Sentence examples for sweeping laws from inspiring English sources

We should recall that government must be controlled by sweeping laws because it has the power -- and sometimes the will -- to coerce and intimidate.

Rudy Giuliani's law firm makes a deal, so Purdue's top executives avoid jail time, and Congress passes sweeping laws that put an end to the prescription drug problem.

Rudy Giuliani's law firm makes a deal so Purdue's top executives avoid jail time and Congress passes sweeping laws that put an end to the prescription drug problem.

As more and more states take the body camera push into their own hands, the growing use of this equipment could end up being accompanied by sweeping laws that actually make it less effective.

The legislation and the laws already signed by Snyder could curb the left's power at the ballot box, while sweeping laws in Republican-controlled Wisconsin will weaken incoming Democratic officeholders.

They feel unduly targeted under sweeping laws against terrorism passed by Shia majorities and enforced by Shia-dominated government forces.

WHAT sweeping law will now continue on course toward nearly full implementation in 2014?

Faced with sharp criticism of the woeful state of government schools, Indian policy makers have enacted a sweeping law intended to reverse their decline.

Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and other government ministers formally unveiled a sweeping law on Wednesday that would allow them to declare martial law to curb unrest.

A state judge today struck down a sweeping law passed by the state's voters last fall that required a public vote on all tax and fee increases.

Mrs. Clinton's role in pushing the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act, a sweeping law intended to speed up adoption, is somewhat contested.