Sentence examples for laws opposed from inspiring English sources

His backing while Massachusetts governor of key laws opposed by the national gun lobby – an assault weapons ban and a waiting period to buy firearms – has engendered skepticism, if not hostility, among many gun owners.

He appointed a new economic team, replaced the president of the state-owned oil company who was seen as his crony, and pledged that the National Assembly would reconsider several economic laws opposed by entrepreneurs.

Mr Reid is keener on guns and more uncomfortable with abortion than most Democrats; Mr McConnell has supported several gun-control laws, opposed a measure to ban the burning of the American flag and defended "earmarks" long after they had fallen out of favour with most Republicans.

Quilliam opposed the extension of anti-terror laws, opposed banning Hizb ut-Tahrir in the UK in favour of challenging them to debate instead, at a time when government policy was officially to ban them, and has spoken out again and again on the Iraq war, torture and extraordinary rendition.

He supports English-only laws, opposes aid for illegal immigrants and was, for a time, a fixture on Lou Dobbs's border-focused CNN show.

The alliance has moved into Western states but has had less impact in the Midwest because of laws opposing corporate farming.

Experts note that some tribes, including the Navajo and the Cherokee, have passed laws opposing same-sex marriage, but the precise marriage policy of many tribes is not known because tribes do not always make their laws public.

(Of course, that hasn't stopped Republicans from trashing the effort before it's even begun; Representative Candice Miller of Michigan, who leads the House committee in charge of voting laws, opposes the commission and federal intervention into voting issues).

In contrast, female legislators from higher castes do not have any impact on "women-friendly" laws, oppose land reforms, invest in higher tiers of education and reduce social expenditure.

In early 2011, Teng spoke at Walnut Grove Secondary School and urged the school's students to petition the Government of Canada to pass laws opposing human trafficking.

This would allow Democrats and Republicans to then negotiate changes to a law opposed by more than 50% of Americans.