Sentence examples for refuse to defer from inspiring English sources

A former law professor and newspaper editor in Virginia, Wilkinson argued that any time courts refuse to defer to the decisions of legislative bodies, their decisions must be called activist.

They ask whether familiar ideas make sense, and they refuse to defer to authority and tradition.

It's possible they could surprise observers and refuse to defer to the president, in the process ruling that the courts can, in limited circumstances, scrutinize a president's motives beyond those offered in the text of an action.

AIDS has shown me that hope is strongest in us when we seek our fulfillment in the circumstances of the present, when we refuse to defer our dreams or to accept defeat.

In Gorsuch's dissenting opinion, he refused to defer to the Department of Labor's interpretation of the statutory language regarding refusal to operate.

settlement last week, he defied legal precedent by refusing to defer much to the regulator's judgment.

Brash and ambitious, Mr. Torricelli refused to defer to Mr. Lautenberg's seniority.

And she refuses to defer to competing interpretations by Congress or the state legislatures when they clash with her own.

Unlike Mozart and Haydn he refused to defer to nobility, asserting that a composer is of greater value, in the cosmic scheme of things, than a prince.

One complication for many Muslims has been that, unlike the courts of some Muslim countries, American courts have refused to defer to Islamic law in some important areas.

By refusing to defer to Congress and the president, she has enhanced not only her own power but also the power of the court itself.