Sentence examples for obstructing for from inspiring English sources

To object to all three, however, would make them appear to be obstructing for obstruction's sake.Before the nominees were announced, Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, accused Mr Obama of "packing" the court.

We have an extraordinary situation here, where one of the parties, as a political strategy, in exchange for campaign assistance from the 1%, is obstructing for the purpose of preventing the government from operating.

When the two arrests were made, Ferndale Police realized the mother-son duo already had several outstanding warrants out for their arrest in nearby Washtenaw County, including one warrant of resisting and obstructing for the son, and two assault warrants for the mother.

He faces misdemeanor charges of obstructing for opposing an officer without violence and giving a false name.

"We've never been a party to obstruct for obstruction sake," Buttigieg said, "but I think we have to be fierce in how we respond to this stuff".

In the past, filibusters of judicial nominations required "extraordinary circumstances," but even before President Obama named these three nominees to fill three vacancies on the D.C. Circuit, some Senate Republicans indicated they would obstruct for obstruction's sake.

New figures show that medical assistance was obstructed for 511 of those who died last year, including 67 children.

"If the tables are to be in front, we have to inspect the site to be sure the sidewalk isn't obstructed for pedestrian use," he said.

A contemporary asked Wilberforce, after he introduced a law that set back the cause of trade unions, why he paid more attention to African slaves than to Britain's working poor, whose interests he probably helped obstruct for years.

"The permission of the owner of the premises fronting on such sidewalk shall be first obtained and a passageway shall be kept open on the sidewalk so obstructed for the free movement of pedestrians".

Expectations existed that no rigid time constraints be placed upon students by learning activities; students' time ought not to be obstructed for any reason, particularly demands to participate in synchronous online communication, assessment completion, or exam preparation.