Sentence examples for ruling to stand from inspiring English sources

When the Supreme Court declared that part of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional, and allowed a lower court ruling to stand that struck down Proposition 8, we came a little closer to seeing a promised land.

"We are grateful that the Supreme Court has decided to allow the Fourth Circuit's ruling to stand, confirming that discrimination has no place in our democracy nor our elections," Allison Riggs, an attorney with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, said in a statement.

Had the Supreme Court had allowed the lower court's ruling to stand, it would have given increased standing in Canadian corporate matters to stakeholders other than shareholders, such as investors in bonds and employees.

The GOI allowed the historic ruling to stand after deciding not to appeal it.

The tie decision, which allowed an earlier ruling to stand, was a well-deserved setback to the Justice Department's accountability avoidance strategy.

Experts differ on whether a deadlock, if a vote were actually taken and a tie resulted, would allow the lower panel's ruling to stand or would overturn it.

He conceded that it would be hard for the court to rule against same-sex marriage in future, having allowed so many pro-marriage rulings to stand.

Evan Wolfson, president of the campaign group Freedom to Marry, welcomed the supreme court's decision to allow the lower courts' rulings to stand.

It will not be lost on anyone that the Supreme Court of the United States, thought to be conservative over all, has allowed rulings to stand that continue to spread equality for gays and lesbians in this country.

With the supreme court on Monday having allowed other, similar lower-court rulings to stand without a full review, observers believe it would be be surprising if the justices blocked the ninth circuit's ruling for long.

Solicitor general Donald Verrilli Jr said in his court filing that allowing those rulings to stand would force millions of people "to continue to work off the books, without the option of lawful employment to provide for their families".