Sentence examples for overt violation from inspiring English sources

He quickly moved from that offensive and absurd generalization to advocating an overt violation of the Constitution.

"The attack is an overt violation of the cease-fire agreement reached in June between coalition forces and Moktada Sadr," the statement said.

The basic idea is that overt violation of public equality by a democratic assembly undermines the claim that the democratic assembly embodies public equality.

In certain cases (e.g., postulating "vital forces" even after accepting that all biological facts have a complete mechanistic explanation), overdetermination strikes us as an overt violation of Ockham's Razor: do not multiply entities beyond necessity.

Secretary of State John Kerry followed up by declaring that Russia is "in direct, overt violation of international law".

If Obama were to borrow money without congressional approval, then that would be an overt violation of the most basic principles of constitutional separation of powers -- that Congress has the ultimate power over government because it controls the flow of money.

But Randy Neugebauer, Republican of Texas, questioned why the New York Fed had focused on policy solutions rather than the overt legal violations.

If I am confronted with jury duty on a case where there's a drug violation and no overt act of violence, I'm not convicting.

That country's support of infiltration, overt and covert, is a naked violation of all international norms.

Liza Tucker with the nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog said "given Exide's egregious pollution and overt sloppiness, attested to by these violations, the company should be shuttered".

Supporting a candidate after an overt solicitation, the mayor believed, would be a violation of the law.