Sentence examples for state controversies from inspiring English sources

Nearly every element in current debate has its origins in June 1967: United Nations Resolution 242, land for peace, a Palestinian state, controversies over settlements, proposals for Jerusalem.

Despite many previous studies on the association between hyperthyroidism and the hyperadrenergic state, controversies still exist.

The Washington state controversy began when the Human Rights Commission mandated in December that transgender people can use public restrooms consistent with their gender identities.

A cross is at the center of another church and state controversy in Rhode Island.

The question, then, is how this potpourri of influences will translate into his opinions on the Court at a time when, like any Justice, he will be defined by his views on such issues as abortion, church-state controversies, and gay rights — an especially inflammatory issue in recent years.

As church-state controversies go, a congressional resolution and a presidential proclamation establishing a National Day of Prayer do not represent a cataclysmic breach in the wall of separation.

Free of nation-state controversies over such matters as North Korea's nuclear program or naval competition in the South China Sea, while Obama is seeking a geopolitical pivot to project U.S. power toward China, Brown is seeking a different pivot through energy conservation away from the gathering threat of climate change.

As noted above, contested papal elections led to schism and to church-state controversy in the 12th century and afterward.

Experts on constitutional and election law said the case raised significant issues, though they said it faced hurdles because federal courts are often reluctant to step into state election controversies.

The result comes after a spate of bad publicity for the initiative highlighting the state parks controversy and the controversial high-speed rail program.

And Rod R. Blagojevich, the now-impeached governor of Illinois, picked him, albeit briefly, to investigate for the state a controversy over a casino development and its possible ties to organized crime.