Sentence examples for overriding state from inspiring English sources
Under the bill in the House, however, the comptroller's office would issue charters to the lenders, overriding state laws that now regulate the terms of a loan.
Moreover, opponents say the law illegally inserts the federal government into the workings of state and local political parties -- overriding state campaign-finance laws -- stripping them of money and complicating their efforts to elect state and local candidates.
Last month, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a class-action suit charging that the department had overstepped its authority by appropriating federal responsibility for immigration, overriding state law on issuing licenses and ignoring due process.
The state's General Assembly, which is out of session, is set to reconvene on Monday to draft legislation that would set up a special election to choose Mr. Obama's replacement — overriding state law that now gives the governor the power to fill the seat — or investigate impeaching Mr. Blagojevich.
Bruce was a committed advocate of the new capital, however, stating: "For the purposes of Federation it was essential that there should be some central point of nationhood, suitable to Australia as a nation ... and sooner or later there would have to be a national capital, overriding State boundaries and State prejudices".
Overriding states' rights and insisting on national legislation makes sense in many circumstances — but not when one state's decision has no obvious negative effects on other states or on the national economy.
Only Congress can override state rules.
The court said that the N.F.L.'s collective bargaining agreement did not override state laws.
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.
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.
