Sentence examples for override state from inspiring English sources

Only Congress can override state rules.

The court said that the N.F.L.'s collective bargaining agreement did not override state laws.

City internet service providers in Chattanooga and Wilson, North Carolina, have filed requests with the FCC to override state laws that attempt to cap their growth.

The department has tried to override state medical marijuana laws, and it has vetoed the decisions of local federal prosecutors who declined to seek the death penalty.

The proposal fails to override state laws that allow debtors to lock away millions in trust, a huge benefit to the wealthy.

When he ran for president, Barack Obama defended the medical use of marijuana and said that he would not use Justice Department resources to override state laws on the issue.

But this idea has been received coolly in Brussels; the leader of eurozone finance ministers has said that the problems of the Italian banks are not yet serious enough to allow Renzi to override state-aid rules.

The letter also appeared to take a swipe at the head of the Australian Christian Lobby, Lyle Shelton, who on Tuesday called on the federal government to override state-based discrimination laws so that the "no" campaign could speak freely against a plebiscite.

And the commonwealth can't simply override states.

In 1982 the High Court agreed that the Commonwealth had power to override states on environmental matters should the issue in question come within the purview of an international covenant to which Australia was a party.

He can apply a simple litmus test to any Supreme Court candidates he may have the chance to nominate: Every Bush appointee should be both passionately committed to equal protection and willing to override states' rights for the sake of higher national interests.