Sentence examples for on a state law from inspiring English sources

Grandparents cannot rely on a state law guaranteeing their right to visit their grandchildren.

She wants action on a state law enacted in 1980, but never implemented, to allow the use of medical marijuana.

Mr. Broderick said he based his legal argument on a state law that bars officials from unreasonable or unnecessary spending.

In a unanimous opinion written by Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, the Fourth Circuit panel concluded that Mr. Cuccinelli did not have standing to sue because Virginia's case relied on a state law intended to undermine the federal act.

In January 2012, a state court stripped the caterer, Rose Group Park Avenue, of its prized liquor license based on a state law that bars liquor sales within 200 feet of a church.

But the Justice Department called that claim "wholly without merit", saying Louisiana cannot rely on a state law to justify Planned Parenthood's ousting, but must show that the clinics aren't able to perform Medicaid services or properly bill for them.

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Mississippi on Monday blocked part of a state law that would have forced the closing of the state's only abortion clinic.

For instance, Arpaio and the county attorney, Andrew Thomas, who shares his views, have settled on a novel interpretation of a state law against human smuggling.

This would be the first study to investigate the effect on the medical system of a state law pertaining to SRC.

In May 2008, in a landmark decision, the California Supreme Court struck down a state law, based on a ballot initiative, that had banned same-sex marriage.

"Now the court strikes down a state law based on the evolving standards of professional societies, most notably the American Psychiatric Assn.," he said.