Sentence examples for overturn laws from inspiring English sources

The National Assembly can overturn laws passed by the provincial assemblies.The fragmented nature of the alliance itself also impedes radical action.

Moreover, negotiating under these circumstances sets a dangerous precedent in which the nation can be held hostage to overturn laws that have been democratically settled.

A Bosnian Jew and an ethnic Roma have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights to overturn laws that prevent ethnic minorities from running for president.

Finally, a big share of voters said they did not believe it was likely that any president could overturn laws that protect abortion rights.

There's more: because the film focuses on the battle to overturn laws against mixed-race marriages, HBO is also marketing it as a parable for the gay marriage movement.

Only those who hesitate to overturn laws approved by the people's elected representatives unless doing so is necessary to protect the political process itself or powerless minorities from unconstitutional actions should be approved.

Peppering his remarks with references to the civil rights movement, Mr. Rosenkranz often cited Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision overturning laws against interracial marriage.

"Name one whistleblower from the intelligence community whose disclosures led to real change – overturning laws, ending policies – who didn't face retaliation as a result.

Its guarantees of equality became the levers for overturning laws banning sodomy and requiring the government to recognise same-sex marriages.

In Lawrence v Texas of 2003, which overturned laws criminalising sodomy, Justice Scalia had warned that the majority's "reasoning leaves on pretty shaky grounds state laws limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples".

During the twenty-three years that Frankfurter served on the Court, from 1939 to 1962, its most significant judicial activism concerned overturning laws that restricted civil liberties and civil rights.