Sentence examples for reason to uphold from inspiring English sources

Federal courts interpreted this specific ban as a reason to uphold all manner of gun-control laws.

Far be it from me to deny the power of imaginative license, but there's no obvious reason to uphold the assumption that only fiction can reach those American depths reached by The Road or The Human Stain.

If one is impressed by these worries and cannot see any decisive philosophical reason to uphold the aesthetic view, there is little, if anything, to block a conception of art which is not necessarily aesthetic.

Others argue that the regional GOP's transparent attempt to prevent Democratic minorities from voting with rules such as mandatory voter ID is a good reason to uphold oversight of southern states.

The young ultraconservative politicians saw no reason to uphold or defend the Imperial office.

The young politicians saw no reason to uphold and defend the Imperial office as a unifying force beneficial to the nation.

Epicureans have good reasons to uphold belief in divinity, not only on civic grounds, but also because a proper understanding of the gods gives us models of perfect happiness that we can emulate.

May stressed that the aims of the intervention were limited to stopping chemical weapons use, for humanitarian reasons, and to uphold the international norm outlawing their use.

"Fearing the consequences of upholding the rule of a law is not a reason to fail to uphold the rule of law," she said.

There's a reason Americans swear to uphold the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

In the PCC's adjudication, the commission cited the work of the readers' editor's office as the reason it decided not to uphold the complaint.