Sentence examples for right to prohibit from inspiring English sources

As a Senate candidate in 1858, Lincoln vowed to protect Illinois's right to prohibit slavery.

What gives you the right to prohibit something or allow something?" His young students nod their heads.

But even as it criticized Ireland's laws, the court upheld the country's right to prohibit abortion in most cases.

But in a letter to the administration last week, leading House Democrats said Mr. Obama was right to prohibit separate deductibles.

States clearly already have the right to prohibit shipments of wine from out of state, so long as they also prohibit shipments originating within the state.

Judge Donald Stephens of Superior Court said state law did not grant the medical board the right to prohibit doctors from assisting in executions.

[News analysis, Page A14.] In essence, two of the three judges today said Congress was within its rights to prohibit the national parties from using soft money for advertisements that attacked or supported candidates.

All these initiatives draw on the principles of human rights to prohibit the unlawful deprivation of liberty and the use of 'cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment'.

The new legislation aims to clarify information rights and cancellation rights, and to prohibit some hidden cost practices when consumers buy certain goods and services.

McCain voted against extending the Civil Rights Act to prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation.

We outlawed the poll tax, and passed the Voting Rights Act to prohibit arbitrary tests and barriers to voting.