Sentence examples for state objections from inspiring English sources

In 2007, the United States Department of Energy essentially overruled the Legislature, declaring upstate New York to be part of a multistate area where the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can authorize the building of new transmission lines over state objections.

When the House passed its sweeping energy and climate-change bill on June 26, it included a provision that lets the federal government overrule state objections to new power lines — but only west of the Rockies.

Asked about member state objections to the imposition of an EU-wide framework to counter discrimination against the Roma community – an area over which Reding recently clashed with the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy – Sixto Molina of the Council of Europe responded tetchily: "This is a simple question of whether you believe human rights to be universal or not.

The state Objections Board, controlled by three Republican state officials, unanimously voted Tuesday to allow Pauls to move legally into the church.

UPDATE: 7 06 p.m. -- The Kansas secretary of state's office sent out a statement Friday saying that the state Objections Board will meet as scheduled Monday morning.

Several celebrities took to Twitter to weigh in on the decision of the state objections board to weigh President Barack Obama's eligibility to be on Kansas' presidential ballot in the wake of a challenge by a resident of Manhattan, Kan.

To object, stand up immediately after the question is asked and clearly state, "Objection, Your Honor".

Perhaps the quintessential argument against taxing SSBs is the "nanny state" objection, the idea that this is government telling responsible adults what to do.

So-called nanny-state objections have arisen every time the city has extended smoke-free protections to workplaces, restaurants and bars, and hospital entrances.

But the Obama administration, sensitive to Republican charges that it was choking the economy with expensive regulations, pulled back the proposed rules this year in the face of furious farm-state objections.

Appellee appeared by an officer and counsel and stated objections.