Sentence examples for on statutory grounds from inspiring English sources

Four other justices avoided the constitutional question altogether and struck down the program on statutory grounds.

It rested its decision on statutory grounds, which prompted Congress to amend the law to deny judicial review.

In the end, however, the court may not reach the constitutional issue, instead deciding the case on statutory grounds.

He decided the case on statutory grounds, having to do with the powers that Congress did or did not give to the Fed.

"Indeed," he said, "that is precisely the approach this court took" in June in a major voting rights case, "when eight members of the court agreed to decide the case on statutory grounds instead of reaching the appellant's broader argument".

Because it ruled on statutory grounds, the court did not consider the plaintiffs' separate claim that New Haven had violated the firefighters' rights under the Constitution's equal protection clause.

Because of the particular facts of this appeal, the court may do so on narrow statutory grounds.

In June, a federal trial judge properly allowed a lawsuit challenging the town's actions on constitutional and statutory grounds to go forward.

To win political asylum, foreign nationals must prove to a judge that they have been persecuted in the past or have a well-founded fear of persecution in the future based on five specific statutory grounds: race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.

Nor did it prompt the executive branch to propose changes to the law that would put bulk collection on firm statutory ground.

"While I do not decide that violence inflicted by non-governmental actors may never serve as the basis for an asylum or withholding application based on membership in a particular social group, in practice such claims are unlikely to satisfy the statutory grounds for proving group persecution that the government is unable or unwilling to address".