doctrine to strengthen and make secure the system of slavery, from which he personally profited, since Virginia and the other Southern states would always be free to declare null and void any federal law infringing on slave-holders' "rights".

The first amendment to the United States constitution is part of the citizen's Bill of Rights, and prohibits enactment of any law infringing on the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, interfering with the right of peaceful assembly by citizens, or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances [ 4].

Critics said previous versions of the law infringed on privacy.

In the lawsuit, Ms. Ukpabio alleges that the state law infringes on her freedom of religion.

The new law infringes the right to die that the Supreme Court recognized in 1990.

But critics say the law infringes on a tradition of "fair use" for copyright material.

Mrs. Clinton said that the administration was committed to changing immigration policy and that Mr. Obama had spoken out because he felt the law infringed on federal authority.

When the antiterrorism law was passed, civil libertarians said they were concerned that the law infringed on free speech and free association.

The judge, Robert W. Pratt of Federal District Court, said that the law infringed on offenders' due process rights and that it was unlawfully retroactive.

Stevens's lawyers, joined by an unlikely alliance of gun advocates and civil-liberties organizations, argued that the law infringed upon "a broad swath of never-before-regulated speech".