Sentence examples for procedural obstacles from inspiring English sources

The resistance to democracy affected voting procedures as well as the right to vote itself; indeed, the erection of procedural obstacles to voting was often a strategic response to the formal enfranchisement of people considered undesirable.

Doha's contribution to this was removing procedural obstacles; the hard work remains to be done.

Democrats say they should be able to peel away a stray Republican or two to overcome procedural obstacles.

In two earlier cases on lethal injection, the Supreme Court removed procedural obstacles to bringing such cases but did not deal directly with the constitutionality of the method.

Perhaps the most pernicious of these procedural obstacles is the "state secrets" privilege, which the administration has invoked to shield grotesque abuses of prisoners from any judicial review.

The Davis case is an extreme illustration of the many oddities — some would call them grotesqueries, and others procedural obstacles — associated with the death penalty in America today.

And Eichengreen concluded that this "procedural" obstacle to exit made the euro irreversible.

This unfair procedural obstacle could delay important military benefits — or even make them unattainable, depending on how far the states take their discriminatory policy.

SETBACK FOR COMMODITY TRADERS Wall Street's legal challenge to a regulatory crackdown met a procedural obstacle, when a federal appeals court dismissed the case, Ben Protess reports.

Wall Street's legal challenge to a regulatory crackdown met a procedural obstacle last week, when a federal appeals court dismissed the case.

Republicans were six votes shy of the 60 votes needed to end a procedural obstacle known as a filibuster, when long speeches are made to avoid a matter being settled, and advance the nomination to a confirmation vote.