Sentence examples for overriding law from inspiring English sources

It worked, putting a dent in the overriding law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

The overriding law of the empire was the Shari'ah, or Sacred Law, which as the divine law of Islam was outside of the Sultan's powers to change.

Since the federal government has (so far) failed to pass an overriding law to prevent media piracy, it may be up to the artists themselves to ask their fans to please view their products through legal methods.

It appeared that no one in the administration wanted to seem cavalier about the mistreatment of foreign workers or to override law enforcement.

Instead of prioritizing employers' religious freedoms, which should not be able to override law in the first place, perhaps the SCOTUS should have considered the rights of thousands of American women.

When will our government cease to override laws, both domestic and international?

They also criticized Mr. Bush for his frequent use of signing statements to claim a constitutional right to override laws.

They also criticized Mr. Bush for his frequent use of signing statements to claim a constitutional right to override laws….

This Civilian Representative will be able to override laws and dismiss elected officials, but without any apparent legal or political accountability to the people of Kosovo.

Two moderates -- Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, and Susan Collins, Republican of Maine -- said the bill would override laws even in states that had pioneered the regulation of H.M.O.'s by passing strong consumer protection laws.

Imagine instead a monarch who, like many of Elizabeth II's ancestors, routinely reserved the right to override laws passed by the legislature, or who repeatedly asserted that the laws mean something they do not say.