Sentence examples for state sanctions from inspiring English sources

When a state sanctions the killing of citizens, in particular citizens who are lawyers, it puts the rule of law and democracy in jeopardy.

Leben Home, a for-profit facility with about 360 mentally ill residents, remains open, despite a decades-old history of unsanitary conditions, state sanctions and even macabre incidents.

"Creating a government blacklist that imposes state sanctions based on political beliefs raises First Amendment concerns, and this is no exception".

On July 14, the State Education Commissioner, Richard Mills, formally ordered the district to adopt an austerity budget, buy textbooks and organize staffing, or face state sanctions -- a highly unusual step signifying that Hempstead was in critical condition.

A ruling by a federal judge that New York State's kosher food laws are unconstitutional highlights the intersection of centuries-old biblical and rabbinical strictures with modern state sanctions.

The state sanctions the giving out of clean needles to addicts, and health workers provide stocks of Narcan, an anti-overdose drug, to users so that it can circulate throughout the user community, ready to be used in emergencies.

In fact, says Pierrat, diamond theft was originally state sanctioned.

Some do feel the heavy weight of state sanction, however.

In his eyes such a requirement amounted to the state sanctioning abortions.

"I can't imagine bigger quantities of weapons being moved without state sanctioning," he said.

"This raises the spectre of de facto state sanctioning of slavery in 21st century Europe".