Sentence examples for states claim from inspiring English sources

"Several states claim to be the reddest state in the union," he said, "but because we had all 77 counties go red, we talked of having red blazers".

The states claim the health care law is unconstitutional and violates people's rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face penalties.

Although the states claim that the law applies only to Muslims, the minority non-Muslim population argues that it is affected by the law as well.

Though some states ban Toughman, many states claim their hands are tied because Mr. Dore finds loopholes in their boxing rules.

Separately, on March 11, Judge Kollar-Kotelly will begin hearing testimony in the trial on remedies -- whether stronger measures are justified, as the dissenting states claim.

In this context, lifting the head-scarf ban could be seen as just another step toward the religious liberty that liberal, Western states claim to prize.

Nation-states claim independence and sovereignty for themselves, but their autonomy is restricted by the tsunami of trans-border flows of trade goods and finance, of information, people, weapons, technology, energy, emissions, and pollution.

Or will the United States claim most or all of the roles?

Two immigrants seeking asylum in the United States claim that guards at a privately run detention center here beat and mistreated them after they complained about conditions.

It was the second such find in recent weeks, and could potentially bolster the United States' claim that Saddam Hussein's government was producing biological and chemical weapons.

Its few defenders in the United States claim the New Orleans experiment proves little, as the hard shake is more about the texture it creates than merely chilling and diluting.