Sentence examples for rights statute from inspiring English sources

The distinction highlights a flaw in the appraisal rights statute — one that the parties clearly took advantage of.

James A. Gross argues that the NLRA was and remains at its core a workers' rights statute.

And there were some local residents who thought it was funny, and we prosecuted it under the civil rights statute and got a sentence of 15 years.

To be sure, § 1983 actions are often brought to vindicate civil rights, and thus that section may loosely be characterized as a civil rights statute.

For § 3 to apply, it is insufficient that a jurisdiction be found to have violated the VRA or another voting rights statute.

The mosque was forced to comply with requirements different from those applied to a Christian church or other religious building because its members are Muslim, the lawsuit says, which violates the Constitution and a federal civil rights statute.

In 2013, the state of Texas enacted one of the most draconian anti-abortion rights statutes in the country.

The first three sections of the 1866 Act were the models for parts of two subsequent civil rights statutes.

But ignoring judicial restraint, he ruled that the mandate could not be justified under the Commerce Clause, the basis for important civil rights statutes and other social welfare legislation.

Some local civil rights statutes even cover marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, source of income, or place of residence or business.

"Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction," the statement said.